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Humaniversity: Is the heart part of 'human capital'?

It is the beginning of the year and as a loyal and seasoned USM staf, we (me and wife) were at the Vice Chancellor's annual speech again this morning.

We came as early as 8.45am and as we walked inside the almost empty hall I counted, we were the fourth and fifth person to be seated somewhere at the front row of the Dewan Budaya.

En. Mohamad, the emcee warned that VC's speech could take longer then usual as the slides were at least a hundred when he counted them last night at the rehearsal.

It was indeed a long a winding speech. The first hour (or so) was mainly a recap of what has happened the previous year (2010). But some of what was said today was also a repetition of what was mentioned the previous year.

I believe it was deliberated -- that VC wanted to emphasize the importance of a point he made last year regarding the concept of challenging the status quo as he showed again the newspaper clip of the statement by the Chief Secretary to the Government, Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan.

But the main point vis-à-vis the title or theme of the speech: Humaniversity: Transformation to Humanise the University was brilliantly conveyed in a series of slides on the plans to transform the university into what it was set out to be.

The conclusion, 'To Humanise the University' as pointed out by the VC among others were:

~ The university is not a business. It is not a factory.

~ the university must seek to right the balance by transforming the prevailing situation to ensure core ethos of humanity is restored

~ the focus is on the enhancement of the core ethos of the university.

~ to transform the university as an urgent universally accepted commitment.

The VC's speech was also filled with quotes, excerpts and citations from the Qur'an, the Hadith, philosophy and a media practitioner.

Among others which caught my attention was the Prophet Muhammad saying: "Surely there is in the body a small piece of flesh; if it is good, the whole body is good, and if it is corrupted, the whole body is corrupted, and that is surely the heart (qalbu)".

Below the hadith is a question: Is the heart part of 'human capital'?

The other quote was by the internationally famous media mogul Rupert Murdoch (pic below) who said: "We've been living in the Western world way above our means. We've been on a great binge and it's come to an end and we have to live through the correction."

The hall was filled to the brim. Some sat on the stairs and some sat on the aisles at the side of the hall. Some just lingered outside waiting for a chance to get into the crowded hall as those already in ushered their way to chance a better place to a seat.

Towards the end, the VC's speech was a bit bland as he speedup a bit and skipped a few slides as if trying to catch-up on something more important. But the crowd was not perturbed. Most waited until the end.

After the speech, I asked my wife how long did it take VC to finish. She said about 45 minutes.

Strange, I thought it took much longer. I lost my attention span roughly half an hour through it and then regained it back 10 minutes later. The gentlemen beside us dozed off a few minutes in between the speech.

I tried to look if Prof Lik Meng was around as he usually sat at the aisle beside us (today) with his faithful DSLR. Anyway, he got to his update blog first today and wrote: it took the VC about one and half hour.

Nonetheless, altogether it was a great speech, easy to digest and definitely better than the year before. The video clips and multimedia presentations were also a great support to the overall speech.

After the VC's speech there was a promotional talk on a new telecoms product and Internet service by the CEO of YTL Communications, Mr Wing K. Lee and also an MoU signing ceremony between USM and YTL Communications.

The company was represented by its parent corporation, YTL Managing Director, Tan Sri Dato' Francis Yeoh.

We left before Mr Wing (pic right) finished his talk as our nervous system was already working hard sending alert signals between the brain and the stomach.

Outside the hall, we felt relieved as nasi bariyani was there waiting for us.

As part of our responsibility in fulfilling the needs of 'human capital' the bariyani was easily digested.

Related article: Humanise the University by Bernard E. Meland

Iklan Jawatan Kosong di USM - 25 Disember 2010

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Iklan Disember 2010 (Kampus Kejuruteraan) (Dibuka dari 26/12/2010 sehingga 9/1/2011)

	Jawatan	Jabatan	Bidang	Jenis
1/1.	Juruteknik J17		Elektrik & Elektronik	Tetap
2/2.	Juruteknik J17		Aeroangkasa/Mekanik	Tetap
3/3.	Pegawai Pergigian U41			Tetap
4/4.	Pegawai Perubatan UD41			Tetap
5/5.	Pembantu Pembedahan Pergigian U17			Tetap

Iklan Disember 2010 (Kampus Induk, Pulau Pinang) (Dibuka dari 26/12/2010 sehingga 9/1/2011)

	Jawatan	Jabatan	Bidang	Jenis
1/6.	Ahli Fotografi B17			Tetap
2/7.	Jururawat Pergigian U29			Tetap
3/8.	Juruteknologi Makmal Perubatan U29			Tetap
4/9.	Pegawai Farmasi U41			Tetap
5/10.	Pegawai Kewangan W41			Tetap
6/11.	Pegawai Penyelidik Q41/Q43/Q47/Q51/Q53		Kejuruteraan Kimia/ Kimia	Tetap
7/12.	Pegawai Penyelidik Q41/Q43/Q47/Q51/Q53		Fisiologi/ Farmakologi/ Social Adminstrative Pharmacy	Tetap
8/13.	Pegawai Pergigian U41			Tetap
9/14.	Pegawai Perubatan UD43			Tetap
10/15.	Pembantu Laut A17			Tetap
11/16.	Pembantu Pembedahan Pergigian U17			Tetap
12/17.	Pembantu Tadbir (Pekeranian/Operasi) N17			Tetap
13/18.	Penolong Akauntan W27			Sambilan
14/19.	Penolong Pegawai Belia Dan Sukan S27			Sambilan
15/20.	Penolong Pegawai Penerbitan N27			Tetap
16/21.	Penolong Pegawai Penerbitan N27		Berpengalaman dalam bidang penerbitan atau berpengalaman sebagai wartaw...	Tetap
17/22.	Penolong Pegawai Sains C27			Tetap

Iklan Disember 2010 (Kampus Kesihatan/HUSM, Kelantan) (Dibuka dari 26/12/2010 sehingga 9/1/2011)

	Jawatan	Jabatan	Bidang	Jenis
1/23.	Juru X-ray U29		Diagnostik/Terbuka	Tetap
2/24.	Jurupulih Perubatan U29		Cara Kerja	Tetap
3/25.	Jururawat Pergigian U29			Tetap
4/26.	Juruteknik Komputer FT17			Tetap
5/27.	Juruteknologi Pergigian U29			Tetap
6/28.	Pegawai Kewangan W41			Tetap
7/29.	Pegawai Penyelidik Q41/Q43/Q47/Q51/Q53			Tetap
8/30.	Pegawai Pergigian U41			Tetap
9/31.	Pegawai Perubatan UD43			Tetap
10/32.	Pegawai Teknologi Maklumat F41			Sambilan
11/33.	Pegawai Veterinar G41			Tetap
12/34.	Pekerja Awam Khas R3			Tetap
13/35.	Pembantu Kesihatan Awam U17			Tetap
14/36.	Pembantu Pembedahan Pergigian U17			Tetap
15/37.	Pembantu Setiausaha Pejabat/Setiausaha Pejabat N27			Tetap
16/38.	Pembantu Tadbir (Pekeranian/Operasi) N17			Sambilan
17/39.	Penolong Pegawai Teknologi Maklumat F29			Tetap
18/40.	Penolong Pengurus Asrama N27			Tetap

Iklan Disember 2010 (Institut Perubatan & Pergigian Termaju) P Pinang (Dibuka dari 26/12/2010 sehingga 9/1/2011)

	Jawatan	Jabatan	Bidang	Jenis
1/41.	Pegawai Pergigian U41			Tetap
2/42.	Pegawai Perubatan UD43		Perubatan Intergratif/ Hematologi/ Perubatan Transfusi/ Pakar Bius/ Pak...	Tetap
3/43.	Pegawai Perubatan UD47/UD48		Perubatan Intergratif/ Hematologi/ Perubatan Transfusi/ Pakar Bius/ Pak...	Tetap
4/44.	Pegawai Perubatan UD51/UD52		Perubatan Intergratif/ Hematologi/ Perubatan Transfusi/ Pakar Bius/ Pak...	Tetap
5/45.	Pegawai Perubatan UD53/UD54		Perubatan Intergratif/ Hematologi/ Perubatan Transfusi/ Pakar Bius/ Pak...	Tetap
6/46.	Pegawai Veterinar G41

120 USM posts vacant by year end?

By the end of this year a total of 110 USM staff will retire from their service in the university.

77 of them are from Kampus Induk (Main Campus, Penang)

10 are from Kampus Kejuruteraan (Engineering Campus, Nibong Tebal, Penang)

23 are from Kampus Kesihatan (Health Campus, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan).

Total: 110

10 of them has died while in service, making a total 120 of posts left vacant.

Question: will the posts be filled with an intake of new staffers?

Source: Kakitangan USM Perlu Kental Hadapi Cabaran

School of Communication USM - something to shout about

I just got this in my mail:

 

Salam Sejahtera,

 

Sukacita dimaklumkan bahawa kumpulan penuntut projek tahun akhir 2009/2010, 'NEMGRADS USM-MALAKOFF Environmental Awareness Project 2010" di bawah penyeliaan Dr.Jamilah Haji Ahmad telah dipilih oleh The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) untuk dianugerahkan dengan ACU PR AWARDS 2010 bagi kategori "OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS". Majlis penganugerahan telah diadakan pada 24 November 2010 di Melbourne, Australia.

 

TAHNIAH kepada Dr.Jamilah dan kumpulan NEMGRADS yang meletakkan nama PPK di peringkat antarabangsa.

 

Sekian, Terima Kasih

 

 

Dr. Azman Azwan Azmawati
Deputy Dean  (Academic and Student Development)
School of Communication
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800, Penang, Malaysia

The PRESS RELEASE
Universities from around the Commonwealth win awards for PR excellence
Universities in Australia, Canada, India and South Africa were amongst the winners of the annual Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) PR, Marketing and Communications Awards, announced at a special Gala Dinner last night (25 November) in Melbourne, Australia.
The award winners – provided with a bursary by the ACU to attend the conference – each received a trophy in recognition of their achievement. The awards were presented by Peter Reader, Director of Marketing and Communications at the University of Portsmouth, UK, and Chair of the PR, Marketing and Communications Network steering committee. He emphasised the high quality of entries across all four categories, and praised the diversity of submissions – 81 entries were received from 43 universities in 15 countries.
The results of the 2010 ACU PR, Marketing and Communications Awards are:
Student publications
Winner: Athabasca University, Canada – Athabasca University Student Recruitment Publications
Honourable mentions: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa – Way2Go and Aspire
University of Leicester, UK – Postgraduate Prospectus
Corporate publications
Winner: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India – Raintree – Notes from the Campus
Honourable mentions: Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada – 2010 President's Report
University of the Free State, South Africa – Dumela Newsletter
Websites
Winner: Murdoch University, Australia – Beyond the student prospectus: Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube: http://bloggers.murdoch.edu.au/winners
Honourable mentions: Strathmore University, Kenya – Strathmore University website,
www.strathmore.edu
University of the West Indies at St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago – UWI Today, http://sta.uwi.edu/uwitoday/default.asp
Outreach and community relations
Winner: Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia – NEMGRADS USM-MALAKOFF Environmental Awareness Project 2010
Honourable mentions: Glasgow Caledonian University, UK – The Caledonian Club
North West Frontier Province University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan – UET Gemstone Development Centre (GDC)
ENDS
Notes to editors:
1. The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) was established in 1913 and is the oldest inter-university network in the world, with over 500 members in six continents. Its
mission is to strengthen the higher education institutions within its membership through international co-operation and understanding. The ACU operates a series of professional networks for staff in key roles, undertakes research and policy analysis on key issues in international higher education, and has active programmes in libraries and information, research management, gender and university governance. Her Majesty the Queen, the Head of the Commonwealth, is Patron of the ACU. For further information, visit www.acu.ac.uk
2. The ACU PR, Marketing and Communications Network was launched in 2003 and currently has over 400 members across 300 institutions Commonwealth-wide. The network is open to communications professionals in all ACU member organisations. It brings together professionals in the field and provides a practical channel through which members can exchange experiences, share good practice and keep abreast of current thinking. The network is hosting its 3rd biennial conference in Melbourne, from 24-26 November 2010.
3. The ACU PR, Marketing and Communications Awards began in 2005, and aim to recognise, encourage and celebrate the achievements of universities and the professionals who work within them, and to draw attention to models of good practice for the higher education sector internationally. Entries are judged by an international panel of experts, and all entrants receive feedback on the strengths of their entry and recommendations for its enhancement.
4. For further information, please contact:
Natasha Lokhun
+44 (0)20 7380 6760
n.lokhun@acu.ac.uk

Malaysian IPTA & IPTS website ranking according to Webometrics

If you think the Alexa.com and bizinformation.org/my/ ranking of local IPTAs as published in this blog previously is superficial as it only gathers the number of hits (or popularity) of the websites, then this Webometrics ranking will give you a more balanced answer to whatever needs your curiosity might demand.

The Webometrics is an initiative of the Cybermetrics Lab, a research group belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), the largest public research body in Spain. It is also called the Ranking Web of World Universities.

Since 2004, the Ranking Web is published twice a year (January and July), covering more than 20,000 Higher Education Institutions worldwide. Its intention is to motivate both institutions and scholars to have a web presence that reflect accurately their activities.

For more clarification regarding the motivations of the Ranking or the methodology, please read the FAQ.

As stated in its website, the original aim of the Ranking is to promote Web publication.  

Therefore, if an institution's web performance is below the expected position (according to their academic excellence), university authorities should reconsider their web policy, promoting substantial increases of the volume and quality of their electronic publications.

Listed below is the 16 top ranking Malaysian IPTA and IPTS according to webometrics as gathered on 9 December 2010.


No 1. Universiti Sains Malaysia
No. 9 in South East Asia, No.58 in Asia and No.585 in world ranking

No.2. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
No. 13 in South East Asia, No.77 in Asia and No.758 in world ranking

No.3.  Universiti Putra Malaysia
No. 14 in South East Asia, No.81 in Asia and No.773 in world ranking

No.4.  University of Malaya
No. 18 in South East Asia, No.96 in Asia and No.850 in world ranking

No.5. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
No. 20 in South East Asia and No.913 in world ranking

No.6. Universiti Teknologi Mara
No.29 in South East Asia and No.1246 in world ranking 

No.7  International Islamic University Malaysia
No. 32 in South East Asia and No.1400 in world ranking

No. 8  Multimedia University
No. 33 in South East Asia and No.1403 in world ranking

No. 9 Universiti Utara Malaysia
No. 40 in South East Asia and No.1534 in world ranking

No.10 Universiti Malaysia Perlis
No. 44 in South East Asia and No.1629 in world ranking

No.11 Universiti Teknologi Petronas
No. 67 in South East Asia and No.2304 in world ranking

No.12 Universiti Tenaga Nasional
No. 72 in South East Asia and No.2361 in world ranking

No.13 University of Nottingham Malaysia
No. 80 in South East Asia and No.2643 in world ranking

No.14 Universiti Malaysia Sabah
No. 88 in South East Asia and No.2825 in world ranking

No.15 Universiti Malaysia Pahang
No. 89 in South East Asia and No.2840 in world ranking

No.16  Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
No. 94 in South East Asia and No.2983 in world ranking 

Malaysian IPTA website ranking according to Alexa and Bizinformation

Below are the details of the top Malaysian IPTAs website and their popularity ranking according to Alexa.com. 

Also included are details from bizinformation.org/my/ and the internet valuation of the sites. 

Both data were collected on 1 December 2010.

Only 16 IPTA websites were listed for this survey, as the rest of the IPTA sites were far off the ranking from this top group (of 15). Even the last IPTA website, No.16 umk.edu.my was ranked 13,746 in Alexa Malaysia's ranking.

For more details on how Alexa.com rates your website, go to its Website Information

And as for how bizinformation.org/my/ rates the value of your website, not much info is given. The home page only says it is just an estimated value of your website.
 

1. uitm.edu.my

Number of Pages 103,971

External Links 29,705

• Alexa Traffic Rank: 34,014
• Traffic Rank in MY: 159
• Sites Linking In: 416

bizinformation.org/my/ valuation RM 1.27 Million

Daily Pageviews	49,663 *
Daily Visitors	10,728 *

2. utm.my

Number of Pages 183,683

External Links 35,945

• Alexa Traffic Rank: 38,800
• Traffic Rank in MY: 253
• Sites Linking In: 461

bizinformation.org/my/ Valuation RM 1.14 Million

Daily Pageviews	43,362 *
Daily Visitors	9,610 *

3. um.edu.my

Number of Pages 113,197

External Links 39,975

• Alexa Traffic Rank: 37,171
• Traffic Rank in MY: 276
• Sites Linking In: 569

bizinformation.org/my/ valuation RM 1.26 Million

Daily Pageviews	56,715 *
Daily Visitors	10,599 *

4. ukm.my

Number of Pages 92,939

External Links 40,625

• Alexa Traffic Rank: 46,405
• Traffic Rank in MY: 289
• Sites Linking In: 582

bizinformation.org/my/ valuation RM 1.11 Million

Daily Pageviews	47,563 *
Daily Visitors	9,331 *

5. upm.edu.my

Number of Pages

130,431

• Alexa Traffic Rank: 42,892
• Traffic Rank in MY: 300
• Sites Linking In: 487

bizinformation.org/my/ valuation RM 2,234.72

6. usm.my

Number of Pages 136,014

External Links 46,865

• Alexa Traffic Rank: 53,582
• Traffic Rank in MY: 465
• Sites Linking In: 716

bizinformation.org/my/ valuation RM 886,250.32

Daily Pageviews	24,156 *
Daily Visitors	7,439 *

7. uum.edu.my

• Alexa Traffic Rank: 110,539
• Traffic Rank in MY: 641
• Sites Linking In: 358

bizinformation.org/my/ Valuation RM 2,054.16

8. upsi.edu.my

External Links

15,925

• Alexa Traffic Rank: 165,512
• Traffic Rank in MY: 929
• Sites Linking In: 237

bizinformation.org/my/ valuation RM 263,581.57

Daily Pageviews	11,103 *
Daily Visitors	2,193 *

9. iium.edu.my

• Alexa Traffic Rank: 98,984
• Traffic Rank in MY: 1,047
• Sites Linking In: 90

bizinformation.org/my/ Valuation RM 2,073.09

10. uthm.edu.my

Number of Pages	23,412
External Links	10,985

• Alexa Traffic Rank: 200,891
• Traffic Rank in MY: 1,333
• Sites Linking In: 166

bizinformation.org/my/ Valuation RM 143,612.4

Daily Pageviews	3,751 *
Daily Visitors	1,182 *

11. ums.edu.my

External Links

26,130

• Alexa Traffic Rank: 189,397
• Traffic Rank in MY: 1,356
• Sites Linking In: 371

bizinformation.org/my/ valuation RM 217,321.53

Daily Pageviews	7,352 *
Daily Visitors	1,806 *

12. unimas.my

External Links

29,445

• Alexa Traffic Rank: 390,169
• Traffic Rank in MY: 3,822
• Sites Linking In: 375

bizinformation.org/my/ valuation RM 123,276.21

Daily Pageviews	3,601 *
Daily Visitors	1,010 *

13. usim.edu.my

Number of Pages	7,397
External Links	10,140

• Alexa Traffic Rank: 282,509
• Traffic Rank in MY: 3,940
• Sites Linking In: 151

bizinformation.org/my/ valuation RM 164,044.39

Daily Pageviews	3,751 *
Daily Visitors	1,354 *

14. unimap.edu.my

Number of Pages	74,072
External Links	8,255

• Alexa Traffic Rank: 357,150
• Traffic Rank in MY: 5,789
• Sites Linking In: 121

bizinformation.org/my/ valuation RM 110,319.02

Daily Pageviews	2,701 *
Daily Visitors	903 *

15. udm.edu.my

Number of Pages	3,509
External Links	8,060

• Alexa Traffic Rank: 818,258
• Traffic Rank in MY: 6,693
• Sites Linking In: 120

bizinformation.org/my/ valuation RM 123,283.7

Daily Pageviews	5,852 *
Daily Visitors	1,010 *

16. umk.edu.my

Number of Pages	1,775
External Links	6,890

• Alexa Traffic Rank: 1,548,326
• Traffic Rank in MY: 13,746
• Sites Linking In: 105

bizinformation.org/my/ valuation RM 33,846.02

Daily Pageviews	600 *
Daily Visitors	258 *