| Fizah HAB |
TWO postgraduate students were awarded with full scholarships by Sesame World Technology (Brunei) Sdn Bhd yesterday in a scholarship award ceremony held at the Pearl, Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB).
Presenting the letters of award to the two students, Nurulhidayati binti Haji Mohd Sani, a PhD student in the School of Computing and Informatics and Muhammad Khairuddin bin Othman, Masters of Science by Research student in the Faculty of Engineering in his capacity as the guest of honour was Pehin Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Suyoi bin Haji Osman, Minister of Education.
Also attending the event were Dr Hajah Romaizah binti Haji Mohd Salleh, Permanent Secretary (Core Education) at the Ministry of Education; Yang Jian, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Brunei Darussalam; Professor Dr Hajah Zohrah binti Haji Sulaiman, the Vice-Chancellor of UTB; Dr Haji Norarfan bin Haji Zainal, Rector of Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA); and Yang Jian Feng, Chief Executive Officer of Sesame World Technology (B) Sdn Bhd.
In his speech, the minister highlighted the importance of triple helix collaboration between the academia, industry and government in line with fulfilling the UTB mission ‘to provide experiential learning, enhance research and foster partnerships’, bringing multinational corporations on campus and to work together in partnership to offer the latest in science or emerging science.
Pehin Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Suyoi bin Haji Osman, Minister of Education, in a group photo with the scholarship recipients and other officials. – FIZAH HAB
Also held at the event was the official opening of the UTB-Sesame World Technology Science, Technology and Innovation Lab, officiated by the Minister of Education and Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China.
The establishment of the lab within the university’s campus is one of the strategic collaboration between UTB and Sesame World Technology, which was supported by the Government of Brunei Darussalam through the Innovative Technology and Creative Industry Division, Energy and Industry Department at the Prime Minister’s Office.
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