tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post116044915356836114..comments2024-03-21T20:10:28.943+08:00Comments on EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA: Why Duke shouldn't be ranked 13th in the THES rankingsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1160734485241592182006-10-13T18:14:00.000+08:002006-10-13T18:14:00.000+08:00To Anonymous Wed Oct 11, 01:05:04 PM:It might have...To Anonymous Wed Oct 11, 01:05:04 PM:<BR/><BR/>It might have escaped you that the post is actually written by Kian Ming, not Tony. And the fact that Kian Ming clearly stated that he is currently doing his PhD in Political Science, that's him being pretty direct about it, so I really don't get your "indirect" point.<BR/><BR/>All I can say is, Duke University is well known enough for the Fulbright Scholar Programme to offer a scholarship to Kian Ming to do his PhD.<BR/><BR/>Have you heard of the Fulbright Scholarship?<BR/><BR/>-roll eyes-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1160629084439363882006-10-12T12:58:00.000+08:002006-10-12T12:58:00.000+08:00UM has long been dead!Try visiting the campus. The...UM has long been dead!<BR/>Try visiting the campus. The scenario is more like a sleepy kampong than an ivory tower.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1160562846996206842006-10-11T18:34:00.000+08:002006-10-11T18:34:00.000+08:00i think PR play a major role ... try to get a coun...i think PR play a major role ... try to get a country of which the govn anti these THES evaluator and i bet my last dollar that you won't make it ... <BR/><BR/>anyway i think it's time to drop this bombshell into UM since they've been complacent for so many years already ...<BR/><BR/>http://stocktube.blogspot.com/stocktubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07937307258345344541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1160544989131236982006-10-11T13:36:00.000+08:002006-10-11T13:36:00.000+08:00Durham is great for undergraduate physics.Durham is great for undergraduate physics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1160543104466521112006-10-11T13:05:00.000+08:002006-10-11T13:05:00.000+08:00Dear Tony , Do you intend to "indirectly" telling ...Dear Tony , <BR/><BR/>Do you intend to "indirectly" telling us that you are currently doing PhD ? <BR/><BR/>Does North Carolina produce good PhD graduate ? Never heard before !!#*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1160518006620246042006-10-11T06:06:00.000+08:002006-10-11T06:06:00.000+08:00Also, ultimately, it is the strength of the partic...Also, ultimately, it is the strength of the particular faculty that you study that really matters. For example, I am not sure if I want to go to Cambridge or Harvard to do engineering - Imperial or MIT would have been more appropriate.<BR/><BR/>Given Kian Ming's revealed above - looks like Uni who knows a bit of PR skill to play with the ranking data can indeed make their ranking better :-) Maybe what UM needs is the service of Ogilvy :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1160494909791778152006-10-10T23:41:00.000+08:002006-10-10T23:41:00.000+08:00in the US alone, there are so many more well-quali...in the US alone, there are so many more well-qualified universities that are not in the list especially the state schools. then there's european and east asian as well as indian unis that definitely deserve a place too. <BR/><BR/>bottom line - there will never be a complete and comprehensive list to rank universities globally. perhaps, maybe only the top 50 (e.g. harvard, ox, cam, mit, stan, etc.) can be safely ranked but all other schools are simply impossible to rank.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1160486691694020472006-10-10T21:24:00.000+08:002006-10-10T21:24:00.000+08:00Actually, Durham University is ranked at 132 in th...Actually, Durham University is ranked at 132 in the 2006 rankings down from 83 in 2005. Durham University has a great reputation in the humanities but I'm not sure about how strong it is in the sciences and social sciences.Kian Minghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12615270889115130547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1160481554829123702006-10-10T19:59:00.000+08:002006-10-10T19:59:00.000+08:00Actually, there are still many excellent universit...Actually, there are still many excellent universities from many countries not in the list. When they are eventually in the list, we will definitely say 'bye, bye' to UKM, UM, USM, UPM, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1160476738857850232006-10-10T18:38:00.000+08:002006-10-10T18:38:00.000+08:00anyone noticed that THES left out University of Du...anyone noticed that THES left out University of Durham in their rankings? Either they forgot it exists or that they ranked it so low that it doesn't matter. That's a major fault, imo. Durham is arguably top 5 in the UK (some even rate it as 3rd after oxbridge).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com