Monday, August 29, 2011

Biology need to be more agressive and systematic in promoting and attracting younger generations

We also need to have a strategy to attract good students and develop them to be first class biology graduate and comparable to those in top university in the world.

Are we serious in protecting Wildlife and Conservation. Federal and State Government must have same approach, stand and enforcement of all Laws


Sunday, August 28, 2011

Professors and thesis like beach and sea, rivers, lakes and forest. Cannot be separated . It is continuous in life until they stop being a professor


Always in the same format even though different topics. Title of the thesis must represent the content of the thesis. Introduction, objectives, material and methods, results and discussion and conclusion must be in line or nice flow. In writing the thesis, must follow strictly all format set by the graduate school. Common mistakes on the references, quotation, references in text and list of bibliography must be avoided. Many students missed this because of many references. New technologies, internet and many references are online give the opportunity to students to cut and paste. Avoid this. Do not repeat the tables and figures and all tables and figures must be well discussed. Since many programmes have autocorrection systems, grammar check and word suggestion, please check all words and sentences again. Finally all students must be honest in writing their thesis and fully understand what have been written.

Obesity still an issues in many countries now. How to solve it? Diet, life style, health or awareness?



Hurricane: Where we can go? Can science help?

With new changes in climate in this region, we need to enhance/strengthen our knowledge, experts and technologies in the field of weather analysis and forecast. emergency response team, safe areas and skill personnel need to be prepared.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Intellectual Diversity in the University


How far we understand and respect the intellectual diversity in the university?
How do we assess the quality and the diversity of intellect in university?
Do we have enough experts to do the assessment? Or we just follow outsiders criteria without understand them.
May be at our level we should use our criteria at the time being and promote the intellectual diversity among us in the process of meeting the world standard. Without start we cannot move.
For further information please refer to my previous blog on "what Professor say about intellectual diversity?"

Adhoc university: how to measure the quality

For the university that are always looking at the ranking, champion in many things and leading in implementing certain issues promoted by the leaders or politician, always working at ad hoc basis. Sometimes the leaders cannot assess their staff quality when they achieve their short term mission. They always forgotten after happily celebrating the success. Easy reason why the leaders always forgotten because during the celebration and ceremonials only the managers are involved. The technicals and the professionals who working hard to fulfil the criteria are not there. By achieving the short term mission without training or input into the staff meaning that the university is ever ready having a quality staff. Therefore the relevant staff must be recognised. But it is not happened in the robotic systems.