Monday, July 30, 2007

RM1.1 billion for motivational courses for students?

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I think there must be a typo in this Star report . "The Government has allocated RM1.1bil for motivational courses for students in all...
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Call for Interview & Survey Participants!

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Just a note from a student seeking assistance from female students in Computer Science and IT to help complete a survey. ;) Hi, my name is J...
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Friday, July 27, 2007

UUM dress code: response from a reader

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I got this response from our of our readers in response to Tony's post on the UUM dress code. While his reply is not strictly education...
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Thursday, July 26, 2007

Academics against Akujanji

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A Malaysiakini report yesterday highlighted the campaign by academics in Malaysia against the Akujanji pledge. Not only does it call for A...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

DECC Call For Assistance

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Below is a message from Tee Sui Seng, recently gradauted from Cambridge University, who has offered to assist with DECC. Thanks a million, S...
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More disciplinary issues

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Following on our posts on the student slapping incident here and here , the Star reported two incidents - that a student slapping headmaste...
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Monday, July 23, 2007

"On The Other Side of the Fence"

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I was interviewed by Mark Disney, fellow alumnus and a local publisher specialising in Education periodicals in Malaysia. In the 3rd issue ...
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Sunday, July 22, 2007

Dress Code Controversy

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Latest Update: The Dress Code decree by UUM has been retracted. See Sinchew (headlines today) or Oriental Daily for more reports. --- Ah,...
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Saturday, July 21, 2007

MOSTI Minister on sabattical in the US

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Got this notification from a friend. For those of you who are scientists and / or engineers in the US, the Minister of Science, Technology a...
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

The question of discipline

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Politics aside, I think the recent 'teacher slapping' incident and the Deputy Minister's reaction to it which Tony has blogged a...
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Malaysian public universities to expand overseas?

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Saw this interesting bit in the Star today . It was reported The Minister for Higher Education, Tok Pah, said that several public universiti...
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King's scholarships for postgrad studies

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For those who are interested in pursuing further studies in science and technology, economics or law, check out the Yang DiPertuan Agong sch...
Monday, July 16, 2007

Discovering US Education 2007

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I'm really sad that I can't attend this year's (July 22, 2007)Discover US Education Expo (I missed last year's by a few days...
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Sunday, July 15, 2007

Bad Apples

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Datuk Noh Omar achieved international notoriety and placed Malaysia on the world map for public ridicule in November 2005 when he lambasted ...
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Saturday, July 14, 2007

Experience at a woman's liberal arts college in the US

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After Yaowen's sharing on his experience in a small liberal arts college in Ohio, I thought it was apt to post Hui Hsing's experien...
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