Malaysian Insider: QS Asian University Rankings

MAY 13, 2014

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/in-latest-rankings-malaysian-public-varsities-lose-out-to-singapore-hong-ko

NATURE: Retractions: A clean slate

Mistakes are part of science. But setting the record straight promptly and clearly can help to avoid a career blot.

Source: COPE; Council of Science Editors

http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/articles/10.1038/nj7492-389a
http://retractionwatch.com/ 

NATURE: Share alike

First there was open access for papers, now open data

http://www.nature.com/news/share-alike-1.14850

Nature Publishing Index 2013

http://www.natureasia.com/en/publishing-index/  

Our achievement in the recently released Nature Publishing Index 2013:

Global Top 200:

No Malaysian universities

NUS 46

Asia Pacific Institutions: 

NUS         5

UM           579

USM         644

UKM         659

UTM          666

PerdanaU  710

Asia Pacific Countries:

1) Japan

2) China

3) Australia

4) Korea

5) Singapore

6) Taiwan

7) India

8) New Zealand

9) Thailand

10) Malaysia

UNIVERSITAS21 Ranking of National Higher Education System 2013

http://www.universitas21.com/article/projects/details/153/executive-summary-and-full-2013-report

1 United States
2 Sweden
3 Switzerland
4 Canada
5 Denmark
6 Finland
7 Netherlands
8 Australia
9 Singapore
10 United Kingdom
11 Austria
11 Norway
13 Belgium
14 New Zealand
15 Germany
16 Hong Kong SAR
16 France
18 Ireland
19 Israel
20 Spain
21 Japan
22 Portugal
23 Slovenia
24 Korea
25 Czech Republic
26 Taiwan
27 Malaysia
28 Saudi Arabia
29 Italy
30 Poland
31 Greece
32 Serbia
33 Russian Federation
34 Hungary
35 Chile
35 Ukraine
37 Slovakia
38 Bulgaria
39 Romania
40 Argentina
41 Brazil
42 China
43 Mexico
44 Croatia
45 Turkey
46 South Africa
47 Thailand
48 Iran
49 India
50 Indonesia

Chomsky: How America's Great University System Is Getting Destroyed

Faculty are increasingly hired on the Wal-Mart model as temps.

http://www.alternet.org/corporate-accountability-and-workplace/chomsky-how-americas-great-university-system-getting 

MESYUARAT AGUNG TAHUNAN GERAK 2014

Notis Pertama

3 Mac 2014

Kepada semua ahli GERAK

Mesyuarat Agung Tahunan GERAK 2014

Dengan hormat dimaklumkan bahawa Mesyuarat Agung Tahunan GERAK untuk tahun 2014 akan diadakan pada hari Rabu 19 Mac 2014 mulai jam 4.00 ptg, bertempat di Bilik PKAUM, Rumah Universiti, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.

Tolong kemukakan usul untuk perbincangan secepat mungkin sebelum 10 Mac 2014.

Agenda mesyuarat adalah seperti berikut:

1. Perbentangan Minit Mesyuarat Agung 2013
2. Perkara berbangkit
3. Perbentangan Laporan Tahunan 2013
4. Perbentangan Laporan Kewangan 2013
5. Aktiviti 2014
6. Hal-hal lain.

Sekian dengan ucapan terima kasih.

Salam

Rosli H Mahat

Setiausaha