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| Malaysian Soft Skills Through My3S Programme Posted: 07 Sep 2011 08:20 AM PDT
He said these were the two weaknesses revealed by a survey conducted last year as part of the My3S programme to bring holistic improvement among varsity students. “Soft skills are vital because we want our graduates to be all rounders, excelling not just academically, but also in communication and interpersonal skills, because these aspects are part of the most important package they will need to enter the job market.” He said this to reporters after opening the “Haluan Siswa” Week for new students of Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) here Tues day. So far, Saifuddin said the My3S programme had been adopted by all 20 public universities and several private colleges in the country. There are seven key elements in the My3S programme, namely communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, team work, continuous learning and information management, entrepreneurship, professional ethics and morality and leadership skills, he said. For registration and details, kindly visit Malaysian Soft Skills Scale (My3S) portal. |
| Shanghai Jiao Tong University Lists 2011 Posted: 07 Sep 2011 08:04 AM PDT
The University of Malaya (UM) has been listed as being among 400 to 500 Top Universities in the World by China’s Shanghai Jiao Tong University this year. See Rank here. The Chairman of the UM Board of Directors, Tan Sri Arshad Ayub said UM was included in the list based on the number of journals published in the data base of the index journal of the Information Sciences Institute (ISI), the number of international lecturers engaged and the enrolment of international students at the university. For record the Shanghai Jiao Tong University was different from the list issued by the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Ranking where the UM was placed 167th in the world. Arshad explained that UM’s position in the list issued by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University could be pushed higher if it engaged the services of professionals who had received the Noble award, however, for the time being the UM had not engaged such professionals. Other universities listed by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University included the Cairo University in Egypt; University of Zagreb in Croatia and the University of Wollongong in Australia, while Harvard University was in first place. |
Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah Tuesday called on local varsity students to master English language and improve their communication skills through the Malaysian Soft Skills Scale (My3S) programme.
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