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21 universities take part in nationwide Young Investor Challenge 2021 >

Students from multiple universities and colleges across the country recently competed in the Young Investor Challenge (YIC) 2021, an online quiz competition with the objective to advance and challenge young investors’ investment literacy in Malaysia.

Swinburne Lecturers Honoured With Anak Sarawak Award>

Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus once again made a name for itself when its lecturers, Dr Choo Chung Siung and Dr Jee Teck Weng was awarded the International Convention Scholarship Award (ICSA) at the Anak Sarawak Award Ceremony that took place in conjunction with the Business Events Tribal Assembly (TriBE) 2021 held on November 26.

Students explore data analytics across the accounting curriculum in MICPA-CAANZ and Swinburne webinar>

A recent virtual session was held in collaboration between The Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) in partnership with Swinburne Sarawak’s School of Business to highlight the role of data analytics in accounting.

Swinburne business lecturer’s research paper on migration wins silver award at international e-conference>

Swinburne Sarawak lecturer Dr Yii Kwang Jing claimed the silver award for his research paper that was presented at the Business, Law, and Management-International Conference on Advanced Marketing (BLM2-ICAM4): An International Joint E-Conference 2021.

Swinburne business students win prizes at Accounting Competency Challenge 2021>

A team of students from the School of Business of Swinburne Sarawak had great success at the Accounting Competency Challenge (ACC) 2021 recently organised by the Beta Gamma Sigma Club of Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM).

Swinburne SDGs Virtual Chat series advocates for 5Rs sustainability challenge>
The Swinburne Actions for Sustainable Impact (SA4SI) team recently hosted the second episode of its Virtual Chat series in its responsibility programme aimed at promoting awareness on profile actions of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Industry, academics groom teams for Swinburne competition>
Industry experts and academics from institutions of higher learning in Malaysia and abroad played the role of mentors to groom finalists of the Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus “Swin Pitch Business Idea Competition 2021” competition, recently.

Over 100 attend 4th i-CoME hosted by Swinburne Sarawak>
The recent 4th International Conference on Management and Entrepreneurship (i-CoME) 2021 held virtually from 22 to 24 July was timely as it fits into the Sarawak State agenda of digitalization.

15 schools in Serian join Swinburne STEAM workshops>
The STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) academic team from Swinburne recently concluded the two-month-long STEAM workshops conducted for 15 primary schools in Serian district.

Swinburne conducts PENJANA programme for 20 women entrepreneurs>
20 members of Persatuan Usahawan Wawasan Wanita Sarawak (Saranita) recently joined a three-day upskilling programme organised by Swinburne and funded by Pelan Jana Semula Ekonomi Negara (PENJANA) Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF).

Over 50 Swinburne students attend talk in collaboration with EY>
The Swinburne Sarawak Young Accountants’ Club (YAC) recently organised a virtual talk titled ‘Your Career as a Professional and Your Paths in EY’ in collaboration with Ernst and Young (EY).

Swinburne launches inaugural SDGs Virtual Chat series>
The Swinburne Actions for Sustainable Impact (SA4SI) recently launched its inaugural Virtual Chat series aimed at bringing Swinburne students, academics, guest speakers, as well as professional staff into a conversation to discuss practical ways to engage with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) developed by the United Nations in their daily lives.

Design & Arts news

Swinburne, IPGK TAR webinar for educators bridges digital skill gap for teaching online>
Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Tun Abdul Razak (IPGK TAR) in collaboration with Swinburne Sarawak through its School of Design and Arts recently hosted a virtual webinar for digital educators seeking to upskill their technological expertise.

Three Swinburne students win videography awards in Sarawak Youth Talent 2021>
Students from the Faculty of Business, Design and Arts of Swinburne Sarawak took home top prizes in the recent Sarawak Youth Talent (SYT) 2021 storytelling poster and videography competition.

Swinburne showcases Alena Murang’s sape’ performance to international audience>
The recently held ‘Live Evening Virtual Performance by Sape’ Artist Alena Murang’ event showcased the indigenous music of Sarawak from the Kelabit and Kenyah tribes to international audience from multiple countries.