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“The reason I come to 7th QS-APPLE is that I can make so many friends here, and I am very inspired by those participants who are so eager to develop their universities and students.”
- Dr Leehter Yao, President, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
“Thanks to QS-APPLE, our university is able to develop our relationship with many universities located in foreign countries. At the QS-APPLE conference, we can discuss opportunities for cooperation with other universities. Through QS-APPLE, we can think about how we can deepen our relationship with each other..”
- Dr Dong-Ok Chah, Vice President of International Affairs, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
“This is my third time attending the conference as we have found that QS-APPLE provides an excellent platform for us to learn the strategies that other universities use to promote their quality education and research, and to find international universities to collaborate with.”
- Dr Liang-Yo Yang, Vice Dean, International Office, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
“I learn a lot from my association with QS-APPLE, and I am very happy to be in Manila for the 7th QS-APPLE conference, which has been a very successful meeting.”
- Prof Kenji Watanuki, Vice Director, JICPAS, Josai University, Japan
“I am here at 7th QS-APPLE to share my ideas with participants as a speaker, and to meet with and learn more creative ideas from others who come from many parts of the world.”
- Li Jing, Development and Planning Office, Renmin University, China
“I have been attending QS-APPLE conference since its second conference, and this is my sixth time so far. I have enjoyed each and every conference. For us at Mahidol University, it's a great opportunity to increase our visibility, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. We also get to meet with other universities to learn from their experiences and to develop new technologies for helping our students increase their capability and expand their global outlook.”
- Prof Jisnuson Svasti, Chairman, International Relations Policy Committee, Mahidol University, Thailand
“I find this conference interesting because it helps me to network with the participants here. We have been participating in QS conferences before, and we would like to improve our standing and global outreach to our academic partners. It's a good experience for us to be exposed to such an event. I am able to meet with our partners from all over the world here.”
- Dr Abdul Latiff Mohd Ibrahim, Deputy Director, International Affairs, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
“I think QS-APPLE is very good for us to share, learn and work hand-in-hand with each other, to promote partnership among universities around the world. The 7th QS-APPLE in Manila is very successful, I think. I would like to invite all its participants to attend the 8th QS-APPLE, which we will be co-hosting in Bali, Indonesia in 2012.”
- Herry Suhardiyanto, Rector, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia
“I am very happy with the 7th QS-APPLE conference, which is very good and beneficial to us as we learn from the experiences of other countries. I am here to receive the QS Stars certificate that has been awarded to my university. I am looking forward to attending the next QS-APPLE conference in Bali next year.”
- Prof Edy Suandi Hamid, Rector, Islamic University of Indonesia
“We are both happy and grateful to be here at the 7th QS-APPLE. Being a new university, we want to spread our messages and to establish our international presence. We feel that building a good relationship with other universities around the world through QS-APPLE would be very beneficial to us, as we are very interested in international collaboration and exchanging ideas with them. QS-APPLE understands that the focus now is on international mobility of students, and we want to prepare for this.”
- Micael Talbot, International Relations, Mahasarakham University, Thailand
“After two days of exhibition, we have learned a lot from our peers and shared our experience with them. We think that we have achieved what we had expected as an exhibitor at this QS-APPLE conference. We certainly would like to be a part of QS-APPLE next year.”
- Assoc Prof Supat Sinawat, Asst President for International Relations, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
“This is the fourth time I am attending QS-APPLE, and every time I come my experience is enriched by meeting people from academia, scholars and researchers from around the world. Every time, there are new topics and new presenters. This conference is perhaps the best conference in the education sector where we get the opportunities for networking, exchange of knowledge and sharing of good practices. Each time, we get a clearer picture of the ranking system that is being adopted by QS.”
- Muhammad Ismail, Director-Quality Assurance and International Collaboration, National University of Sciences & Technology, Pakistan
“We are participating in this APPLE conference to show that King Saud University has expanded its vision from only academic education to building a knowledge-based society. By participating in this very important conference, we have gained a lot of experience by sharing our knowledge with other universities. We have also benefited greatly from the conference sessions.”
- Dr Khalid Al-Nowibet, Vice Rectorate of Development and Quality, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
“It has been an enriching experience. I have attended many conference sessions, in particular those on globalisation, internationalisation of university education and how to become a world-class university. It's also a good experience because we are co-hosting the 2nd QS-MAPLE conference in Durban, South Africa next year.”
- Prof Nelson Ijumba, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
“I am here at QS-APPLE (in Manila) to follow up from QS-MAPLE (in Dubai) to engage with the international academic community in higher education, which has truly become global. At Massey University, we are particularly interested in how we can digitise the learning experience across borders.”
- Dr Mark Brown, Director (Teaching, Learning and Distance Education), Massey University, New Zealand
“It has been very beneficial for us to be here at QS-APPLE, as we get to meet with people that we don't normally get to meet with. We can also connect them with colleagues around the globe. It's an opportunity for us to share some of our research with universities in this part of the world.”
- Margaret Wenger, Team Manager, Educational Credential Evaluators, USA
“The QS-APPLE conference is a very good opportunity for networking with partners from Asia, and to learn about new trends and good practices that these universities are doing in this part of the world. I would really recommend that you participate in this QS conference.”
- Jose Alberto Sandoval, International Programs Office, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico
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