To develop collaborations and partnerships with leading national and international training, research and consultancy agencies and offer franchise services for internships, vocational and skills development, and career oriented scientific, technological, and innovative advanced diploma and certificate courses through offline and online modes at local, regional, national, and international levels for wider outreach
To provide high quality services to national and international clientele, community and industry organizations to enhance the societal relevance of training, research and consultancy for public and private partners including research and student community, academic and research partners including higher education and research organizations, industries, communities and governments
To offer opportunities for learners by introducing a customized industry or societal focus into trainings, internships, and skills development and innovative academic diploma and certificate level courses via offline and online modes, utilizing partners expertise through academic, research or mentorship, organize academic and research events through training, research, and consultancy services
To provide opportunities for learners from diverse backgrounds to foster strong connections with industry and community to prepare them for the world of work, build reputation for excellence both in the quality of training and education through offline and online modes, including the learner’s experience in areas of specialization through industry focused programes in areas of specialization at various levels
To enhance the learners and trainees experiences and capabilities for work and life and to actively support them to engage with the educational, social and cultural life through delivery of services such as internships, academic support, skills development, careers and professional development opportunities, including leadership and collaboration via offline and online modes
To focus on work-integrated internships and learning options, tailored learning support, flexible, supported pathways for learners into and between a tailored range of diploma and certificate level courses through offline and online modes for further skill acquisition opportunities, practical industry links and work integrated and problem-based learning in chosen areas
To produce society and industry-focused, work-ready skilled youth with a wide range of national and international vocational education and training qualifications at diploma and certificate levels through offline and online modes for careers in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors across a wide range of specialized areas and industry-relevant programes to further careers by deepening or broadening areas of professional expertise
To offer vocational education and trainings and faculty development programes at all levels (higher, secondary and vocational) focusing on cooperation between educational institutions, adult education associations and enterprises and e-learning.
To provide the practice-integrated learning activities for a range of experiences and environments to engage learners with practitioners, industry professionals, and in workplace and community settings by including work/industry placements for the learners and trainees to work in business, government or community organizations and problem-based learning to enable the learners and trainees to work in groups to identify what they need to learn to solve a problem
To conduct research, integrate theory and practice, and apply knowledge and skills to develop a viable solution so that the mentor becomes a facilitator of the learning process rather than providing the knowledge
To undertake industry and community projects so that individual learners or teams undertake a project based on a problem or need encountered by a business or community organization
To equip and train the workers as learners to be able to perform the primary role of the learner and trainee and includes apprenticeships and traineeships and workplace learning through offline and online modes
To promote simulated workplace environments (real and virtual) designed to reflect a real workplace, such as virtual businesses, and project-based learning around projects that involve learners and trainees in the design, implementation, problem-solving and decision-making
To make the world a better place by connecting industry and community in key industries and sectors with the greatest need and opportunity for development of knowledge, skills and experience for learner’s potential for growth and alignment to training and skill development diploma and certificate level courses through offline and online modes
To co-ordinate engagement with the academics, researchers, mentors, professionals, industry, government, non-government and the community to build long-term partnerships that support and promote growth, opportunity and innovation by assisting industry in training, research and consultancy
To promote and support the development of innovative technologies and human resources to enable a prompt transition to sustainable society through education, lifelong learning and workforce development
To identify training and research needs and enable R&D for advancement of sustainability knowledge and skills, human development, and technology and innovation
To promote sound policy making to enable innovation and technology transfer by connecting research and industry through R&D project and to develop highly skilled, qualified and trained workforce
To support national and international R&D cooperation, provide and engage in industrial training, vocational education and skill training through a range of internships and apprenticeships as well as pre-apprenticeship programes and provide foundation and generic skills, along with the practical hands-on experience valued by employers
To support and develop internship and apprenticeship programes to support the growth of industry, economy and employment by delivering flexible training to up-skill or re-skill human resources to meet the challenging needs of industry and economy
To promote sustainable outcomes for industry and the community based on environmental and innovative technologies and to provide industry and community solutions in sustainable technology, human resource management, and varied research activities
To influence policies on non-formal adult education and lifelong learning and cooperate and collaborate with academics, institutions and national and international institutes through advocacy work, providing resources, offering information, establishing networks with relevant stakeholders and R&D institutions including colleges and universities, creating a community of trainers and researchers, develops in-service trainings to increase adult education professionals’ knowledge
To impart short-term and medium-term undergraduate and graduate level diploma and certificate courses on the various topics of sustainability and development issues through offline and online modes
To adopt unique interdisciplinary approach to education involving team teaching, by drawing faculty from a variety of disciplines and to design a series of diploma and certificate level courses in sustainability and development sciences through offline and online modes
To establish and promote research journals and publications in print and electronic versions in all scientific, technological, innovative, and sustainability disciplines and themes including interdisciplinary research
To organize and conduct regular conferences, seminars and workshops through offline and online modes covering all scientific technological, innovative, and sustainability disciplines and themes and dissemination of knowledge through publications of peer reviewed research journals and research and academic books in print and electronic versions including editing, publishing and printing services.
