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Preparing tomorrow’s research workforce

By Professor D. P. DashThe need to educate people as researchers is being felt widely both in industry and government. Bill Scales AO, President of the Business/Higher Education Round Table, Australia, who is also the Chancellor of Swinburne University of Technology, …


Towards faster, smoother mobile video conferencing

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Working effectively on team-based assignments in class

It is increasingly common these days in schools as well as institutions of higher learning to get students to work in teams on a project or assignment.


The bright side of carbon

Whether we realise it or not we are surrounded by carbon-based materials.


The Malaysian Education Blueprint: Balancing policy and practice

The Malaysian Education Blueprint was launched this month, and with it, a three-wave initiative to revamp the education system over the next 12 years.


Micro hydropower in Sarawak

With its network of sleepy, meandering rivers and heavy rainfall, Sarawak has all the right characteristics for hydropower generation.


Design – artistic hobby or economic imperative?

Dr Adam NewcombeAlthough design courses have proliferated around the world over the last 20 years or so, the actual understanding of what design is and its importance to an emerging economy is often overlooked.The perception of many parents, when advising …


Turning students into leaders

These days, most university students put too much weight on academic results and tend to neglect the importance of extra-curricular activities.


Adding value to designs

When I was a student of graphic design at a prominent Malaysian art and design institution, my lecturers often stress upon work ethics and discipline.


The millennium education paradigm

Since the beginning of the postmodern era, the education sector has been one of the last to experience the intrusion of technology.