EV-UBD STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN WINTER BEYOND BORDERS ASIAN INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY FOR STUDENTS (AIMS) BY SOOKMYUNG WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY, SOUTH KOREA
January 18, 2021
Entrepreneurship Village (EV) from Office of Assistant Vice Chancellor Innovation and Enterprise (OAVCIE) was invited by Sookmyung Women’s Women's University from the Republic of South Korea to participate in their online entrepreneurship course called Winter Beyond Border Asian International Mobility for Students (AIMS) Program: Global Business and Entrepreneurship in Korea and ASEAN.
From 18th January to 25th January 2021, 30 students from the Discovery Year (DY) Incubation program of EV joined the AIMS program. The program lasted for 5 days in which consists of online live lectures, video lectures and ended with group presentations.
The AIMS program is a multilateral and collaborative student exchange program, which involves both higher education and government institutions [enchant student mobility] in Southeast Asia and beyond. Although with the pandemic still spreading around the world making students unable to travel for their Discovery Year, Sookmyoung Women's University were able to make the AIMS program convenient and engaging through a series of Online Lectures with the help of Zoom Meetings.
In the course of learning, students of DY Incubation were given the opportunity to have a better understanding on internalization strategies of South Korean companies who are known for their adverse reach of audience on a global scale through culture and technology advancement. It is hoped that with this collaboration both UBD and SookMyung Women's University can continue to interchangeably share the knowledge and experience that benefit students’ mindset.
By Nurul Aqilah binti Hj Muzani and Wafiy Anak Suhimi