Scopus Biography Tan Yiing Chee received her BSc (Hons) in Statistics and Master of Business Administration (Finance) both from Universiti Putra Malaysia. Prior to her Master degree, she joined a private college in Kuching as a Lecturer of Applied Mechanics, …
The Institution of Engineering and Technology On Campus (SSIET) of Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus has been named the best chapter for the second year in a row by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Malaysia Network.
In my previous article “The dark side of education” published in this column last year, I discussed that the tutoring in academic subjects provided by tutors for financial gains in addition to mainstream schooling, more commonly referred to locally as “tuition”, is a far bigger industry than meets the eye.
On 1 November 2016, 48 Bachelor of Business students visited X-Fab Sarawak Sdn. Bhd. The students comprise of local, international and exchange students from Denmark. The trip was organized by Miss Ki Yen Ping, a faculty member who specializes in the area of Human Resource Management.
After taking part in a two-day biotechnology, computing and engineering workshops, 60 students who had recently completed PT3 now have a better idea of what these courses involve and career options they offer.
In his book Cognitive Surplus, Clay Shirky argues that following the Second World War, dramatic economic development had created an excess of free time.
A father and daughter, the first batch of chemical engineering students and the inaugural cohort of civil servants who had completed a postgraduate program were among more than 550 who were awarded scrolls at the graduation ceremony of Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus on 25 October.
In educating non-native English-speaking adult learners, it is necessary to accept students as they are and not make false assumptions about their interests, knowledge and aptitudes. In the case of an inaugural cohort of the Master of Human Resource Management (MHRM) at Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus, the students were state government sponsored adult learners who are non-native English speakers.
Swinburne University of Technology Research and UNIMAS visited Australia’s National Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility at the University of Western Australia.
A recent incident where the Sarawak Forest Department issued an SMS alert advising the public to avoid certain rivers and streams because they may have been infected by the Leptospira bacteria which causes Leptospirosis, or “penyakit kencing tikus”, shows that a better monitoring system needs to be put in place.
