SHAPING MINDS, BUILDING LEADERSHIP

Leading Change for Environmental Sustainability and Beyond:

Sharing the Experiences of Higher Education Leadership Academy (AKEPT) and

Malaysian Universities

SHAPING MINDS, BUILDING LEADERSHIP

Outline

SHAPING MINDS, BUILDING LEADERSHIP

1. The Context - Policy and Practice dynamics towards environmental and

sustainability leadership in Higher Education

3. AKEPT Transformational Leadership Capacity Building Good Practices and Lessons

Learnt Program

4. Conceptual and Practical Implications on Environmental

Leadership Development in Higher Education

2. USM Sustainability Leadership Framework –Good Practices and

Lessons Learnt

1. The Context - Policy and Practice dynamics towards environmental and

sustainability leadership in Higher Education

PROBLEM STATEMENT

University is not educating environmental/sustainability leaders

– only business/industrial human capital

• Why does the current HE education system failed to produce the environmental leaders?

• What are the competencies of environmental leaders?

• How can these competencies be inculcated through HE education process?

• Where does the mismatch or disconnection between environmental leader character building and university education process?

THE DYNAMICS OF POLICY AND PRACTICES IN DEVELOPING LEADERS IN HE

THE SHIFT NEEDED IN POLICY AND PRACTICE TOWARDS DEVELOPING

ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS

Industry

Academia Government

Industry

Community

Government

Academia

TRIPLE HELIX QUADRUPLE HELIX

ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

2. Malaysian universities Sustainability Leadership

Framework –Good Practices and Lessons Learnt

Sustainability Leadership in Malaysian Universities: Different Context, different Edge

Kampus Lestari

Higher

Management (Holistic institutional

strategy)

Civil Society (Bottom-up

experimentation)

Researcher

community (Research)

Higher

Management (Development)

Sustainable

Campus

APEX Vision Transforming Higher Education for a

Sustainable Tomorrow

Mission USM is a pioneering, trans-

disciplinary research intensive

university that empowers

future talents and enables the bottom

billions to transform their socio-

economic well-being

Values Quality, Equity, Availability,

Accessibility, Affordability,

Appropriateness

Thrusts Future-oriented, Unique,

Sustainability, Humanity, Universality,

Change, Sacrifice

APEX Ecosphere

Interconnectedness of the university and its

surrounding –people,

infrastructure, and the system as a

wholesome institution

USM Sustainability Initiative

Sustainability Approach in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

• Institutionalization campus sustainability - Governance

• Sustainability Education

• Sustainability Research (SRA)

• Sustainability Operation (OAD)

• Sustainability Outreach/ Community (USR/CSR)

4E approaches by Jackson (2005) used for

changing behavior in the Universiti

Teknologi Malaysia Sustainable Campus

Polic

y

ECONOMICS

• adopting green building and infrastructure design

• optimizing university assets and sustainable business opportunities

• achieving efficiency in operational management of resources and facilities

• strategize the provision of adequate financial resources

ENVIRONMENT

• enhancing sustainable consumption of available resources

• minimizing waste and pollution

• introducing more local flora and fauna

• maintaining a healthy balance between developed and green areas

• augmenting the conservation of wetland features

• promoting low-carbon practices

• eliminating non-biodegradable food and beverage packaging

SOCIO-CULTURAL

• promoting community spirit and enhancing quality of life

• instilling integrity and ethical values

• encouraging activities that appreciate the existing natural environment

• promoting a healthy and active lifestyle

The policy shall ensure that

UTM functions as a sustainable

campus community through

• responsible and optimized resource

management • innovative environmental and ecosystem

management • efficient energy management • leadership commitment • campus-wide participation

Universiti Malaysia Sabah -Ecocampus

EcoCampus Key Elements

University of Malaya Environmental

Secretariat www.umcares.edu.my

To transform UM into a more sustainable

campus Mission

(1) Assist relevant units in UM to develop short and long term

strategies to transform UM into a well-respected sustainable

campus.

(2) Plan and implement activities to increase environmental

awareness, understanding and appreciation among the campus

community, and to harness sustainable action and practices on the

ground.

(3) Provide coordination and institutional support to enhance the

effectiveness of campus environmental activities

Objectives

..since 2009…and beyond

Bottom-up projects

(since 2009)

UM Environmental Competition and simple

environmental performance audit for residential

colleges (since 2010)

Minggu Haluan Siswa (special session with HEP)

(since 2010)

UMCARES Awareness and Community

Programmes

(in and out of UM, since 2010)

Synergistic activities with other units in UM and

external actors

(since 2010)

UMCARES Summit

(since 2012)

UMCARES Annual Report

(since 2012)

UMCARES Capacity Building Programme

(since 2012)

Admin UM Green Office at RMIC soon 2014 ???

SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE ON CAMPUS

Greening & Biodiversity

Waste

Management

Energy

Conservation & Low Carbon

Water

Conservation

Evolving Working Model

Waste Management

Greening & Biodiversity

Energy Conservation and Low Carbon

Environmental

Conservation

Water Conservation

University outputs (Economic & Intellectual)

Research

Teaching & Learning

Publication

UM Community

(at all levels)

Nearby

community Stakeholders

(Gov, NGOs, Industry)

Societal well-being

Sustainable Lifestyle on Campus

Social Responsibility

and Community

Engagement

UNIVERSITY

RANKING

Campus Infra & Operations Campus Infra & Operations

Lessons Learnt and Policy Implications

1. Institutionalisation of:

• capacity building program

• incentives structure

2. Collective approach in addressing the resistance to change

3. Conversational approach instead of confrontational

4. Appreciating diversities in approach, contents and understanding

3. AKEPT Transformational Leadership Capacity Building Good

Practices and Lessons Learnt Program

AKEPT Campus

AKEPT’s Vision and Missions

SHAPING MINDS, BUILDING LEADERSHIP

MISSION

To align with the Ministry’s transformational agenda for

higher education to ensure that higher education institutions are

globally competitive.

To be recognized as the premier referral centre for research and

innovation, teaching and learning, and leadership competencies for higher

education.

To facilitate Higher Education Institutions in making Ministry’s transformation agenda a success.

VISION

To be acknowledged as

the global benchmark and

referral centre for Higher Education

Leadership, Learning and Teaching and Research and Innovation.

AKEPT’s APPROACH TOWARDS DEVELOPING

ENVIRONMENTAL/SUSTAINABILITY TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERS

Bigger Framework as leadership academy:

1. Devising a s structured framework for managing change (in environment/sustainability context)

2. Incentivising the change process

3. Capacity building to bring about change

1. Setting the direction

Transforming higher education towards achieving New Economic Model (an equivalent of SD model)

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ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainable Development Rakyat

High Income

Sustainability Inclusiveness Sejahtera

2. The Approach

Multidimensional

4 main dimension of university’s functions:

a) strategic governance

b) teaching learning

c) research and development

d) community engagement

• Program-program 2012 PROGRAM PROGRAM

Leadership For University-Community Engagement (Community Dimension)

University Governance Towards Autonomy And Transformation In Higher Education (Strategic Dimension)

Curriculum Design, Management and Development (Teaching Dimension)

Building The University Of The Future (Strategic Dimension)

Transformation, Innovation and leadership development For Young Lecturers (KIT)

Learners Diversity (Teaching Dimension)

Leadership For Sustainability (Strategic Dimension)

Academia as Leaders in Green Technology for Sustainable Development in Nation Building (Research Dimension)

Research Leadership Think Tank Series : Blue Ocean Strategy in Research Sustainability (Research Dimension)

Innovation Policy Development for Human Capital and Sustainable Development via Higher Education (Research Dimension)

3. Multiphased

GLOBAL

LEADERSHIP

FUNDAMENTALS OF

LEADERSHIP

STRATEGIC

LEADERSHIP

(ADVANCED)

(FOUNDATION)

(INTERMEDIATE)

LEVEL 3

LEVEL 2

LEVEL 1

4. Program Structure

a) Profiling

b) Coaching and mentoring

c) External short course

d) Leadership development engagment

e) Academic Leader Fellowship

a) AKEPT profiling system

b) Coaching and mentoring

• AKEPT Young Global Leadership Caucus (AYGLC)

• AKEPT Young Researchers Circle (AYRC)

• AKEPT Young Educators Caucus (AYEC)

c) External Short Course

NO. PROGRAMMES

Level 1: Foundation

1. Management and Administration of Universities

2. Leadership Skills for Universities

NO. PROGRAMMES

Level 2: Strategic

1. Internationalization of Higher Education

2. Leading Trans-Disciplinary Knowledge

3. Transformational Leadership in Higher Education

4. Change Management in Higher Education

5. Future Scenario for Higher Education

2014 Training Programmes

NO. PROGRAMMES

Level 3: Global Engagement

1. Advanced Leadership Development Programs

• MBS, University of Melbourne, Australia

(Strategic Leadership)

• JBS, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

(Organization Management)

• IMD, Switzerland (Leadership)

• JFK, Harvard University, US (Change Management)

2. ASEAN Community Leadership Engagement in Higher

Education

2014 Training Programmes

d) Leadership Development Exercise

• Involvement as trainer/facilitator in AKEPT’s program

• Pairing with International trainer in AKEPT’s workshop

e) Fellowship

• Honorary Fellow

• Senior Fellow

• Young academic fellow

a) Cross-fertilisation program

b) Engagement in national committee (eg. Sustainable Development Solution Network

c) Participation in regional/international training program (e.g.Prospernet)

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3500

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Admin

VC/DVC/Deans/Academic

Young Lectures

Programme Activities 2013

REGIONAL LEADERSHIP

TRAINING HUB

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4. Conceptual and Practical Implications on Environmental

Leadership Development in Higher Education

Conceptual Implication

Developing environmental/sustainability leaders requires radical changes in the 4 dimensions of university’s functions (governance, teaching and learning, research and development, community engagement) in both contents and approach

Policy Implication

Dialogue between community of practitioner and policy makers

• What is our roles?

• As student

• As Malaysia

• As citizen of the (degrading) planet

Shaping Minds, Building Leadership

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