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Thursday, 25 August 2011

HELPS University - HELP S Green Technology Campus Ground Breaking Ceremony

In June 2011 HELP University College HELP held
its groundbreaking ceremony at its new campus
in Subang 2 commemorated by the Minister of
Higher Education Yang Berhormat Dato Sen
Mohamed Khaled Bin Nordin The 23 acre fully
integrated green technology campus is planned
to accommodate 15 000 students and will be built
in harmony with nature for the noble pursuit of
knowledge and wisdom
I want a campus that is aesthetically beautiful
with an ambience for reflection and self cultivation
where there are bees birds and butterflies which
gives students and staff cherished memories
friendship and fraternity a charming oasis where
people want to stay and not leave I want a sweet
spot for everyone said Datuk Dr Paul Chan
President of HELP University College
The campus will be built in two phases with the first
phase expected to be completed at the end of 2013
The first phase will have one million square feet of
built up space consisting of recreational facilities
such as open amphitheatre exhibition centre gym
facilities and swimming pool
Not only inside the campus the property
developer Merge Housing which will be developing
their township next to HELP will also provide
complementary facilities for the campus The place
will become HELP University Garden



Limkokwing University - Acclaimed movie producer imparts valuable tips to Limkokwing students


Acclaimed movie producer imparts valuable tips to Limkokwing students
Ms Low being toured through the creative archives of the university – looking at the Guli-guli Limkokwing collection strips, during her campus walkabout with Associate Vice President, Creativity and Innovation, Tiffanee Marie Lim.
Making a movie is by no means an easy task. It demands exceptional talents, creative skills, discipline and professionalism on the part of the producer to put together various elements such as scripts, sets, costumes, production, direction, actors, storyboards and music score before the movie could wow audiences all over the world.
For the Faculty of Film, Radio and Television students, it was a rare opportunity to pick up some pointers on movie making when one of the country’s most celebrated movie makers, Ms Low Ngai Yuen made an appearance at the Cyberjaya campus of Limkokwing University of Creative Technology recently.

Lady for all seasons

A well-known programme host, writer and producer, Low is a winner of numerous awards such as the Audience Choice Award in 2003 and 2005, Best Short Film Award, Malaysian Video Award – recognition for her movies like ‘3R’ ‘Your World My World’ and the well-received short horror film ‘The Gil from Ipoh’.
Viewing the creative student works in the gallery of the design students of graphic design, product design and fashion design artwork exhibition.
As a movie producer, her other works include ‘Geng Bas Sekolah’, ‘Kapten Boleh’, ‘5Jingga’, ‘Adik’ and ‘Kasut Tumit Tinggi’.
Low - Head of Marketing and Communications for Carrefour Malaysia and Singapore - also picked up the Young Woman Achiever 2007 by ‘Her World’ magazine and Top 40 Under-40 High Achiever awarded by ‘Prestige’ magazine.

Creativity in performing art

As an eminent theatre activist of Kakiseni, Ms Low Ngai Yuen has dedicated her time into a decade old performing arts platform that brings together the industry targeting growth, creativity and innovation.
She runs a program ambiguously conceptualized to perk up audience development, featuring 100 hours of performing arts, outreach and community theatre development in conjunction with the centennial celebration of International Women’s Day 2011.
Her advice to the film and television student is the value in the work of performing arts in breaking through by reaching the youth; Low Ngai Yuen mentioned the fundamental aspect of performing art as it can be a career.


http://www.limkokwing.net/media/news/acclaimed_movie_producer_imparts_valuable_tips_to_limkokwing_students/

MMU- Multiple Wins at Innovate Malaysia Design Competition 2011

Final year students from the Faculty of Engineering did MMU proud by taking home multiple accolades in all three tracks of the Innovate Malaysia Design Competition 2011.

The winning final year project entry for the Altera track, "Hardware Control Using Hand Gesture," beat out four other teams from USM, UTAR an UTM. Lee Sue Han, Siew Wei Heng and Chee Vi Ling, who were supervised by Dr. Ooi Chee Pun and Mr. Cheong Soon Nyean were announced winners at the competition’s grand finale held at Altera in Penang on 11th June 2011.

The engineering design competition brings together multiple disciplines to create innovative products. Open to all undergraduate engineering and IT students in Malaysia, the competition aims to promote innovative thinking and cultures among Malaysian students. The 2011 competition was collaboration between MDec, Agilent, Altera, Intel and DreamCatcher.

Competitors may choose to compete in one of three tracks, and their entries must use components or instruments native to that track. The Agilent track uses Agilent USB modular instruments, the Altera track uses the Altera DE1/DE2 board, while the Intel track uses the Intel Atom processor-based desktop board.

The “Hardware Control Using Hand Gesture” was part of the Altera track. MMU also sent representatives for the Agilent and Intel tracks, both of which won second places in their respective tracks. Lim Chia Syan's “Two-Wheeled Balancing Robot” was entered into the Agilent track, while our entry for the Intel track was titled “SMART Transit System” by Choo Wern Shin and Lim Zi Yang. The projects were supervised by Mr. Lo Yew Ching, and Mr. Tan Wooi Haw respectively.

Entries were evaluated by Innovation, Specifications, Completeness, Practicality, Complexity and Working Design.

For their hard work, team “Hardware Control Using Hand Gesture” won RM5,000, an Altera DE2 board and an Altera Complete Design Suite (ACDS) software; “Two-Wheeled Balancing Robot” took home RM3,000 and an Agilent VEE Pro; and “SMART Transit System” bagged RM3,000 and an Intel Atom-based netbook.

Congratulations to all the students and their supervisors!

http://pulse.mmu.edu.my/index.php?sectid=1&artsect=2&artid=162

UNiMAP grads complete Digital Engineering training at Perodua and vendors, MYPerodua @ Facebook launched!

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We just got back from Perodua’s sprawling base at Sungai Choh where 20 fresh grads from Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UNiMAP) have just completed a six-month Digital Engineering and Prototyping training programme. Twelve of them underwent training at Perodua R&D, two each at Sipro Plastic Industries and Ingress Technologies, and four others at Sapura Industrial. The three companies are Perodua vendors.
Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir was there to present the certificates to the trainees. Those who trained at Perodua have been given temporary positions at the company for a year.
This Digital Engineering and Prototyping (DEP) training programme was created by the Malaysian Automotive Institute (MAI), which is a non-profit organisation under MITI. MAI’s DEP programme offers students access to high end software and hands on training. The module includes CAD (computer aided design), CAM (manufacturing), CAE (engineering), CAPE (production engineering) and Product Lifecycle Management).
Encouraged by the success of this pilot batch, MAI has expanded the next intake to 35 students, to be selected based on CGPA scores and an interview with both MAI and industry execs. Next up, MAI will work with UiTM to introduce styling design as part of the programme, which will help produce 4,600 automotive designers in five years, in line with the target set by the government.
After the scroll presentation, Dato’ Mukhriz clicked “Like” on Perodua’s new Facebook page to launch it. The MYPerodua page with the catch phrase “Lagi Best” will feature a contest to drum up fan count. Called “The Perodua Auditions”, one basically needs to show how much they love Perodua in a video to win a RM10,000 grand prize and five iPad 2s. Head on to www.facebook.com/MYPerodua to find out more.

University Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) has to be shown it functions...

Dr. Awang Adek Hussin with Chinese villager on Chinese New Year celebration in Bachok, Malaysia yesterday.

University Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) has to be shown as a institution of public education which functions as education development catalyst Kelantan and in the development impact time will participate able to develop the surrounding residents economic status.

To achieve the objective, Deputy Finance Minister, Datuk Dr. Awang Adek Hussin said, allocation between RM100 to RM200 million a year are needed for various educational needs in univerisiti on those involving various faculty and infrastructure provision entailment each year.

He said, big expenditure that needed require support that solid than Kelantan people ensure Barisan Nasional (BN) government mandated administer Kelantan in the future to get attention and central from state privilege.

"Without political power that strong and state continued to be administered by opposition certainly sail against for federal government cater to the need. People have to use wisdom politicking if want see changes and development pleasure happen," he said to reporters in friendly get together function with Tionghua society and Thai in conjunction with Tahun Bari celebration Chinese in Kampung Balai, near here, today.

Dr. Awang Adek who is also Umno Liaison Body and Deputy Chairman of Umno Kelantan said, until now federal government already approved allocation as much as RM130 million under first phase which contains a few main building for UMK's developments in Kampung Tangok about five kilometres from urban centres Bachok.

According to him, the IPTA building construction almost completely built and UMK student now is following lecture in temporary building in Pangkalan Chepa and it expected will be apply formally in July this year.

"We wants to see UMK continue to expand and expanded with various new faculties in the number of students, teaching staff and staff that many due to development will be giving economic impact to Kelantan state people particularly in Bachok.

"Local population will be ensured to get job opportunities in UMK at least as staff and they also have a chance carry out business and service needed by the university students. To date also, land price assessment in that area also on high level after UMK construction impact,"he said.

Dr. Awang Adek said, this development need to be aware of by Kelantan people and accept the fact that Pas government who rules Kelantan actually failed create new economic growth area to facilitate people find income.

"Past error in choosing government need repaired and need to evaluate back BN's seriousness that always defend people's fate and implement development in this state although previously are not supported by Kelantan people when are voting in past general elections. People need to making changes," he said.
University Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) has to be shown as a institution of public education which functions as education development catalyst Kelantan and in the development impact time will participate able to develop the surrounding residents economic status.

To achieve the objective, Deputy Finance Minister, Datuk Dr. Awang Adek Hussin said, allocation between RM100 to RM200 million a year are needed for various educational needs in univerisiti on those involving various faculty and infrastructure provision entailment each year.

He said, big expenditure that needed require support that solid than Kelantan people ensure Barisan Nasional (BN) government mandated administer Kelantan in the future to get attention and central from state privilege.

"Without political power that strong and state continued to be administered by opposition certainly sail against for federal government cater to the need. People have to use wisdom politicking if want see changes and development pleasure happen," he said to reporters in friendly get together function with Tionghua society and Thai in conjunction with Tahun Bari celebration Chinese in Kampung Balai, near here, today.

Dr. Awang Adek who is also Umno Liaison Body and Deputy Chairman of Umno Kelantan said, until now federal government already approved allocation as much as RM130 million under first phase which contains a few main building for UMK's developments in Kampung Tangok about five kilometres from urban centres Bachok.

According to him, the IPTA building construction almost completely built and UMK student now is following lecture in temporary building in Pangkalan Chepa and it expected will be apply formally in July this year.

"We wants to see UMK continue to expand and expanded with various new faculties in the number of students, teaching staff and staff that many due to development will be giving economic impact to Kelantan state people particularly in Bachok.

"Local population will be ensured to get job opportunities in UMK at least as staff and they also have a chance carry out business and service needed by the university students. To date also, land price assessment in that area also on high level after UMK construction impact,"he said.

Dr. Awang Adek said, this development need to be aware of by Kelantan people and accept the fact that Pas government who rules Kelantan actually failed create new economic growth area to facilitate people find income.

"Past error in choosing government need repaired and need to evaluate back BN's seriousness that always defend people's fate and implement development in this state although previously are not supported by Kelantan people when are voting in past general elections. People need to making changes," he said.

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8105160-university-malaysia-kelantan-umk-has-to-be-shown-it-functions

Thursday, 11 August 2011

Nottingham malaysia Campus - New e-resources in eLibrary Gateway


Library Services is pleased to announce new e-resource subscriptions:

New Scientist - 0262-4079 (Accessible via IP & Athens)

New Scientist was launched online at newscientist.com in 1996 and now carries an archive of over 76,000 content pieces. Our online content is considerably enhanced by an international online news team, posting updates every day. After talking to literally hundreds of our readers and users, newscientist.com has been recently redesigned. These changes are designed to bring the delight of New Scientist to even more people than ever before. All the same fabulous content is there - video, blogs, image galleries, in-depth articles, commenting and subject focussed content - but with a clearer design, improved navigation and an enhanced search function.

Available in eLibrary Gateway - Select `Find eJournal’ and search by titles.

Tourism Factbook (Accessible via IP and Institutional login)

Get the latest and most up-to-date statistics on inbound and outbound tourism for all the countries and regions around the world. Besides the convenient access by alphabetical or geographical selection, the Tourism Factbook offers a multiple country search as well as other additional data sets. All statistical tables available are displayed and can be accessed individually. As well as collecting data, the UNWTO monitors trends, analyses and forecasts development, which is provided for the first time as Tourism Market Trend files in

http://www.nottingham.edu.my/IS/Newsitems/2011/July2011/New-e-resources-New-Scientist--Tourism-Factbook.aspx
xls. or pdf format.

UniRazak offers BIT programme for IT edge

Named after Malaysia's second prime minister, the late Tun Abdul Razak, the university is committed to becoming a principal centre of education in innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship.

The Faculty of Information Technology (FIT) was established to meet the increasing demand for qualified and capable information technology (IT) personnel in the growing IT industry.

Reports on the regional trends in human capital requirements for the IT industry in Malaysia indicate that there is an acute shortage of personnel, especially in areas such as systems and software development, computer forensics and investigation, and information security management.
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Also, FIT recognises the tremendous growth of e-business applications and online transactions as well as the fast adoption of wireless communication devices as part of daily gadgets.

The common things that need to go along with all these are information security, protection, cryptography and Internet security technology to protect users' privacy.

Computer security threats and the acts for prevention are now becoming a concern not only by organisations but also individuals. In response, FIT offers a multitude of relevant undergraduate IT programmes to cater for different needs of the IT industry.

It is the interest of FIT to produce graduates with quality substance and firsthand information from computer experts who are lecturers with profound academic degrees or long serving industrial experts.

Programmes are developed with collaborative input from industrial experts of reputable government or corporate agencies and relevant stakeholders.



The Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) programme provides an advanced course structure and industrial-related specialisations in Computer Forensics, Information Science, Computer Networking, Multimedia, Medical Informatics and Software Engineering.

The uniqueness about UniRazak's BIT programme is that the body of knowledge delivered is a blend between academic essentialities and industrial practices. The blend enables students to expose themselves to scientific information technologies and information methodologies, and learn how they are applied to solve real world IT industry problems.

Once completed, graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills to embark into a successful IT career or become IT entrepreneurs.

At UniRazak, FIT aims to produce quality graduates in IT disciplines through various programmes from diplomas to a PhD degree.

http://m2m.tmcnet.com/news/2011/06/26/5597724.htm