FMT: Look beyond yourselves, university prof tells academics

“The problem is that these people are thinking of it as a job instead of thinking of it as their calling,” he said. 

“You’re an academic. You hold the country in your hands and you can change the direction of the country, but you don’t realise that. 

“All you care about is your own financial state, but everyone is concerned about that including the ‘pisang goreng’ seller. 

“What makes you different from the ‘pisang goreng’ seller? You’re in a position to change the country, he’s not.”

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/08/23/look-beyond-yourselves-university-prof-tells-off-academics/

Why academics are losing relevance in society – and how to stop it

"Unfortunately, many excellent scientists are poor communicators who lack the skills or inclination to play the role of educator to the public. Further, we are not trained nor are we given proper incentives to do it. And for that reason, surveys find that many academics do not see it as their role to be “an enabler of direct public participation in decision-making through formats such as deliberative meetings, and do not believe there are personal benefits for investing in these activities.” As a result, we focus inward to our own research communities and remain disconnected from important public and political debate going on around us." ........... The Conversation

http://theconversation.com/why-academics-are-losing-relevance-in-society-and-how-to-stop-it-64579

MOVE supports EI call for the release of Muitaba'a Al Sweikat from Saudi detention

https://ei-ie.org/en/detail/15251/saudi-arabia-call-to-halt-execution-of-peaceful-protestors

Education International Young SDG Advocates Workshop, Brussels, Belgium July 17-19, 2017

MOVE representative: Robert Jeyakumar, assistant secretary (front, third from left)

https://www.ei-ie.org/en/detail/15259/Young-education-unionists-determined-to-take-the-lead-on-future-of-quality-education