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BOOKS: The story behind the story
The origin of the idea for You Should Read This..., a book written by students of Five Arif at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bandar Baru Sungai Buloh, is as fantastic as its content, writes SUZIEANA UDA NAGU.
HIGHER EDUCATION: Cost-effective route to Actuarial Science degree
The INTI Education Group provides an alternative pathway to an Actuarial Science degree, writes MICHAEL SUN.
Competitions: Pupils reach for the stars
Science has not always been a favourite subject with Sekolah Kebangsaan Wira, Kuantan, Pahang pupils. However, taking part in a project named Little Einstein has opened their eyes to the possibility of careers in the Sciences, writes SUZIEANA UDA NAGU
Competitions: Beyond Borders
SEKOLAH Kebangsaan Batu Maung, Penang was named Best Beyond Borders School and awarded RM10,000 for demonstrating the best overall results among nine schools adopted by Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd under its flagship corporate responsibility scheme Beyond Borders.
Comment: The face of genius
LAST month, I attended the Merdeka Award Lecture Series held at Chancellor Hall, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS in Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak. The speaker was Royal Professor Ungku Aziz.
My School Days: 'Clothes are my passion'
PROFESSOR Dr Halimaton Hamdan, 53, is one of the recipients of this year's Merdeka Award in the Health, Science and Technology category.
Universities: UKM hosts Harvard lecture series
UNIVERSITI Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) has been selected to host the Harvard Ezra F. Vogel Malaysia/Singapore Initiative Public Lecture Series.
Workshops: NIE school holiday programmes
THE holidays are here again and the Newspaper in Education (NIE) unit is all set with exciting workshops for children.
Higher Education: Practical twist to traditional Linguistics
RESEARCHERS agree that the ability to communicate digitally, visually and in print goes a long way in promoting business, social and governmental needs.
Events: 24th Engineering Design Exhibition
THE Engineering Design Exhibition (EDX) is one of the main educational activities held every semester at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP).
Scholarships: The British School to award study grant
THE British Schools Group (BSG) is an international entity with four schools in Beijing, Guangzhou, Nanjing and Moscow.
Profile: The beautiful mind of Bala
KOH SOO LING writes about a gifted boy’s ’journey of learning’
Programmes: It's all in the filling
SANDWICHES are a lunchtime favourite in the United Kingdom. However, the term "sandwich" also features on a university degree menu, where you have the option of choosing a sandwich course.
Programmes: Top-up course for diploma holders
AS the demand for skilled nurses increases, more institutions of higher education are answering the call to provide nursing qualifications beyond the diploma level.
SEGi reveals its game plan to success
ONE of the secrets to success in business is to know how to handle challenges.
EVENTS: Academic Excellence Camp
WynKids is kick-starting its 6-month holistic programme with a 2 to 3 day Academic Excellence Camp for children in the coming school holidays.
AFS vision 2020
Malaysia played host to the recent 22nd AFS World Congress which hopes to expand its reach in Africa, the Middle East and South America, writes SUZIEANA UDA NAGU
PTPL consistently produces high achievers
"I CHOSE PTPL because of its years of experience in the accounting field and its consistent track record of producing high achievers," said Cheah Chu Ming.
CUCMS offers course in homeopathy
FROM next month, Cyberjaya University College of Medical Science (CUCMS) will offer a degree programme in homeopathy.
BOOKS: Right to read
The issue of banned books was the main topic of discussion at a recent festival to celebrate the love of reading and the right to access information among young Malaysians, writes SUZIEANA UDA NAGU
COMMENT: When all rankings do is rankle
FORMER United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan remarked recently in Kenya that 95 per cent of new science is created in countries where one-fifth of the world's population lives. This being the case what is the real meaning of world ranking of universities?
EVENTS: Future leaders camp
NILAI University College (Nilai UC) is organising the Nilai UC-MOHE Future Leaders Camp from Nov 7-9 at Nilai Springs Resort Hotel.
EVENTS: Test your business and IT skills
IF you want a different view of the working world as opposed to a normal internship programme, then the ARIES Malaysia Business IT Case Challenge 2009 may be for you.
SCHOOLS: Sri Garden retains national choral speaking title
IT was indeed a suspense-filled morning as students from various learning institutions in Malaysia put up their best show to compete in the recent National Choral Speaking Title for Private Schools.
ENGLISH SKILLS: Calling fans of Grammarman
VERBO City's favourite superhero wants to hear from you! The Grammarman website now has a letters page. It's a chance for readers to see their writing published online, and Grammarman will reply to all letters.
EVENTS: Young Scientists Conference
TWO Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) conferences are heading to Kuala Lumpur next month.
EVENTS: Trends in international higher education in the Asia Pacific
THE 5th QS Asia Pacific Professional Leaders in Education Conference (QS-APPLE) (www.qsapple.org) will take place in Kuala Lumpur from Nov 24-26. QS has lined up more than 140 speakers for its Academic Conference Committee meeting to be held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.
HIGHER EDUCATION: Social skills crucial to engineers
INSTITUTIONS of higher learning offering Engineering studies should emphasise social and entrepreneurial skills to enable future engineers meet the requirements of a fast developing country such as Malaysia.
SCHOOLS: Enriching the lives of special children
PROCTER & Gamble Malaysia (P&G) is raising funds to benefit the educational needs of special children.
UNIVERSITIES: Kicking the car habit
THE University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom is joining forces with the city's biggest institutions in a STG3 million (RM16.45 million), two-year project to encourage people to walk and cycle more.
Set things right in education sector
The writer’s Standard Three class photo.Taking a breather from a barbecue grill.
‘Notable’, not just ‘bright’ students
SCIENCES Po, an educational institution which has educated many French political and diplomatic elite since the 17th century, hopes that its recent line-up of courses taught in English will attract more Malaysians to study at the institution.
English the norm
FRENCH pride in their mother tongue is legendary — so much so that savvy travellers discourage non-French speakers planning a trip to France from asking for directions in English if they were lost.
Environment: Lessons on Mother Nature
Parents can do a lot to make their children environmentally conscious, writes NURJEHAN MOHAMED
Rankings: Malaysia back in top 200
University of Malaya has managed to improve its position in the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings this year, report SUZIEANA UDA NAGU and NURJEHAN MOHAMED
Environment: The organic crowd
ONE of the things that might strike a visitor to the second Organic Day held recently by the Centre for Environment, Technology and Development (Cetdem) was the low number of people who were not ethnically Chinese.
Profile: Creative genius
The labels “architect”, “urban planner” and “inventor” do not even begin to describe Shunya Susuki, whose consuming interest in creating things from young is matched only by his breadth of projects and ideas, writes FAEZAH ISMAIL.
Dream fulfilled with UNSW scholarship
BUSINESS student Amanda Chin was not expecting to have the opportunity to study overseas. Now she is in her honours year at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, and she got there on her top grades.
Education on the go
TWO thousand students from Cempaka Schools in Kuala Lumpur will be able to enjoy education on the go with the iPhone 3GS from Maxis Communications Bhd (Maxis).
Music in the air
MUSIC is an inherent part of human life. Informally, people have been exposed to music in some way -- a lullaby, watching television ads, playing in a school band or listening to the radio, for example.
For the love of art
RICHARD Wee Guanlee, a Singaporean, went to London in 1975 to start a branch of Singapore's United Overseas Bank (UOB).
Inner logic to law, says top student
TAYLOR'S Law School students made history at the recent University of Reading Law School graduation in United Kingdom.
The education of Edward W Said
THE late Edward W. Said had a huge following since the publication of Orientalism in 1978.
Explore linkages to commercialisation
MANY research and development inventions are of valuable commercial potential. Their commercialisation requires specific capabilities and know-how.
Changing facet of public relations
MANY people, mostly of the young and the wired set, are looking to the Internet to feed their increasing need for news.
Recognising effort, not just excellence
BILAL Ahmad Fauzi, 11, is a dyslexic. As he has never scored an A in any of his subjects, he was surprised when he was asked to go on stage at a recent Monday morning assembly to accept a certificate from the headmaster for his school performance.
Universities: Global aspirations
Universiti Kuala Lumpur hopes to ignite enthusiasm and ambition for the future in its students by exposing them to international competitions, writes NURJEHAN MOHAMED
Muet Moments
LESSON 11
Bulletin: 10TH Annual Sathya Sai Human Values Debate
. THE GRAND FINALS OF THE 10TH ANNUAL SATHYA SAI HUMAN VALUES DEBATE for university, college and sixth form students in Perak is held today at CME Hall, Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ipoh. The event starts at 2pm. For enquiries, call Saminathan at 012-311-5858 or Rajandram at 017-356-5323.
Programmes: Get a head start
IN line with Kampus Astro’s commitment to offer more content that which complements local school syllabus, Kampus Astro is delighted to launch a new programme titled, screening P.M.R! over Astro TVIQ (Channel 552), every Saturday and Sunday, starting 13 September today, at 1.30pm and 9pm.
Comment: Language learning: Unity in focus
WITH the dawn of a new semester, I usually ask my students: “Who is the most important person in the classroom?”
English skills: Invitation to be a leader
NILAI University College (Nilai UC) is organising a leadership camp for students from the private sector.
Programmes: Enhancing clinical training
AS clinical training is crucial for enhancing students' hands-on skills, the Health Ministry will look into providing adequate space for such training in hospitals.
Events: Chance to train under a Premier League coach
THE British Council is offering community coaches from Malaysia the opportunity to work with counterparts from the Premier League in an international project that demonstrates how football can be used to support the development of social inclusion, health promotion, education and equality.
Events: Pecipta 2009 is on next month
IF you are interested in the latest developments in the world of research, head for the exhibition Pecipta 2009 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre from Oct 8 to 10.
Appointments: The future of Islamic banking
PROFESSOR Abdul Ghafar Ismail from the School of Economics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) has been appointed by Perdana Leadership Foundation (PLF) as AmBank Group resident fellow.
Careers: What works for Generation Y
As the labour market tightens, organisations worldwide are strengthening their employer value propositions to appeal to young talents, writes SUZIEANA UDA NAGU
Comment: Male matters
THE Chinese character "hao" (good) is made up of two characters, female and male. So literally when there is a daughter and a son, it is a "good" thing. There is a balance, there is yin and yang.
Comment: Striking a balance
A UNIVERSITY may appear serene with its manicured lawn and placid lake. It is, however, not a sleepy hollow. It is, in fact, an agent of change which many fail to recognise.
Schools: A first for girls
CEMPAKA International Ladies College, Sepang, Malaysia's first private all-girls boarding school, opened its doors to students last month.
Careers: Woman in a man’s world
The sky is the limit for Akademi Felda’s trainees. In all likelihood they would perform better than men in managing estates, writes SUZIEANA UDA NAGU
Campus watch: Support for 1Malaysia in India
ABOUT 220 Malaysian students studying at Vinayaka Missions University (VMU) and Penang International Dental College (PIDC) in Salem, South India gathered at a special event recently to pledge their support for the 1Malaysia concept.
Events: New Hope for orang-utan
BOH Plantations, WWF Malaysia and TV9 are inviting students to be "voices" for the orang-utan by taking part in the New Hope for Orang-utan School Programme.
Events: Soft sciences conference in November
THE upcoming International Soft Science Expo (ISSE) 2009 aims to highlight the soft sciences and promote social networking among its practitioners and end users.
Contests: We're right behind you!
DRESSED in jeans and T-shirts in the same shade as the small red Kelantan flags that they carried, the group of teenage boys looked all set to watch a football game at a stadium or a mamak stall.
Contest: Second time’s the charm
Four state champions are happy to finish second and third in the RHB New Straits Times National Spell-It-Right Challenge, write SUZIEANA UDA NAGU, NURJEHAN MOHAMED and SHARIFAH ARFAH
Contest: Sweet taste of victory
The champions of the RHB New Straits Times National Spell-It-Right Challenge face illness and stiff competition on their road to victory, write SUZIEANA UDA NAGU and NURJEHAN MOHAMED
Universities: Innovation and beyond
In these trying economic times, Universiti Industri Selangor sharpens its focus on linkages with industries and producing work-ready graduates, writes MICHAEL SUN.
How do I become...? An entomologist
IMAGINE working in an environment surrounded by creepy-crawlies.
Research: Taxonomy in crisis
Taxonomy is the science of identifying, naming and cataloguing organisms into systems of classification. The challenge is to encourage more students to go into the field, writes FAEZAH ISMAIL.
Events: Education fair at three venues
THE Australian education event of the year is back.
Campus watch: Cheer for pharmacists
“IT’S the best report card ever,” say s International Medical University (IMU) Pharmacy and Health Sciences dean Professor Peter Pook.
Contests: Create an animated clip
BUDDING animators aged six to 14 years old are invited to participate in the Toon Creator Awards, an online animation contest.
Campus watch: Lions Club offers 12 scholarships
THE Lions Club of Subang Jaya recently presented the FC Yap Scholarship to 12 Confucian Private Secondary School students.
Schools: Long live BBGS!
Old girls of Bukit Bintang Girls’ School, Kuala Lumpur will stage their reunion and the launch of an education fund in honour of former headmistress Elena M. Cooke on Aug 4. They relive their schooldays with SHARIFAH ARFAH
Books: A tribute to Frank McCourt
I WAS having lunch with the Ambassador of Ireland to Malaysia Eugene Hutchinson and his wife Adele when I first learnt that the famous writer Frank McCourt was recently treated for melanoma and then became gravely ill with meningitis.
Awards: 67 reasons to celebrate
MALAYSIAN students won 67 World Gold and Silver medals during last year's LCCI examinations.
Events: Inaugural public policy conference
NEXT month, the International Institute of Public Policy and Management (INPUMA), will mark its 10th anniversary as a resource centre for public policy in Malaysia.
Programmes: Gain an insight into businesses
WARISAN Global, Malaysian country host for Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2009 in partnership with United Kingdom's Achievers International, brings a programme that enables children between the ages of 12 and 19 to learn about International Trade and Entrepreneurship.
Homestay programmes: Home away from home
Opening its homes to foreign students has made Australia an attractive educational destination, writes SUZIEANA UDA NAGU
Literature: Keats revisited
KOH SOO LING falls in love with Keats’ poetry all over again
Campus watch: Design workshops and more
EIGHT Malaysia Institute of Art (MIA) students will attend the Sozosha International Design Workshop in Osaka, Japan from tomorrow until Aug 6.
Literature: More than mere lines on a page
Yeats' poems come alive for Koh Soo Ling when she visits their settings in Irelang
RHB NST Spell-It-Right Challenge : Teachers know best
Students thrive at the RHB New Straits Times Spell-It-Right Challenge with the help of their teachers, writes Nurjehan Mohamed
RHB NST Spell-It-Right Challenge : The fun of it
They may not have taken the state challenge crowns but second and third place winners of the RHB New Straits Times Spell-It-Right Challenge in Kedah and Sabah had an experience to remember, writes NURJEHAN MOHAMED
Universities: Big plans in store
Vinayaka Missions University made its first foray into Malaysia by setting up Penang International Dental College in 2006. Now it plans to invest RM260 million in the local education sector in stages up to the year 2015, writes MICHAEL SUN
Buletin: Fund for art practitioners
THE Krishen Jit ASTRO Fund has been created by ASTRO to encourage and support creative work in Malaysia.
Appointments: Renowned professor joins education group
AWARD-WINNING professor, Information Technology (IT) industry consultant, researcher, writer and editor Dr Terry Halpin has joined INTI's Faculty of Computing, Technology and IT.
Comment: Change -- the order of the day
KEITH Leong, a friend, composed a poem for himself on July 8, which is also his birthday, and I take the liberty to reproduce the first few lines.
RHB NST Spell-It-Right Challenge : A helping hand
THE low number of participants at the RHB New Straits Times Spell-It-Right Challenge in Kedah pushed Low Yaow Koon to do what no other shopping mall owner has done before.
Careers: Dare to dream
OGUSTIAN Anthonasamy, an orphan from Selangor, dreams of becoming a professional footballer.

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