tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post5762514752838053404..comments2024-03-21T20:10:28.943+08:00Comments on EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA: Top 200 No MoreUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-40917428250300011192007-11-20T21:27:00.000+08:002007-11-20T21:27:00.000+08:00Next year all IPTA's ill be completely out of THES...Next year all IPTA's ill be completely out of THES top 500!<BR/>Guaranteed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-52225996223427697922007-11-19T01:29:00.000+08:002007-11-19T01:29:00.000+08:00Not to worry. UKM's ranking will move up, up next ...Not to worry. UKM's ranking will move up, up next year - its model superman, the space traveller, will lift its ranking very high.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-40839082548777719892007-11-17T00:19:00.000+08:002007-11-17T00:19:00.000+08:00I would like to comment regarding MMU . Firstly, i...I would like to comment regarding MMU . Firstly, it is one of the few (if not the only) university in Malaysia that requires lecturers to publish in ISI listed journals in order to obtain a promotion. In order to be a senior lecturer, one has to publish 3 ISI journal while to be a professor, one even need to publish 15 ISI journal. So I would say the publication is much better than most of the average public uni in Malaysia.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, being established for only 10 years, it is hard to get invited to take part in the THES ranking. Even Singapore Management Uni is not qualified as it is less than 10 years old. <BR/><BR/>Thirdly, yes, not all their lecturers are excellent. But they do have good ones, check the links<BR/><BR/>http://pesona.mmu.edu.my/~htchuah/<BR/><BR/>http://pesona.mmu.edu.my/~tcchuah/<BR/><BR/>to name a few. Some of the bad mouthing seems to be factless. E.g. The persian you mentioned was not the dean, but associate dean. <BR/><BR/>Why bother if the lecturers are local or not. You think local lecturers at TAR who can't speak proper english are better than some of the foreign lecturers? When I was doing my post grad in the U.K, my first supervisor was a Nigerian (who graduated from Imperial) and my second supervisor is an Egyptian (a professor!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-39567089941465581872007-11-16T11:03:00.000+08:002007-11-16T11:03:00.000+08:00Are you sure "anyone can become lecturer in MMU"? ...Are you sure "anyone can become lecturer in MMU"? My friend (he has friend working in MMU) told me you need good publications to apply for lecturer position and you also need to have good proficiency of English. That what I was told, agree?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-63598890440904544802007-11-16T09:40:00.000+08:002007-11-16T09:40:00.000+08:00sure MMU good.. earn a lot of money ... good for c...sure MMU good.. earn a lot of money ... good for country, anyone can become lecturer in MMUAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-49401388759084194672007-11-15T10:11:00.000+08:002007-11-15T10:11:00.000+08:00Hey, cool down men :)What about you to say MMU is ...Hey, cool down men :)<BR/><BR/>What about you to say MMU is not "good", any facts to show?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-73947736849735016032007-11-15T09:03:00.000+08:002007-11-15T09:03:00.000+08:00Who says MMU is better or the best?Talk with facts...Who says MMU is better or the best?<BR/>Talk with facts man! Prove it laaa!<BR/>I got a feeling the person who wrote this is from the university PRO department!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-62536844546005399462007-11-14T12:34:00.000+08:002007-11-14T12:34:00.000+08:00MMU is only 10 years old, but it has already surpa...MMU is only 10 years old, but it has already surpassed all local universities. It's not ranked in THES I guess because of its young age. But overall, it has done very well as compared to all local universities. Just that it needs more time to build up the reputation internationally. But one thing for sure, not all of it's faculties are good. And this may pull down it's overall ranking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-80424266912966799102007-11-14T09:45:00.000+08:002007-11-14T09:45:00.000+08:00I am not the MMU student nor lecturer. May I know ...I am not the MMU student nor lecturer. May I know why do you think MMU should not be ranked in THES? I thought the uni is performing well in research and teaching, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-9889955919645890932007-11-13T22:55:00.000+08:002007-11-13T22:55:00.000+08:00MMU ranked in THES? You must be kidding. If that ...MMU ranked in THES? You must be kidding. If that happened, I can definitely throw THES out the window.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-14857252229899484922007-11-13T16:27:00.000+08:002007-11-13T16:27:00.000+08:00May I know what is the rank of MMU in THES? Anyway...May I know what is the rank of MMU in THES? Anyway to read other universities outside the top 200? TQ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-54383527800401879112007-11-13T10:05:00.000+08:002007-11-13T10:05:00.000+08:00you are wrong. An international lecturer is regard...you are wrong. An international lecturer is regarded as an 'asset' under THES. MMU is 'smart' heheAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-17853184604779951932007-11-12T16:11:00.000+08:002007-11-12T16:11:00.000+08:00The ex dean of business of MMU, a Persian guy who ...The ex dean of business of MMU, a Persian guy who is now attached to another third rate private university, was sadly only interested in making money. Further, he had qualifications from the now defunct Newport University, strange huh that he was even selected to represent MMU. Goes to show the quality of MMU. Might Mix Bag of UnwantedsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-79615208540623256142007-11-12T02:31:00.000+08:002007-11-12T02:31:00.000+08:00Quote" Anonymous 说... It's true that in MMU, le...Quote<BR/>" Anonymous 说...<BR/><BR/> It's true that in MMU, lecturers are FORCED not to fail more than 20% of the students and the average must not be less than 60 marks. However, if the average is more than 70%, they need to deduct marks from students to maintain the standard. Don't be surprised about MMU adjusting marks. The same happens in Monash Univeristy Malaysia and Nottingham University Malaysia, so do all IPTA and most univeristies in UK and Australia. Nowadays education is a business. If you fail too many students, you got no business!"<BR/><BR/>Guess that you are a student from MMU?<BR/><BR/>I think that you have to get your claims proven. Pointless to fake up sth just to def the phenomenon. My friend who is in University of Sydney told me last time that their school administration demands a stricter control over the pointsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-54622227137446412922007-11-11T11:24:00.000+08:002007-11-11T11:24:00.000+08:00In local IPTA it is worst...I think most students ...In local IPTA it is worst...<BR/>I think most students marks are 'jacked up'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-51712244666885915892007-11-11T10:12:00.000+08:002007-11-11T10:12:00.000+08:00It's true that in MMU, lecturers are FORCED not to...It's true that in MMU, lecturers are FORCED not to fail more than 20% of the students and the average must not be less than 60 marks. However, if the average is more than 70%, they need to deduct marks from students to maintain the standard. Don't be surprised about MMU adjusting marks. The same happens in Monash Univeristy Malaysia and Nottingham University Malaysia, so do all IPTA and most univeristies in UK and Australia. Nowadays education is a business. If you fail too many students, you got no business!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-40896966451020503892007-11-10T22:00:00.000+08:002007-11-10T22:00:00.000+08:00Though I wrote the "11/10/2007 08:03:00 PM" commen...Though I wrote the "11/10/2007 08:03:00 PM" comments above, I agreed IT and Engineering in MMU are many times better than IPTA because IPTA IT and Engineering are simply sucks. During my time, there were many good lecturers around, most have left and one of them work in my company, that is how I know. Just wait for another 2 or 3 years and see what kind of graduates you will be getting.<BR/><BR/>According to my colleague, MMU lecturers are FORCED not to fail more than 20 percent of the students and the average must not be less than 60 marks even if it means that they have to pass students by giving them free 10 to 15 marks, actually the students also know about that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-22956610607712969962007-11-10T21:31:00.000+08:002007-11-10T21:31:00.000+08:00I do not know much about IT at MMU but as far as I...I do not know much about IT at MMU but as far as I know, the Engineering at MMU is much more better than any ITPA.<BR/><BR/>Ya, the 2nd boss is the main controller form MMU engineering and IT and I heard he has a "Dato" title :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-71892943908299050872007-11-10T20:57:00.000+08:002007-11-10T20:57:00.000+08:00MMU's engineering faculty, in my opinion, is the b...MMU's engineering faculty, in my opinion, is the best currently in Malaysia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-91822907563020850042007-11-10T20:03:00.000+08:002007-11-10T20:03:00.000+08:00> If u take MMU for example,> you have the 2nd Bos...> If u take MMU for example,<BR/>> you have the 2nd Boss - a<BR/>> chinese. And truly speaking <BR/>> sometimes he exercises more <BR/>> power then the MMU president<BR/>> itself. But the overall <BR/>> problems are still there. So<BR/>> i dont think it is a race <BR/>> issue per say.<BR/><BR/>You are right, the 2nd Chinese Boss is the real boss because the President brought him from UM decade ago to control MMU as the President did not know how to do it. Other VPs are friends of this 2nd boss. The same goes with all other Deans and Assistant Deans, they are all his friends or associates. The same 2nd boss is also Dean of Engineering School, his PhD student became Dean of IT School right after getting an Engineering PhD., many of his engineering friends are dumped into School of IT because Engineering School do not have enough places anymore. The only Professor in School of IT is also a former engineering school staff, in fact School of IT do not have a single IT PHD holders! You can go ask MMU to prove this is not true, they can't! Just go to their website and check out the subjects we have to painfully endure, subjects such as multimedia operating system, multimedia expert system, multimedia marketing, multimedia information system, multimedia planning and everything are attached the word multimedia just to make it look nice and even our own lecturers do not know what they are talking about. So glad my suffering are over long time ago, good luck to current MMU students, i heard it is worst than during my time, I heard all the good lecturers have left because unhappy with the uni.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-17351624475821752572007-11-10T19:32:00.000+08:002007-11-10T19:32:00.000+08:00This blog always talk about IPTA, how come you nev...This blog always talk about IPTA, how come you never talk about our problems in IPTS, especially those unis set up by our Government-Linked companies such as MMU, UniTen, Uni Petronas etc.? These unis are given important role to play and partially funded by the government and thus the tax payers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-10380696725143052532007-11-10T14:25:00.000+08:002007-11-10T14:25:00.000+08:00God bless MMU,finally we lost the last hope :(God bless MMU,finally we lost the last hope :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-25533404444437447562007-11-10T06:49:00.000+08:002007-11-10T06:49:00.000+08:00MALAYSIA GEMILANG, TERBILANG, CEMERLANG!RESEARCH U...MALAYSIA GEMILANG, TERBILANG, CEMERLANG!<BR/><BR/>RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES, APEX UNIVERSITIES<BR/><BR/>All hype sounding words with no meaning. The system remain the same. The people remain the same. It will remain the same everything!<BR/><BR/>You cannot undo evolution that take millions and millions of years to evolve with a few decades of empty rhetorics and slogans!<BR/><BR/>I propose let us cut the crap of trying to be the best university. We had our chance, We had history to prove it.<BR/>Let us save our money for better things<BR/><BR/>The present state of our universities is " clinically brain dead" or " clinically unrecoverable"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-83462835952005852292007-11-10T00:47:00.000+08:002007-11-10T00:47:00.000+08:00i'm anticipating their excuses.. :)btw, apex unive...i'm anticipating their excuses.. :)<BR/><BR/>btw, apex university is unlikely to make a different if students intake isn't gonna be based on real meritocracy.Daniel S.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16832258588934695306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-25290061538302994382007-11-10T00:27:00.000+08:002007-11-10T00:27:00.000+08:00Contrary to what some people said, this is not jus...Contrary to what some people said, this is not just about salary but also a race issue. It is not a coincidence that top administrators that matter are all Bumis. Also, many non-Malays applied for faculty positions in spite of the low salaries. This is more true nowadays because permanent jobs in the US and elsewhere are now much harder to get. The problem is whether the govt is willing to adopt true meritocracy and to kick out those that don't perform. Making faculty appointments just to provide employment for a select community only exacerbates the problem of mediocrity and does not provide any incentive to work hard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com