Malaysia Deputy Prime Minister YAB Tan Sri Dato’ Haji Muhyiddin Bin Haji Mohd Yassin and Vice-Chancellor Ian Young AO at the signing of the new MOU.
A new agreement between the ANU and the National University of Malaysia (UKM) will deepen links between Australia and Malaysia, and boost the studies of Malaysia in both Australia and around the globe. Witnessed by Malaysia Deputy Prime Minister YAB Tan Sri Dato' Haji Muhyiddin Bin Haji Mohd Yassin, the Memorandum of Understanding was signed by ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Young AO in a ceremony on Wednesday. The MOU will increase educational links and collaboration between Australia and Malaysia, as well as pave the way for a new Global Malaysian Studies Network at the University. While acting as a Malaysian studies base in Australia, the network will also provide a coordination point for other universities across the globe. "Australia has more long-standing institutional and people-to-people ties with Malaysia than with any other Asian neighbour," Professor Young said. "Many of the most highly-regarded academic works on Malaysian history, politics, economics, sociology and law have been written by Australians, or in Australian universities - many at ANU. "ANU has a strong mandate for Asia and Pacific studies, and one of its founding objectives was to drive Australia's engagement and understanding of its neighbourhood.
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