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Norzaini Azman is Professor of higher education at the Faculty of Education, Universiti
Kebangsaan Malaysia. She also serves as an Associate Research Fellow at the National Higher
Education Research Institute (IPPTN). She is currently the Chair to the Malaysian Society for
Research and Higher Education Policy Development (PenDaPaT) (2017-2019). Her main research
interests include policy and governance of higher education, the academic profession and higher
education leadership. She has collaborated with the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education, the
Malaysian Higher Education Leadership Academy, the International Educational Planning Paris,
the Asian Development Bank, SEAMEO-RIHED and UNESCO Bangkok and the Malaysia-
Australia Institute in various research projects. She has authored books on academic leadership,
academic mobility and succession planning in the Malaysian university system and chapters and
articles on higher education policies, the academic profession and academic leadership in local and
international journals and books.
Morshidi Sirat is the Founding Director of the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Facility
(CTEF) based at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. Morshidi has served as the Director
at the National Higher Education Research Institute (IPPTN) between 2002 and 2010. In February
2011, Morshidi was appointed as Deputy Director-General in the Department of Higher Education
(Public Sector) and subsequently as the Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
(UNIMAS) in 2013. In April 2013, Morshidi was appointed as the Director-General of Higher
Education/Registrar General for Private Institutes of Higher Education, Ministry of Higher
Education, Malaysia. Morshidi publishes widely on higher education policy and management in
the East Asia and the ASEAN region and is actively engaged as member of the editorial boards of
higher education journals. Morshidi has undertaken consultancy work for the ADB, the World
Bank, IIEP Paris, British Council and UNESCO-APEID Bangkok.
N. Azman and M. Sirat