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The Lonely Journey: Post-grad student boost - The Star
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The virtual community for post graduate students of Open University Malaysia updated by Dr Richard Ng. Tuesday, October 11, 2011. Post-grad student boost - The Star. KUALA LUMPUR: Students will have a chance to continue their studies at international institutions through the newly-launched Merdeka Award Grant for International Attachment, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said. 8220;One grant will be offered in 2012 and two each in subsequent years,” he added. Yeang received an award in the environment category...
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The Lonely Journey: OUM PhD Students Monthly Gathering - Oct 23, 2011
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The virtual community for post graduate students of Open University Malaysia updated by Dr Richard Ng. Wednesday, October 12, 2011. OUM PhD Students Monthly Gathering - Oct 23, 2011. Posted by Bee Ching:. October meeting, we are glad to invite our ex-Doctoral Seminar facilitator and now Director of Student Management Center, Assoc Prof Dr Santhi Raghavan to give a Talk on Developing and Administrating of Survey Questionnaires. Below please find the 23rd October Program Agenda. 1200-1.00 - Sharing by ...
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The Lonely Journey: Majlis Konvokesyen ke 11 OUM pada 10 & 11 Disember 2011
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The virtual community for post graduate students of Open University Malaysia updated by Dr Richard Ng. Tuesday, December 13, 2011. Majlis Konvokesyen ke 11 OUM pada 10 and 11 Disember 2011. Cokmar OUM diletakkan dengan berhati-hati sebelum Majlis Konvokesyen di mulakan. Ucapan aluan Presiden dan Naib Canselor OUM, YBhg Prof Emeritus Tan Sri Dr. Anuwar Ali. YBhg Tan Sri Arshad Ayub sedang menerima Ijazah Doktor Kehormat dari YABhg Tun Jeanne Abdullah, Canselor OUM. Majlis dimulakan dengan perarakan akadem...
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The Lonely Journey: November 2011
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The virtual community for post graduate students of Open University Malaysia updated by Dr Richard Ng. Thursday, November 10, 2011. More than 60% of private colleges in Malaysia ranked as satisfactory - The Star. PUTRAJAYA: More than 60% of private colleges in Malaysia have been ranked as satisfactory, according to the first Malaysia Quality Evaluation System (MyQUEST), with a score of four stars and above. He said the system would also help the public with deciding where they wanted to pursue their tert...
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The Lonely Journey: March 2011
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The virtual community for post graduate students of Open University Malaysia updated by Dr Richard Ng. Monday, March 7, 2011. Report on the Gathering of PhD students at OUM Main Campus on Feb 27, 2011. Posted by Richard Ng and Bee Ching. Photos by Meng Tze. Assoc Prof. Dr. Azahari presenting his talk. The slides for his presentation can be obtained from FaceBook/Richard Ng. Dr Rosmah giving her comments on the QE mock presentation. In the afternoon, there was a Postgraduate Lab session with Dr. Rosma...
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The Lonely Journey: The disposable academic - Why doing a PhD is often a waste of time - The Economist
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The virtual community for post graduate students of Open University Malaysia updated by Dr Richard Ng. Friday, December 30, 2011. The disposable academic - Why doing a PhD is often a waste of time - The Economist. A short course in supply and demand. A very slim premium. Monica Harris, a professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky, is a rare exception. She believes that too many PhDs are being produced, and has stopped admitting them. But such unilateral academic birth control is rare&#...Many ...
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The Lonely Journey: More than 60% of private colleges in Malaysia ranked as satisfactory - The Star
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The virtual community for post graduate students of Open University Malaysia updated by Dr Richard Ng. Thursday, November 10, 2011. More than 60% of private colleges in Malaysia ranked as satisfactory - The Star. PUTRAJAYA: More than 60% of private colleges in Malaysia have been ranked as satisfactory, according to the first Malaysia Quality Evaluation System (MyQUEST), with a score of four stars and above. He said the system would also help the public with deciding where they wanted to pursue their tert...
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The Lonely Journey: February 2012
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The virtual community for post graduate students of Open University Malaysia updated by Dr Richard Ng. Thursday, February 16, 2012. Does Rosmah deserve the Curtin award? It must be sad for the prime minister's wife, Rosmah Mansor, that for receiving an honorary doctorate from a foreign university, she got so much flak. As one commentor wrote:. Curtin dear, you didn't anticipate these at all, did you? Why is there so much negative reaction to Rosmah's getting the honorary doctorate? Nowhere in the release...
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The Lonely Journey: Workshops and Gathering for OUM Postgraduate Students 2011
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The virtual community for post graduate students of Open University Malaysia updated by Dr Richard Ng. Wednesday, February 23, 2011. Workshops and Gathering for OUM Postgraduate Students 2011. The following are the series of workshops and gatherings which have been planned by the Centre of Graduate Studies of OUM for the benefits of all its postgraduate students. Please click on the image to enlarge it. The next meeting has been scheduled on 27 February 2011 as follows:. 230 - 4.00. Associate Professor D...
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The Lonely Journey: July 2011
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The virtual community for post graduate students of Open University Malaysia updated by Dr Richard Ng. Sunday, July 31, 2011. Ranking: Three Malaysian universities enter Top 500. PETALING JAYA: Three Malaysian universities have made it to the top 500 out of 12,000 universities ranked in the Webometrics Ranking Web of World Universities released Saturday. They are Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (419), Universiti Sains Malaysia (428) and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (462). Among the main indicators used t...
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