Organizer : INTI Foundation in collaboration with University of Nottingham in Malaysia

Date: 27 January 2003

About the Speaker:

Professor Fujia Yang is the sixth Chancellor of The University of Nottingham, UK.

Professor Yang was born in Shanghai in 1936. He graduated in Physics from Fudan University in 1958 and enjoyed a distinguished academic career, specializing in nuclear physics, which took him from his initial appointment as a teaching assistant to a Professorial Chair in Physics and the Presidency of his University.
In a national context he served as Director of the Shanghai Institute of Nuclear Research of the Chinese Academy of Science, was President of the Shanghai Science and Technology Association and was elected academician (fellow) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
His many international links include visiting professorships at the Neils Bohr Institute in Copenhagen and at several universities in the United States and Japan. Professor Yang served as a council member representing China on the Association of East Asia Research Universities, was a member of the International Association of University Presidents and of the Association of University Presidents of the Pacific Rim. He holds honorary degrees from Soka University, New York State University, the University of Hong Kong and the University of Nottingham, UK.
At the time of his appointment as Chancellor, in December 2000, Professor Yang said that he was 'delighted and honoured' by the appointment and looked forward to serving the University both in Britain and internationally.

Synopsis
‘When I teach, the concrete facts are not import; more important is whether I can make students curious and interested’, says Professor Yang. Students today, facing the challenges of k-economy, not only must learn how to know and how to do, but also learn how to be and how to think. They must have a broad knowledge and be liberalized in their thinking. The best high education, according to Prof. Yang is one that allows students to learn how to be, which is to let them have personal interests in life and be curious about things around them, as well as be creative.

Professor Yang was invited to deliver the public lecture titled 'Knowledge Economy and Higher Education in the 21st Century' on 27th January 2003 at 7-9 pm at the Malaysia Tourism Centre, KL. Around 180 attended the public lecture. The admission is free.

For more information, please contact: INTI Foundation at +606 798 2000 ext. 2318 or 2017 or e-mail to inti_foundation@intimal.edu.my.

::Press Release::

Sin Chew Jit Poh, 28th January 2003

The STAR, 16th February 2003

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