Thursday, September 25, 2008

MyBrain15 - New target - 60,000 PhD holders by 2020

PUTRAJAYA: The Government has set a new target of producing 60,000 Malaysian PhD holders by 2020 under the “MyBrain15” initiative.

Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the new figure was more reasonable compared to the previous goal of 100,000 under the National Higher Education Strategic Plan launched last year.

“In order for the country to be competitive, we need a critical mass of researchers. The current number of 8,000 PhD holders is insufficient to drive innovation and promote economic growth,” he told reporters here yesterday after the launch of MyBrain15.

Khaled said Malaysia needed a pool of highly-skilled and productive people, particularly PhD holders.

To ensure adequate supply, the Government would also be setting up a special fund to sponsor 400 bright students to further their studies from undergraduate to postgraduate level.

“These students will act as a feeder to ensure the success of the MyBrain15 initiative,” he said.

Currently, the Government is sponsoring 3,914 students at PhD level. Of this number, 39.4% are pursuing their studies locally, 30.1% in Britain and the rest in countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the United States.

Khaled said that for MyBrain15 to succeed, government agencies, including public universities, would need to reduce bureaucracy to attract top Malaysian and foreign brains.

“Public universities must put more emphasis on research and development (R&D),” said Khaled, adding that all universities would have to set clear targets on commercialisation of R&D as well as the number of patents achieved.

He also said that the ministry was looking at other methods of acquiring PhDs, including industry-based applied research.

Khaled also called on higher education institutions to focus on indigenous-based research and development in areas such as biotechnology and tropical medicine.... - TheStar -26/9/2008

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Baayah Baba, UiTM, PhD - Today’s Relevancy of the Migration Determinants Theory

Baayah Baba, Peter Mc Gregor, Kamaruzaman Jusoff (2008) Today’s Relevancy of the Migration Determinants Theory.Asian Social Science, Vol. 4, No. 9, September pp 84-95 [pdf]
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Baayah Baba, Kamaruzaman Jusoff (2008) The Stock Adjustment Model of Migration: The Scottish Experience. Asian Social Science, Vol. 4, No. 9, September, pp 35-40 [pdf]
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Szarina Abdullah, UiTM, PhD - Developing information literacy measures for higher education

Abdullah, S., Ahmad Kassim, N., Mohd Saad, M.S., Tarmuchi, N.R., & Aripin, R. (2006). Developing information literacy measures for higher education. In C. Khoo, D. Singh & A.S. Chaudhry (Eds.), Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education & Practice 2006 (A-LIEP 2006), Singapore, 3-6 April 2006 (pp. 219-228). Singapore: School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University.[pdf]

Puzziawati Ab Ghani, UiTM, PhD - Quantifying Priority in Women's Decision Making

Puzziawati Ab Ghani and Abdul Aziz Jemain (2005) Quantifying Priority in Women's Decision Making. Jurnal Teknologi, 42(E) Jun, pp. 19–30 [pdf]

Adnan Jamaludin, UiTM, PhD - Library and information career in Malaysia: Aspirations of educators and the reality of the industry

Jamaludin, A., Hussin, N., & Mokhtar, W. N. H. W. (2006). Library and information career in Malaysia: Aspirations of educators and the reality of the industry. In C. Khoo, D. Singh & A.S. Chaudhry (Eds.), Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education & Practice 2006 (A-LIEP 2006), Singapore, 3-6 April 2006 (pp. 423-426). Singapore: School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University. [pdf]

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Nik Maheran Nik Muhammad, UiTM, PhD - Technology Strategy and Firm's Revenue Growth: Empirical Evidence of Malaysian Industrial Automation Industry

Dr Nik Maheran Nik Muhammad
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kelantan, Malaysia

Nik Maheran Nik Muhammad, Muhamad Jantan and Chong Chee Keong (2008) Technology Strategy and Firm's Revenue Growth: Empirical Evidence of Malaysian Industrial Automation Industry. International Journal of Business and Management (IJBM); Volume 3(7), pp 97-106 [pdf]
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Nik Maheran Nik Muhammad, Haslina Che Yaacob (2008) Export Competitiveness of Malaysian Electrical and Electronic (E&E) Product: Comparative Study of China, Indonesia and Thailand. International Journal of Business and Management (IJBM); Volume 3(7), pp 65-75 [pdf]