- relevant to ALL ACCA P-Level students
IMPRESSIVE MALAYSIAN (WORKING) STUDENTS
I am always impressed with our Malaysian students. They are so hard working, focused, disciplined and despite the work pressure they are still constantly looking to upgrade themselves in qualifications and job performance.
LAGGING MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITIES
What is the ranking of Malaysian Universities in the Top 30? Well read the article below. Is it there? I feel disappointed that Malaysian Universities don't push themselves in new research and collaborate with commercial sector to develop new technologies, discoveries and knowledge.
Hence, I feel short changed, that I study and study hard at that in a local university only to see its ranking and recognition slipped.
UP THE ANTE (to increase the quality)
Any ACCA Candidate competing for a private sector job with other Malaysian University Degree Holders can up the ante by having a UK Qualification. The latter is better. Yes, the audit industry such as PWC, KPMG, Touche Deloitte or Ernst & Young recognise this UK based University degree to join them as professional auditors.
What about our students who already have a Malaysian University degree? I am afraid to say they have to keep up the race by completing Professional qualifications such as ACCA. Worldwide recognition for it. Go ahead and even push for Masters Postgraduate studies such as MSc. (Master of Science) to compete in the private sector. There are few exceptions who have a local Malaysian degree and still want to add another degree, hence a double degree qualification. So these rare ones also pursue a University Degree from UK.
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KUALA LUMPUR: A survey carried out by the Times Higher Education,
ahead of its inaugural World Academic Summit in October, shows that
Asian universities are front runners in getting investments for their
researches.
The Times World Academic Summit Innovation Index gives a global
snapshot of how successful the world's top universities compete for
research funds.
There are nine Asian countries featured in the Index, with over 50%
of its institutions ranked in the top 10 list — more than any other
continent.
Coming in at the top of the list is Korea, where the findings of
the survey show that global companies are investing the equivalent of
nearly US$100,000 (RM325,000) in each Korean scholar to carry out work
in innovation and research on their behalf.
This is compared to less than US$10,000 per head for countries lower down the index.
Second on the list is Singapore, with companies willing to fork out US$84,500 per researcher.
As recent as last month, scientists at the Nanyang Technological
University (Singapore) showed off their latest "invisibility cloak" by
making a cat and a goldfish vanish.
The device — which is capable of making anything within its
confines disappear from direct sight — could have serious real-world
applications in the field of security or entertainment.
In addition to Korea and Singapore, the top 10 includes Taiwan in sixth place (US$53,900) and China in seventh (US$50,500) .
At number 10, India is ranked the fifth most commercially valuable
country in Asia, with big business pouring in an average US$36,900 per
researcher. Yet, all the three Indian institutions featured in Times
Higher Education's annual World University Rankings fall below 226th
position.
Of the 30 countries featured in the list, Malaysia did not rank.
The traditional educational powerhouse, the US, lies in the middle
of the table in 14th position, with industry contributing nearly four
times less to its academic researchers (US$25,800 per person) than that
of Korea.
Similarly, the United Kingdom and Ireland — with centuries of
prestigious academic heritage behind them — lag far behind the rest of
the world. At fourth from bottom (26th), the UK only attracts US$13,300
per researcher from industry, while Irish academics come last (30th),
receiving just US$8,300 each to carry out their work.
This apparent lack of appetite for Western investment by big
business is in contrast to the fact that some of the world's most
significant developments historically come from American and British
institutions.
Without research carried out by professors Donald Bitzer and Gene
Slottow at the University of Illinois (USA), for example, the plasma
screen — the modern, flat screen television — would not exist.
However, it would seem that in recent years, the world's increasing
enthusiasm for technological advancement and computer science has seen
big business shift its attention eastward to Asia; a region now known
for its strong manufacturing sector and traditional academic focus on
these subject areas.
Commenting on the findings, a spokesman for the Times Higher
Education World Academic Summit said that an ability to attract funding
from big business could be a case of sink or swim.
"This new index is drawn from the same data used for the Times
Higher Education's annual World University Rankings and is a really
pertinent exercise."
"That South Korea and Singapore are the top two countries listed in
this new table, with other Asian nations like Taiwan, China and India
all making the top 10 will be a shocking wake-up call for the West. It
seems that the balance of power is destined to tip further eastwards."
Sources:
This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, Aug 12, 2013.
