Antara Tolaransi & Kefahaman

'Tazkirah' Teo: Sultan murka, Mais ambil alih surau
Ogos 27, 10 6:15pm (di cedok dari FB Prof Sham Jalor)

Sultan Selangor amat murka dan dukacita terhadap tindakan sebuah surau di Kajang yang membenarkan ahli parlimen Serdang Teo Nie Ching memberikan 'tazkirah' di si...tu Ahad lalu, kata pengerusi Majlis Agama Islam Selangor (Mais).

Datuk Mohamad Adzib Mohd Isa berkata, setelah memanggil pihak pengurusan surau itu memberikan penjelasan pada hari ini, Mais mendapati bahawa ucapan oleh Teo di dalam dewan solat di Surau Al-Huda, Kajang Sentral berlaku seperti dilaporkan.

Sehubungan itu, tambahnya, Mais diarahkan mengambil tindakan tegas terhadap surau itu, termasuk mengambil alih surau dan menguruskan pentadbirannya dengan serta merta kerana insiden itu jelas bertentangan dengan titah Sultan Selangor.

"Mais memandang serius berhubung isu ini memandangkan ini merupakan kes kedua seumpanya yang melibatkan ahli politik dan orang bukan Islam memberikan ucapan di dalam masjid/surau di negeri Selangor," kata Mohamad Adzib.

Sementara itu, Mohamad Adzib berkata, Mais juga akan memberikan surat amaran kepada Teo supaya mengambil perhatian terhadap perkara itu dan tidak mengulangi lagi.

"Mais juga mengingatkan mana-mana wakil rakyat bukan Islam untuk tidak mengulangi perbuatan yang sama dan tidak menggunakan masjid/surau," katan Mohamad Adzib.

"Pihak Mais juga menggesa supaya semua pihak termasuk parti-parti politik agar lebih sensitif kepada perasaan umat Islam amnya dan hendaklah menjunjung titah perintah DYMM Sultan Selangor bagi menjaga kesucian institusi masjid dan surau di negeri Selangor."
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Untuk mengelakkan dari perkara ini berulang dan lebih haru-biru lagi Sains dan Matematik perlu diperkasakan di kalangan orang-orang Melayu Islam. Sains dan Matematik membina personaliti, jatidiri, mampu berfikir dan menganalisis fakta, kreatif, berpendirian tegas dan mampu terus maju.

Why we forget our country

What is fundamental research?
What is basic research?
What is applied research?
How far we respect our country as one of the top mega biodiversity's countries in the world?
We must look out not just working in our own test tube!
Learn from developed countries. In Field Biology we can learn from USA, Europe (U.K.), Japan and Australia.

Go Green Seminar & Exhibition at UiTM Melaka City Campus

Seminar & Exhibition at UiTM Melaka City Campus

The seminar held on 24 August 2010 at Melaka City Campus, Melaka.
The Presenter were:
1. Professor Dr. Ahmad Ismail, UPM (Save the Environment)
2. Mr. Suhaimi Abd. Ghani, SWM Environment Sdn Bhd (Melaka Bandaraya Maju, Bagaimana Alam Sekitar?)
3. Hj. Baharum Majid, Perbadanan Pembangunan Sungai dan Pantai Melaka (Transfomasi Pengairan Melaka).


May be UiTM later will go green for Malaysia since they have campuses all over the country.

Priority Areas for Internationalisation of the Universities

All staff must feel free to prosecute the international collaborations that best suit them and their academic needs. In order to consolidate the University’s position as a global institution, there are also a number of specific areas that have been highlighted for further strategic action.

PRIORITY 1: Leadership
Vice-Chancellor takes a lead on international developments and representation. Specific officers or the deputy will take on this leadership role and thus carry a specific International portfolio and liaise with relevant senior colleagues to oversee the implementation of the other actions which will be delivered via the Research and Enterprise, Education and People Strategies.

PRIORITY 2: The role of the International Office
The International Office is primarily tasked with attracting international students and ensuring that they are appropriately welcomed and supported here. They also help local students find international placements.

PRIORITY 3: Internationalised curricula
The University's Vision & Strategy on the curricula should be dynamic, flexible and internationally relevant, and embed within the programmes the skills and learning opportunities that enhance the future employability of the students and prepare them for a globalised environment. It is likely that the content of the undergraduate and post-graduate curricula need to be reviewed and identify mechanisms for development through the new Education Strategy. One possible mechanism could be the delivery of curricula in partnership with international organisations, although such partnerships would have to be approached with caution and with a clear understanding of the benefits and risks involved.

PRIORITY 4: International students
The University Vision & Strategy should include recruiting high-quality overseas students from a range of countries, working where appropriate with international partners. The numbers of international students represent approximately 20% of all students, focusing particularly on research postgraduates. Education Strategy should continue to look at ways in which we can improve the international student experience.

PRIORITY 5: International partnerships
As part of Research and Enterprise Strategy, the universities should develop a comprehensive database of current international research collaborations and think strategically about broader relationships with particular countries and sub-regions, focusing particularly on Middle East, Africa, Asean Countries, Bangladesh, Pakistan, South America, Europe and the Far East. Bodering countries can be a good partners.

PRIORITY 6: The Asean and Middle East
Related to action 5 above, these two geographical areas have, and will develop more, specific initiatives with Malaysia involvement especially in research, such as joint research grant programmes. It is vital that proactive action about these and therefore need to improve the intelligence gathering and profile in these areas and to identify how this can be operated most effectively within them.

PRIORITY 7: The Worldwide Universities Network
Again related to action 5, a key focus of international collaboration will continue to be the Worldwide Universities Network. How about IOC? How IOC can contribute to Internationalisation of local universities? Funds can be allocated for staff and student visits under research mobility schemes, seminar and workshop series and other academic activities (supervisor and examiners)

PRIORITY 8: International visitors and the Institute of Advanced Studies
Receiving frequent international visitors is a crucial part of being a global university. Such visits will, of course, continue between collaborating academics. International events can be created on campus for intellectually driven activities, align with the academic imperatives and attract the very best participants.

PRIORITY 9: International recruitment
Look for the best people, for academic and support roles from all sections of the community at home and overseas. Go for a full global search for staff positions whenever appropriate.

PRIORITY 10: Website and database development
Develop comprehensive web pages focusing on the international activities and develop a database of all our current international collaborations, to be included as a map on the website.

PRIORITY 11: ‘The family abroad’
Alumni and friends overseas are keen to help us. This is a resource should be used as effectively as possible.

Konflik Pasar Ramadan

Ibadat, Puasa, nafsu, obesity, alam sekitar, oil, domestic waste, plastics, carbon, temperature, perniagaan, ekonomi, kemasyarakatan, pesta, "life style", interaksi & integrasi & integreti, moral and values.

Preparing a Proposal

Preparing a Research Proposal

I. Your frame of mind is important.
a. A positive view towards the task is essential because this will be revealed in the tone of your writing and the creativity of your ideas.
b. Talk to your research project advisor and science friends.
c. A good proposal takes time – ideas may not come quickly and writing an easily understood and interesting document requires effort. No amount of work on writing a proposal will overcome a weak idea.

II. Develop a strong concept of your project that FITS
a. Fills a gap in knowledge
b. Important to the field and to yourself
c. Tests a hypothesis (rather than being descriptive)
d. Short term investment of your time will lead to long term gain for the field

III. Refine your concept
a. Do a literature review – “There is nothing like spending a few hours discovering something in the library when you could accomplish the same by investing three months in the laboratory.” You need to know what others are thinking and have found. This is most important for the work.
b. Talk to colleagues
c. Revise your proposal based on what you have learned and your additional hard thinking.

IV. Outline, write, and edit
a. Develop a thorough outline of your proposal
i. Specific Aims (short overview of what you aim to accomplish
ii. Background & Significance (why proposed work is important)
iii. Preliminary Date (an example of what you may have already found)
iv. Research Design & Methods (the experiments you will conduct)

b. Write the entire first draft – before you start to edit.

“If you try to write and edit at the same time, you will do neither well.”

c. Get someone else knowledgeable to read your draft.
d. Edit, edit, and then edit some more: Revise and refine the text of your application so that it is easily read. This is a learned skill that can be started now because it will help you throughout your education and career.

V. Think like a reviewer
a. Format the proposal so that it is easy to …
i. find key points
ii. read and appreciate
b. Write in paragraphs
i. Include only one major idea per paragraph
ii. Make the first sentence in a paragraph a topic sentence
iii. Use header frequently
c. Let your text B-r-e-a-t-h-e
i. Indent paragraphs
ii. Skip line between paragraphs

VI. Get feedback on your complete proposal and revise.

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hopefully this guidance will be useful to new students

Memperkasakan Alumni Universiti

Alumni adalah di antara agen penting bagi pembangunan sesebuah universiti. Bagaimanakah kita dapat memperkasakan alumni kerana dengan alumni yang kuat akan meningkatkan imej universiti.
1. Wujudkan suasana di universiti agar mahasiswa mempunyai rasa kepunyaan di universiti atau di fakulti. Segala kemudahan, perkhidmatan dan aktiviti dapat meninggalkan kenangan dan kemesraan kepada mahasiswa sepanjang hayat.
2. Teruskan identiti kampus, misalnya "green campus" kerana ada universiti yang sudah terkenal sebagai sebuah kampus hijau penuh dengan pokok-pokok yang menghijau dengan rekabentuk lanskap yang cantik lagi indah. Tambahan lagi sekiranya kampus hijau itu mempunyai makna tersendiri misalnya kampus sebagai sebuah "aboretum" atau koleksi tumbuhan-tumbuhan unik dusun buah-buahan, komoditi pertanian, tanaman herba atau perubatan, pokok-pokok hutan komersil dan sebagainya. Alumni akan terus berbangga dengan identiti yang unik ini.
3. Kampus sebagai rujukan alumni, misalnya dalam bidang pertanian bukan sahaja pakar pertanian yang ramai tetapi juga bahan, pokok-pokok atau model yang boleh menjadi rujukan awam atau pegawai atau pengusaha yang bergraduat dari universiti berkenaan.Begitu juga dalam bidang pendidikan sains dan teknologi, di mana ada pakar-pakar dalam bidang pendidikan, model-model atau taman pendidikan alam semulajadi dan modul-modul yang boleh alumni rujuk.
4. Dengan adanya tiga perkara di atas alumni sesebuah universiti itu akan sentiasa mengingati universiti lama mereka dan mempunyai alasan untuk datang balik ke universiti semasa berkerjaya.