Universiti Malaysia Kelantan has been trusted by the Higher Education Leadership Academy (AKEPT) to implement a capacity building program that is in line with the three main strategic thrusts outlined by the KPT, namely:
A grant amounting to RM550,000.00 has been received by Universiti Malaysia Kelantan through the Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic and International) to implement the University Leaders Entrepreneurial Educators' Bootcamp (UniLEEB) program. UniLEEB is a specific and comprehensive series of modules that aims to improve competency in entrepreneurship for teachers, entrepreneurship mentors and administrators in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) throughout Malaysia.
A total of two (2) cohorts involving more than 70 participants consisted of Deans, Directors, Deputy Directors of Public and Private University Entrepreneurship Centers and Administrators Grade 48 and above have successfully completed the training module that has started since November 2019.
The third cohort of the ongoing UniLEEB program involves 22 participants who are mostly Director/Deputy Director of the Entrepreneurship Center and Director/Deputy Director of the Zakat, Waqf and Endowment Center from Public Universities all over Malaysia.
The objective of UniLEEB is to give basic emphasis to the concept of mind which is necessary in building business expertise and to understand holistically the aspiration of the ministry, which is the cultivation of an entrepreneurial mind.
The three modules developed by the UMK team are:
Module 1: Developing Entrepreneurial Mindset (E-Mind) focuses on developing a holistic entrepreneurial mindset.
Module 2: Change Leadership (E-Lead) focuses on building the character of entrepreneurial leaders as leaders of change in institutions.
Module 3: Business Innovation (I – Bus) focuses on the development of leaders who will lead entrepreneurial activities based on innovation, especially in universities.