Thursday, August 03, 2006

Matriculation Recognition Overseas

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Before we take a cynical crack at the latest proposal by the MOE to obtain overseas recognition for our matriculation programs, let's t...
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Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Globalised Higher Education

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The Star is organising a conference entitled " Globalising Higher Education in Malaysia " in conjunction with the Asian Centre for...
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"Grand PhD"

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Yup. There's such a thing as a "Grand PhD", if you believe the claims of one "Prof Dr" H. Sandhu, the Chief Executiv...
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Monday, July 31, 2006

'A' Levels vs International Baccalaureate

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Apologies for the long silence and thanks for Kian Ming for holding the fort :). A trip down to Singapore for a couple of days plus a weeke...
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Friday, July 28, 2006

PhD Scholarships for Local Universities

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This is an overdue follow up from Tony's posting here . I've been emailing some of my non-bumi friends who are currently or have bee...
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Thursday, July 27, 2006

Asian Youth Fellowship applications open

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Thanks Adriene , who's currently studying in Japan, for the heads up on the Asian Youth Fellowship, which is a scholarship that sends yo...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Irish International University Again!

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I wrote quite extensively a while back on the issue of "bogus universities" in our presence. Part I was on Datuk Abdul Azeez Abd...
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Monday, July 24, 2006

Ethnic Relations Course : An Alternative Proposal

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Finally, I'm back in the US and I have decent internet access once again. I had a good time meeting family and friends (including some w...
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B. A. (Hons) Thuggery

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The Ministry of Higher Education is having a real rough time. From raising optimism with recent developments such as the review of the Uni...
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Thursday, July 20, 2006

2007/8 Oxbridge Undergraduate Admissions

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Since I've just spoken at Experiences-KL, a fair promoting the top American universities, I thought that I might as well post a gentle r...
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Girls Smarter Than Boys? (II)

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I've written exactly a year ago on the matter of girls being smarter than boys . Then, it was noted that from 1995 to 2005, the number ...
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Our Universities, Our Animal Farm

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As Malaysians, we have always liked to think of ourselves as being among the better and more progressive societies. Yes, we have our glaring...
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Monday, July 17, 2006

Ethnic Relations Course: Disgraceful! (I)

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It was almost a year ago, which I lauded the move by our local universities to introduce a new course on "Ethnic Relations" to pr...
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Friday, July 14, 2006

UUCA: Optimism Unfounded?

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There has been a flurry of discussions on the University and University Colleges Act 1971 (UUCA) recently in all our mainstream newspapers. ...
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Thursday, July 13, 2006

Civil Service Dump for Unemployed Graduates

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So it has come to this. The local higher education system, both public and private, expanded its intake and "graduate" production...
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