Business School Launches Entrepreneurship Programme with Malaysian Ministry of Education
DCU Business School Centre for Executive Programmes this week launched a Programme on Entrepreneurship after being retained by the Malaysian Ministry for Higher Education to design and deliver a unique programme to 10 lecturers from Malaysian Polytechnics. Starting Monday, 22nd Nov. the three month residential programme, which was helped launched by Jim Dowling, Deputy President of DCU and Dr Anne Sinnott, Executive Dean, DCU Business School, will see the group receive tailored entrepreneurial lectures led by Prof. Colm O’Gorman, DCU Business School and delivered both in the Business School and DCU Ryan Academy. Representatives from Enterprise Ireland, Department of Education and Skills, and Embassy of Malaysia in Ireland were also in attendance to support the new programme.
[In photo from L to R: Top: Terry McParland, Manager, Education in Ireland at Enterprise Ireland, Ciaran O Cuinn, Executive Director of External and Strategic Affairs, Dublin City University. Middle: Keith Moynes, Department of Education and Skills, Dr John McMackin, Director for Executive and International Education, DCU Business School. Centre: Mary Whelan, Department of Education and Skills, Dr Anne Sinnott , Executive Dean, DCU Business School. Bottom: Jim Dowling, Deputy President, DCU, Kamarolzaman Abdul Rahman, Embassy of Malaysia in Ireland. Joined by Malaysian Educators - Dr. Shamsuri Bin Abdullah, Helen Unyan Anak Embul, Erina Binti Ismail, Rosmawati binti Saidin, Mohd Asyraf MD.Sum, Sharmili Binti Mohamed Rafi, Khairul Ashraf Bin Muhamad, Sazuan Nazleen Binti Mohd Azam, Sysharizad Binti Abdul Razak, Muhamad Nazran Bin Hamzah]
Dr. John McMackin, Director of Executive & International Education, DCU Business School, said "It is an honour to have been retained by the Malaysian Ministry for Higher Education to design and deliver a Programme on Entrepreneurship for a pilot group of lecturers from Malaysian Polytechnics. The initiative is part of a Malaysian government policy to encourage entrepreneurship by providing relevant skills throughout their third level education system. Significant support for this initiative was provided by the Irish Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, and by Enterprise Ireland. For DCU, this international validation of our role as Ireland's University of Enterprise is most welcome. We hope that this is just the beginning of a long and mutually beneficial relationship with the Malaysian Government.”
Along with organised digital marketing training held in DCU Business School, the Malaysian lecturers will be involved in a team based consulting engagement with Enterprise Ireland who want to develop a market entry strategy for Malaysia, along with a series of planned site visits to companies throughout Ireland and engagements with bodies such as DCU Invent and County Enterprise Boards.