UMPSA organises Best Practices Sharing Convention following 2025 Staff Mobility Programme

GAMBANG, 5 March 2026 – Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA) organised the Best Practices Sharing Convention following the UMPSA Staff Mobility Programme, attended by nearly 200 university staff members.

The programme aimed to serve as a platform for sharing knowledge, experiences, and best practices resulting from staff participation in mobility programmes both locally and abroad.

The convention involved 20 presenters, who presented the findings and impact of their respective mobility programmes through six parallel sessions held in separate rooms.

The ceremony began with a welcoming address by the Registrar of UMPSA, Dato’ Saiful Bahri Ahmad Bakarim, who expressed appreciation to all presenters and participants while emphasising the importance of comprehensive knowledge transfer and enrichment so that the benefits of the mobility programme can be extended to the entire university community.

This was followed by the keynote address and officiation by the Vice-Chancellor of UMPSA, Professor Ts. Dr. Yatimah Alias.

In her speech, she emphasised that mobility programmes not only enhance individual competencies but are also capable of strengthening strategic collaborative networks and empowering institutional excellence holistically and sustainably.

During a special session with the Vice-Chancellor, three selected presenters were given the opportunity to present their key findings before her, the Dean of the Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering Technology (FTKKP), Professor Ts. Dr. Sumaiya Zainal Abidin@Murad, the Director of the Digital Technology Centre, Ts. Mohd Rashid Abu Bakar, and the Assistant Administrative Officer, Mohd Khairulnazri Saidi.

The presentations covered the impact of mobility implementation on teaching and learning, academic management, and the strengthening of international collaborative networks.

During the same ceremony, the e-document titled UMPSA Staff Mobility Initiative 2025: Best Practices and Action Plan was also launched, which serves as the university’s official documentation to record and centralise information on the implementation of the 2025 Staff Mobility Programme under Transformation Agenda 1: Strengthening and Advancing Individual Potential, in line with the UMPSA Vice-Chancellor’s Mandate 2025.

This documentation was systematically compiled to include the programme background, staff participation information, best practices, and follow-up action plans.

It was established as the university’s strategic repository, functioning to strengthen governance, talent development, collaborative networks, and work practices at UMPSA comprehensively based on the findings and best practice recommendations submitted by participants of the mobility programme.

Before the programme continued with the parallel sessions in six different rooms, the Vice-Chancellor also delivered an overall summary, emphasising the need for focused and high-impact follow-up actions so that every mobility finding is translated into strategic initiatives that contribute directly to the university’s excellence.

The programme concluded with a briefing session by the Director of the UMPSA Global Networking Centre, Associate Professor Ts. Dr. Herma Dina Setiabudi, who shared the university’s internationalisation direction and future staff mobility plans.

The organisation of this convention demonstrates UMPSA’s continued commitment to empowering staff talent development and ensuring that every investment in mobility programmes provides significant strategic returns to the university and its stakeholders.

By: Siti Nur Azwin Zulkapri, Centre for Corporate Communications

Translation by: Ts. Dr. Rozaimi Abu Samah, UMPSA Press