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Associate Professor Dr. Fung Chorng Yuan is a multiple award winner, and currently the Head of School (School of Business) at the Faculty of Business, Design and Arts. Prior to joining Swinburne Sarawak, he had worked in both the industry and academia for over 20 years, holding senior positions. Dr. Fung was admitted as an associate member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), U.K., in 1996 and subsequently became a fellow (senior) member in 2000. He was appointed as a member of the ACCA Malaysian Advisory Committee (MAC) in September 2023, making him the only academician on the board of this national-level committee. Fung is also a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), holding the title Chartered Accountant (CA) since 1998 and serving on the MIA Sarawak regional committee since 2018.
Dr Fung obtained his PhD in educational psychology from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). His PhD research was on university students’ motivational beliefs and self-regulated learning, using quasi-experimental mixed methods approach. Blending both the practical and theoretical, his passion is to develop learners as critical thinkers in the field that they are embarking on. Leveraging his PhD and Master’s research in self-regulated learning, cognitive modelling and cognitive task analysis, Dr Fung provides useful ‘thinking tools’ for his learners to achieve sound understanding and application of the subject content. He conducts training, both in-course and corporate, regularly. He uses the CARE (Context, Application, Reflect and Evaluate) approach, an approach that Dr. Fung has developed in his teaching and training, making him one of the sought-after lecturers and trainers in the field.
Dr Fung is an interdisciplinary researcher, and his research interests cover corporate reporting, human resource development, emotional intelligence, and higher education issues. He is an accredited supervisor, responsible for supervising both master’s and PhD students as the principal coordinating supervisor. He has a YouTube channel that provides invaluable resources for master’s and PhD students. You can find out more information about his channel using the following link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4vwjr29t0LcfKgpg9imc9A. In addition to being a researcher and an author, Dr. Fung is also a reviewer for Scopus, Web of Science and MyCite indexed journals.
Channel Name: Dr. CY Fung’s classroom 洪老师课室
Feature: Research education
Recognition: Videos adopted by Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya and Swinburne Sarawak MBAi thesis students
Fung, C.Y. & Chung, E. (2025, 11 June). AI in Hiring: How to Beat the Machine in Job Applications. /campus-beyond/ai-in-hiring-how-to-beat-the-machine-in-job-applications/
Lim, T.Y., Fung, C.Y., & Wong, K.L. (2023, August 18). The career planning of university graduates after the pandemic. Sin Chew Daily.
Gunesekara, A., Turner, K., Fung, C.Y., & Stough, C. (2023, January 24). Teaching with Empathy First Bring emotional intelligence into the online space. Education Today. Retrieved from https://www.educationtoday.com.au/news-detail/Teaching-with-Empathy-First-5827
Fung, C.Y & Ki, Y.P. (2021, February 24). Career adaptability after the pandemic. The Borneo Post. Retrieved from https://theborneopost.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/iphone/homepage.aspx#_article08ef1946-feb8-4b6f-9915-b56798e73119/waarticle08ef1946-feb8-4b6f-9915-b56798e73119/08ef1946-feb8-4b6f-9915-b56798e73119//true/Career+adaptabillity+after+the+pandemic
