New USM Mission USM is a pioneering,

trans-disciplinary research-intensive University that empowers future talent and enables the bottom billions to

transform their socio-economic well-being.

APEX: Laying a new foundation

Research University

Governance Resources Talent

© 2008

Transforming Higher Education for a Sustainable Tomorrow

Endpoints: Quality of Life - MDG* (2015); EFA* (2015); EfSD* (2014) Millennium Development Goals by 2015; Education for All by 2015; Education for Sustainable Development by 2014*

USM as a sustainability-led university*Talent,

Resources,Governance Transformation Scenario Plans

Research & Innovation

Enablers:Technology,Innovation system,Distribution & Marketing

Values: Quality, Equity,

Accessibility, Availability, Affordability, Appropriateness

*Ecology,Socio-culture,

EconomyJamil S (nd) World Bank

* Nexus of Natural capital, Social capital,

Economic capital. Nurturing & Learning Students & External Activities

Bottom of the Pyramid

*Nexus of People, Ideas,

Wisdom. It refers to the 4 billion

people who make up the base of the economic pyramid worldwide - primarily the world’s poor - and the potential benefits of increasing the linkages of

the base of the pyramid to knowledge.

USM-APEX Transformational Goals

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Bottom billions

2.8 billion livingon < $2/day

Growing gap between rich & poor

6 million children died from hunger

in 10 years

1.1 billion lack clean water

27% coral reefsseriously threatened

(up from 10%)

10 years after Rio…Not much have changed!

Greenhouse gasemissions up 9%

Extinctionson the rise

2002 The World Summit on Sustainable Development

Why?

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© NEAC 2010

60%Humanity(Global)

Harmony?Peace?

80%Rakyat(Malaysia)

• Inclusive?• Fair?• Sustainable?

Who is reaching out?

R&I for whom? What?

SustainabilityBottom billions

USM-APEX Transformational Goals

“Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract -- sustainable development -- and turn it

into a reality for all the world's people.”

Kofi Annan, UN SecGen, 2001

The Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

2005-2014

UNESCO: appointed lead UN agency

Approved by UN Gen. Assembly, 2002

USM as RCE

USM-APEX Transformational Goals

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High value flagships

SustainabilityBottom billions

Humanity

Reachout Fairness

Sejahtera

New Mission USM is a pioneering,

trans-disciplinary research-intensive University that empowers future talent and enables the bottom billions to transform their socio-economic

economic well-being

New developments

Our contribution to the country. That should enhance livelihood of rubber tappers, enhance rubber industry for the country and improve quality of life of Malaysians and the world.

Should also be able to generate income to the country based on the IPR and enhance new industries

Should also enhance the Biotech industry of the country with the establishment of My NIC (Malaysian Innovation Council)

Monday, November 2, 2009USM decodes 2bn base Rubber Tree genome – world’s 1st

USM’s Centre for Chemical Biology has unveiled the first-ever draft of the Hevea brasiliensis rubber tree genome

In the world and likely position Malaysia as the leading quality rubber producer

in the worldThe Star 4 Nov, 2009

Decoding of the rubber genome to benefit the society

Development of protein and DNA –based diagnostics for low resource settings by

INFORMM – a HICoEDevelopment of non PCR based diagnostics

Development and Commercialization of sustainable rapid diagnostics that has benefited society at large

USM moving to the global market (25 countries)

Commercialised product

Books & Journal Subscription,

PakistanIndiaPhilippinesSouth AfricaGuamPapua New GuineaThailand VietnamEgyptTurkeyUnited Arab RepublicIndonesiaBangladeshChinaSudanCameroonNigeriaUSASouth KoreaJapanCanadaSingapore

PakistanIndiaPhilippinesSouth AfricaGuamPapua New GuineaThailand VietnamEgyptTurkeyUnited Arab RepublicIndonesiaBangladeshChinaSudanCameroonNigeriaUSASouth KoreaJapanCanadaSingapore

Total Income

GenerationRM 45.2 million

in 2009

Endowment, Gift, Consultancy

Total Income

GenerationRM 41.2 million

in 2008

Total Income

GenerationRM 36.8 million

in 2007

PENANG, 29 Jan.- The ‘Out of Africa’ theory that suggested fossils of early man were only

found in Georgia roughly 1.7 to 1.8 million years ago, may have to

be rewritten with the latest discovery by Universiti Sains

Malaysia (USM) archaelogists.To be published in Nature 2010

• By Syed Akbar Ali "KUALA LUMPUR: • The Al-Bukhary Foundation has given RM5mil to the

National Heritage Fund for research and preservation of heritage sites in the country. "It will be used for several projects including the archeology complex at Sungai Batu, Lembah Bujang in Kedah. We also plan to use archeology expertise from China to meet international requirement and recognition," he told reporters after the ministry's monthly gathering at Istana Budaya here today. -- BERNAMA (080410)SB1B- RITUAL STRUCTUREOSL dating (bricks)- 110AD

K-Clusters in the Northern Corridor

Center for Development Research (ZEF), Prof. Dr. Hans-Dieter Evers (2010)

USM as a Trans-Oceanic K-hub

1980-1989 2000-2010, Jan

Publications of USM staff 1980-2010 (Jan) with international co-authors in ISI Web of Science

Center for Development Research (ZEF), Prof. Dr. Hans-Dieter Evers (2010)

Transforming HE for a Sustainable Tomorrow

Penang as Knowledge HubInternational co-operations regarding scientific publication of USM (2000-2010,Jan)

Center for Development Research (ZEF), Prof. Dr. Hans-Dieter Evers (2010)

Data From Scival SpotlightYear 2007 and 2008

5 DC, 25 EC 10 DC, 22 EC

2007

USM Scival Spotlight Map (based on subject areas)

2008

NUS 2008

DC= Distinctive competencyEC= Emerging competency

A marked improvementIn DC!

USM UM

CHULALONGKORNNUS

Ranked 11 DC – Macromolecules & Polymer, Composites, Wood 2 DC - Safety Management, Carbon, Macromoleculars & Polymers, Filtration Membrane5 DC - Phytochemistry, Crystallography, Ecological Modelling9 DC - Tropical Medicine

RAS= Relative Article Share1 = leader

RL =Reference Leadership1= Leadership

@SotA – State of the Art>0 = leadership

Ranked 123 EC - Chemical Engineering, Energy Fuel25 EC – Chemistry, Energy Fuel11 EC - Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry

State of the artOrganic Chemistry,

Inorganic Chemistry

USM USM>1 >1 >0

USM2007

Ranked 28 DC- Inorganic Chemistry, Crystallography

USM USM>1 >1 >0

USM:2008

Ranked 11 DC - Macromolecules & Polymer, Composites11 DC - Macromolecules & Polymer 18 DC – Safety Management, Carbon2 DC – Safety Management, Filtration Membrane, Colloid23 EC – Cytogentics & Genome Mapping, Phytochemistry24 EC - Food Chemistry, Carbohydrate Research 3 DC - Semiconducting Materials31 EC - Water Treatment6 DC - Crystallography, Inorganic Chemistry7 DC – Reliability Engineering, Computer-Aided Process, Statistics

RAS= Relative Article Share1 = leader

RL =Reference Leadership1= Leadership

@SotA – State of the Art>0 = leadership

State of the art:Phytochemistry

Commercialisation and hi income spin-offs

We have commercialised about 42 products that provide economic

business and social business.We have equity in some of the

products that we license.We have generated MLabs – a public listed company based on USM R&D

in ICTEstablish our own incubator and research park called sains@usm

science & arts innovation space

• sains@usm is a nexus where people, ideas, sciences, technologies, the arts, academia and industry intersect and fuse to generate new ideas, products and solutions that contribute to a sustainable tomorrow and addresses the needs of communities at the bottom of the socio-economic pyramid.

• “Synergising Creativity, Nurturing Enterprise“ encapsulates this vision of sains@usm.

USM’s Spin off Company

Malaysian Bio-Diagnostics Research Sdn. Bhd.Established in 1994

Mlabs Systems Bhd.Established in 1996

iNetmon Sdn. Bhd.Established in 1994

EQ-USAINS (USAINS Holding Sdn. Bhd.)Established in 2000

IXC Malaysia Berhad Established in 2009

Sanggar SAINS Sdn Bhd

….ALL REVENUE GENERATED BY

USAINS REPRESENTS INCOME/WEALTH

GENERATION BY USM AS REFLECTED IN THE

CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS OF USM

WHICH IS APPROVED BY USM’S FINANCE

COMMITTEE, LPU AND THEN

FORWARDED TO MOHE.

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High value flagships

SustainabilityBottom billions

Humanity

Reachout Fairness

Rakyat

NEM: USM Transformational Goals

High Income

Sustainability Inclusiveness Sejahtera

…..

• Economy• Employment• Entrepreneurship

Laying a new foundationChanging the Old foundation

• Eco-nomy• Ethics-cum-Empowerment• Education for Sustainable

Development

1

3

2

1. Sustainability , green-centred concept2. Autonomy-cum-accountability, Decentralisation3. Transformative education: Governance, Talent

selection, Assessment (Alternative UniversityAppraisal) etc

• Consumerist, global approach to “education”

• Conservationist, glocal approach

What role R&D? More of the same?

Mode 1 – Factory model Mode 2 – Garden model

“Challenge the status quo”

-Tan Sri Mohd Sidek HassanJan 24, 2008, USM, Penang

“Learning should be about being and not

about having.”

Confucius K'ung-fu-tzu (孔夫子 )

September 28, 551 BCE

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HE for Sustainable Tomorrow

HE in an UNsustainable Society

The new foundation

I am a humancapital I am a

humanbeing

Old foundation

R&D with a HEART

• Issues and challenges

Laying a new foundation

The Gap?

modified

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The USM VC

Normal

RU-APEX

I’m $-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d

& Stressed out

Business-as-usual

Business Unusual

I am having a 3rd generation

Audititis!

GOOD GOVERNANCE

FINANCIAL AUTONOMY

STAFF MATTERS & STUDENT MATTERS

CONSULTATIVE PROCESSES &

PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY

ACCOUNTABILITY

AUTONOMY

THE NEW GOVERNANCE SOUGHT FOR USM

STATUS OF USM’s NEW CONSTITUTION

The drafting of the new constitution started in January 2009 and has gone through intensive scrutiny by officers from the KPT, AG Chambers and USM representatives.

The draft formally submitted to AG Chambers on 25th March 2010 for approval before gazzette.

The draft contains:USM’s requests on autonomy and empowermentUSM’s own “wish list”

The Constitution is meant to be a preliminary measure pending the enactment of an Apex University Act or an Apex University Schedule.

…the articulation of governance…towards R&D unfortunately, is still in “compliance” mode of a tick-box (based on old foundation) approach…or else…

The gap: Can a tick box approach to, or a rigid compliance with the guidelines or rules [set on old foundation] accelerate the laying of new foundation for RU? APEX?

Audititist:The Governance Gap

Governance [audit] cannot be that a single process will always be the best process for every imaginable business or business transaction in the world esp R&D.

…rather is it about applying our minds as to what is the best process for the business of the organisation or for a particular transaction [eg APEX]… which can be negated by the rigidly (mindless) compliance-or-else regime.

M King (2006) The Corporate Citizen – Governance for all entitiesPenguin Book, p. 15, 25

ALBERT EINSTEIN: Not everything that counts can be counted [KIP], and

not everything that be counted counts [KPI]!

KPI - KIP Key Performance Indicator

Key Intangible Performance

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We can no longer afford to have the herd mentality!

From auto-no-money to Sustainable Financial AUTONOMY

Board’s power has been expanded to

transfer annual recurrent

expenditure to capital expenditure

Income and earnings other

than grants in aid to be regulated

by the Board

Income and earnings other than grants in

aid to be regulated by the

Board

Increaseefficiency and

increase accountability

-e-management

Challenge the status quo

Less Red-tapes

Financial Autonomy Creates Financial Accountability

Peruntukan Insentif untuk pemantapan RU/APEX

Julat Sasaran Markah KPI 2008 (%)

Bilangan PTJBantuan Kewangan USM

Anggaran Peruntukan

(RM) (RM)

0 4 NIL NIL 1 - 25 0 50,000.00 0.0026 - 35 2 60,000.00 120,000.0036 - 45 12 70,000.00 840,000.0046 - 55 3 80,000.00 240,000.0056 - 65 4 90,000.00 360,000.0066 - 75 5 100,000.00 500,000.0076 - 85 1 500,000.00 500,000.0086 - 95 2 520,000.00 1,040,000.0096 - 105 1 800,000.00 800,000.00106 - 115 2 900,000.00 1,800,000.00116 - 125 1 1,000,000.00 1,000,000.00126 - 135 1 1,100,000.00 1,100,000.00136 - 145 1 1,200,000.00 1,200,000.00146 - 155 1 1,300,000.00 1,300,000.00156 - 165 0 1,400,000.00 0.00166 - 175 0 1,500,000.00 0.00176 - 185 0 1,600,000.00 0.00186 - 195 0 1,700,000.00 0.00196 - 205 0 1,800,000.00 0.00206> 0 2,000,000.00 0.00Jumlah 40   10,800,000.00

Melebihi operasi

•The Sanggar Sanjung or Hall of Fame event which began in 2001 is a special ceremony attended by the Tuanku Chancellor, held to celebrate and recognise outstanding contributions of USM academic staff and Academic Staff Training Scheme (ASTS) Fellows. •Awards

– Publications• Top 15%• Hadiah Sanjungan (>IF 0.2)

– Research products (Gold medals only)– Personality (Hadiah unggul sahaja)– Quality (MAMPU,ICC bukan ISO)– Seni dan Creativity– IPR– International grant– Teaching (6 bidang)

categories and who had received awards and accolades from both national and/or international agencies for their efforts and achievements.

•AAN=Anugerah Akademik Negara.

…forerunner to AAN*

Citation Data (in 5-years Intervals, 2005-2009)Source: Essential Science Indicators (Thomson Reuters) as of March 1, 2010

2.402.23

1.931.77

3.75Citations per paper

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