Weekly Seminar Series
The International and Comparative Education Working Group hosts a weekly seminar series. Please visit the News & Events page for information about the latest, and upcoming, seminars. And please see below for information about past seminars.
Special Series on Covid-19, Society & Education
Covid-19 and Responses from University Teachers and Students in Brunei: An Initial Overview and Implications for Research and Pedagogy
Dr. Najib Noorashid (ICE)
Seminar on International Students & Covid-19 at UBD
Muhammad Adil Iqbal, Graduate Student, Sultan Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Centre for Islamic Studies (SOASCIS), UBD
Effects of COVID-19 on Educational Policy and Stakeholders in Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia
Prof. Phan Le Ha (ICE/SHIBIE), Varissa Mae Dr Yabit (ICE), Dr Yabit Alas (Language Centre & ICE)
Zoom In: Perceptions and Perspectives of Pandemic Pedagogy
Dr. Chester Keasberry (FASS & ICE)
The Developments and Findings of Online Learning in UBD during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Dr. Masitah Shahrill (SHIBIE & ICE)
Student Panel Discussion on Covid-19, Society & Education
Aaidha Hammad, Cavell Sim Kah Seng, Dk Nur Diyana Safwanah Pg Mohd Daud, Farhana Haque, Harris Abdul Aziz Bin Azmain, Hjh Fathiin Najihah bte Hj Mohd Rozaini, Ibrahim Kabir, Muhammad Adil Iqbal, Sinil Lee, and Yasmin Nasitah Binti Abdullah Md Firdaus
2019 Seminars
20 August 2019
Examining the Politics, Hierarchy, Specificity and Fluidity of ‘Homes’ and ‘Hosts’ in Transnational Diaspora Knowledge Production and International Higher Education
This was the inaugural presentation to the weekly seminar series. Thank you to all who attended. With your support we got off to a great start!!
27 August 2019
Research Proposal Development: A Focus on Student Mobilities Projects
The ICE seminar this week was a workshop on research proposal development. It drew on two projects on student mobilities that several ICE members have initiated and are working on.
Project 1’s tentative title: “Brunei as Destination for Student Mobilities: International Students’ Perceptions and Experiences”, led by Senior Professor Phan Le Ha, Associate Professor Noor Azam Hj Othman, and Dr. Yabit bin Alas
Project 2’s tentative title: “Bruneian Students doing their Community Outreach Program Overseas and in Brunei: Impacts on Identity Formation and Educational and Professional Trajectories”, led by Dr. Yabit bin Alas and Senior Professor Phan Le Ha
3 September 2019
The Concepts and Theories of Student Mobilities
In this seminar/workshop, Senior Professor Phan Le Ha introduced some literature on student mobilities and highlighted key concepts and theoretical discussions. She also drew on her own research in varied contexts (including Australia, the Gulf region, and Southeast Asia) as examples and showed how she has engaged with the existing literature as well as has contributed to it.
10 September 2019
Longitudinal and Case Study Research on Student Mobilities
In this seminar/workshop, Dr. Sarah Catherine Boye and Senior Professor Phan Le Ha together engaged the participants in discussion on longitudinal and case study research in the area of international education, with a focus on student mobilities.
17 September 2019
Working on Research Proposals
By this stage, the ICE team members had formed one or more groups for working together to develop research proposals related to the following three major projects on student mobilities.:
Project 1: “Brunei as Destination for Student Mobilities: International Students’ Perceptions and Experiences”, led by Senior Professor Phan Le Ha, Associate Professor Noor Azam Hj Othman, and Dr Yabit bin Alas
Project 2: “Bruneian Students doing their Community Outreach Program Overseas and in Brunei: Impacts on Identity Formation and Educational and Professional Trajectories”, led by Dr Yabit bin Alas and Senior Professor Phan Le Ha
Project 3: “Internationalisation of/in Higher Education through Student Mobilities: UBD’s Discovery Year as a Case Study”, led by Senior Professor Phan Le Ha and Dr Sarah Catherine Boye
The seminar/workshop this week was for these groups to write up their proposals under the guidance of the research project leaders.
Hard at Work. . .
. . . Drafting Research Proposals
8 October 2019
Student Mobility and Internationalisation: Analysing Educational Experiences and Foreign Languge Anxiety among International Studies in UBD
Dr. Azmi Mohamad, Nor’Azmah binti Hj Mohd Yunus, Najib Noorashid and Hajah Zurinah binti Hj Ya’akub
This was a work-in-progress research proposal sharing session. For details about this research proposal, please visit the ICE Research Projects page.
15 October 2019
Bruneian Students on Discovery Year: Mobilities Aspirations, Mobilities Decision-Making and Life Course Planning
This was a work-in-progress research proposal sharing session. For details about this research proposal, please visit the ICE Research Projects page.
