Advisor

Prof. Dato' Dr. Morshidi Sirat

Profile

Currently, he is Professor, School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, a Senior Research Fellow at the National Higher Education Research Institute (IPPTN), the Founding Director, Commonwealth Tertiary Education Facility (CTEF) and Advisor, Malaysia Society for Higher Education Policy and Research Development. Between April 2002 and February 2011 he was the Director of IPPTN and during this period he specialized in higher education policy research.

Subsequently, he served as Deputy Director-General, Department of Higher Education (Public Sector), Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia, a short stint as the 5th Vice Chancellor of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), and between 16 April 2013 and 30 May 2014 as Director-General of Higher Education/Registrar General, Private Institutions of Higher Education.