Professor Mohamad Redzuan Othman

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/um-professor-resigns-following-orders-from-education-ministry
UM professor resigns following orders from Education Ministry

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/267219
Umcedel chief asked to resign, Saifuddin quits

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/ex-deputy-minister-saifuddin-quits-um-post-in-solidarity-with-umcedel-direc
Ex-deputy minister Saifuddin quits UM post in solidarity with UMcedel director

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/when-principled-men-like-ums-redzuan-lose-a-battle-but-win-the-war
When principled men like UM’s Redzuan lose a battle, but win the war

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/another-blow-to-academic-freedom-say-pakatan-mps-on-um-professors-removal
Another blow to academic freedom, say Pakatan MPs on UM professor’s removal

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/07/01/Ministry-Deans-term-ended-Nobody-asked-Mohamad-Redzuan-to-resign-says-secgen/

Nobody asked Mohamad Redzuan to resign, says sec-gen

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/06/30/Saifuddin-quits-as-UM-fellow/
Saifuddin quits as UM fellow in solidarity with dismissed Prof Redzuan

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/06/30/Minister-integrity-UMcedel-surveys/ 
Minister questions integrity of UMcedel surveys

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/267367
Umcedel findings 'no big deal', says KJ

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/267354
VC: Redzuan's removal transparent, democratic

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/267343
'My issue is Umcedel, not dean post'

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/267357
MP: Redzuan's removal from Umcedel a step back

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/267275
Union: Umcedel director's removal unacceptable

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/267269
Minister doubts integrity of Umcedel polls

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/267252
Heed Sultan Nazrin, PKR tells Education Ministry

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/267236

'Muhyiddin should resign, not Redzuan or Saifuddin'

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/no-pressure-from-ministry-to-remove-research-centre-director-says-um-vice-c
No pressure to remove research centre director, says UM vice-chancellor

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/um-told-me-education-ministry-forced-prof-redzuan-out-says-saifuddin
I was told Education Ministry forced Prof Redzuan out, says Saifuddin

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/if-you-dont-like-statistical-facts-dont-be-policy-makers-analysts-tell-putr
If you don’t like statistical facts, don’t be policymakers, analysts tell Putrajaya

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/university-denies-political-interference-in-removal-of-faculty-dean
Universiti Malaya denies political interference in removal of faculty dean

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/stop-destroying-our-university-um-student-leader-tells-putrajaya
Stop destroying our university, UM student leader tells Putrajaya

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/leave-us-alone-um-academics-tell-putrajaya-after-professors-removal
Leave us alone, UM academics tell Putrajaya after professor’s removal

http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2014/07/01/um-denies-dons-tenure-extended-due-outside-pressure/

UM denies don’s tenure not extended due to outside pressure

http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2014/07/02/education-ministry-suppressing-freedom-claims-bersih-2-0/

Education Ministry suppressing freedom, claims Bersih 2.0

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/06/30/sad-day-for-academic-freedom/

‘Sad day for academic freedom’

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/07/02/dap-saifuddin-a-principled-man/

DAP: Saifuddin a principled man

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/06/30/um-condemned-over-redzuans-resignation/

UM condemned over Redzuan’s resignation

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/islamic-groups-team-up-in-support-of-axed-um-professor

Islamic groups team up in support of axed UM professor

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/267591
Vexed students to protest for future generations

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/267564

NGOs: Violation of academic freedom 'cancer'

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/our-varsities-neutered-and-muted-say-academics
Our varsities neutered and muted, say academics

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/07/01/right-to-ask-redzuan-to-quit/ight to ask Redzuan to quit

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/frontpage/2014/07/02/thank-you-prof/
Thank you Prof….

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/267714
Two UM students crop hair for academic freedom

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/universiti-malaya-students-demand-return-of-academic-freedom
Universiti Malaya students demand return of academic freedom

Three academics in Malaysia made it into the Science Watch List

http://sciencewatch.com/sites/sw/files/sw-article/media/worlds-most-influential-scientific-minds-2014.pdf
Prof Saidur Rahman, UM, Prof Abdul Latif Ahmad, USM and Prof Ishak Hashim, UKM 

The Star: Malaysia has three professors on world’s most influential scientific minds list

The Malaysian Insider: Three Malaysian profs rank among world’s leading scientific minds  

SAR Network Global Congress, Amsterdam, 9-10 April 2014

Congress Report:
http://scholarsatrisk.nyu.edu/Documents/SAR_2014_GC_Report.pdf

AFT: WALL STREET PROFITS OR STUDENT OPPORTUNITY?

You probably didn’t know it, but tuition increases, growing student loan debt and tax dollars for public higher education are funding Wall Street profits.

In 2012, Wall Street raked in $44 billion in profits from college students, colleges and taxpayers. That’s nearly 10 percent of the total amount spent on higher education in America.
Watch the video to learn how the “Wall Street skim” is driving up the cost of opportunity for all of us.

In the last 15 years, student debt has increased more than 1,000 percent. In 2012, students and families paid Wall Street and the Department of Education $33 billion in student loan interest, while colleges paid another $7 billion in financing costs on institutional loans, and for-profit colleges raked in about $4 billion in profits.

A college education is a pathway to opportunity, but it’s getting harder to achieve because costs keep rising. Money from college tuition and taxpayer dollars shouldn’t go to Wall Street profits—it should go to making college affordable and accessible for all students.

Today, the University of California at Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment released a report that explains “The Hidden Costs of Financing U.S. Higher Education.” Public colleges are facing a decline in state funding, so they have to increase their debt and issue capital bonds to investors, and they push students to borrow more money from student loan profiteers. In addition, for-profit colleges continue to divert tuition from high-quality education to stockholders.
Watch the video to see how students, colleges and communities are paying for Wall Street profits.

Over the coming months, we’ll be using this report to fight to reclaim the promise of a high-quality, affordable college education. But first, we need people to know that the opportunity to get a college education is being threatened by Wall Street profits. I hope you’ll watch and share the video.

In unity,
Craig Smith
AFT Higher Education

http://action.aft.org/c/44/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=8557
http://www.aft.org/pdfs/highered/BorrowingAgainstFuture0514.pdf

UWN: New global university ranking launched – U-Multirank

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20140514061139715

It takes a user-driven, multi-dimensional approach comparing different kinds of institutions across a range of activities and grading them from A for ‘very good’ to E for ‘weak’, rather than producing a global top 100 universities based on composite scores.

Users are encouraged to produce their own rankings, but U-Multirank also generated three ‘readymade’ rankings to illustrate its work in the areas of research, economic involvement and business studies programmes – one of four fields studied in the first ranking exercise.

http://www.umultirank.org/#!/home?trackType=home&section=entrance

Ranking of Malaysian universities:

Research and research linkage:
1) USM  (601-650)
2) UKM  (651-700)
3) UM    (651-700)

Economic Involvement:
1) UM   (501-550)
2) USM (601-650)
3) UKM (651-700)

UWN: Improve grades – make core texts available

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20140522103554221

Does providing core texts free as e-books boost applications and could it help even the playing field among students with differing income levels? Yes, it does and it can.

University World News: The end of Academic Journal Editors

First paper publication, next electronic publication and open access, coming soon self publication

Electronic publishing and open access means the role of editors at the big journals could soon become obsolete, especially if scientists team up with computer programmers to devise an easy way to find self-published articles.

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20140507084205950