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FASS Strategic Planning Workshop 2023

The top management with the Heads of Departments
FASS organised its Annual Strategic Planning Meeting on proposed plans for the next three years. This was followed
20-21 March 2023. The meeting, focusing on moving the by presentation by each Head of Departments. Prior to
faculty towards the goal of becoming a World Class coming to the workshop, the departments had their own
Faculty, was attended by the Faculty management and the planning meetings before presenting their plans and the
Heads of Departments. Apart from aligning with the UM way forward.
Vision and Mission, and its Strategic and Transformation
Plans, the departments were asked to work on a framework The workshop also worked on the cascading down of the
of ‘Refocus, Realign and Restart’. Faculty’s KPIs. There were plenty of sharing of good
practices and confidence building. Follow up meetings
The immediate plans is to cover the period of 2023-2025. and workshops will be held to streamline oepration and
Each portfolios of the FASS Management presented their monitoring process.

Ties with Kurdistan University

On 13 January 2023, the Faculty was visited by two
academics from the Soran University and Salehadin
University at Iraqi Kurdistan. Dr Muhammed Masih and his
colleague, came with Dato Seri Dzulkarnain Taib, an
alumni of UM (History), visited the Dean and had a very
interesting meeting. Among others, Dr Masih and his
colleague will serve as the bridge for the two institutions
and UM. Subsequently, a follow-up meeting was held on
17 February 2023 with the Senior Management and Deans
of the Soran University.

The Soran University team was led by its President,
Professor Dr Sherwan Sharif Qurtas, Vice President for
Scientific Affairs, Professor Dr. Sirwan Zand, and the Dean
of Arts Faculty, Professor Dr. Karmand Hamad. The Dean of
FASS, Professor Wong led the FASS team. Among others,
the meeting discussed on possible collaboration on
students exchange and academic collaboration, especially
through the two Faculty of Arts.

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