Category : Education

My research assistant has been nudging me to write as I had not written anything for the last two months. The goal to write at least one post every fortnight was becoming increasingly difficult given how challenging the economic front has been: in particular, the time has been in short supply. For me, the trigger […]Read More

I remember listening to Ken in Irvine, California at the Western Labs of the National Speakers Association and again in KL in 2017. An amazing thought leader, a New York Times bestselling author, he spoke out for what he believed. In a world where people speak to suit their personal self-interest, Ken was the epitome […]Read More

It was nice speaking today at two virtual conferences: the World TVET Conference in Sydney and the SHRM Conference in New Delhi, India. I was pleased that I did not have to travel but could stay at the University of Cyberjaya and deliver my sessions. Great topics. Every speaker was addressing the new normal. The focus was […]Read More

Private institutions have time and again championed the development of new, market-centric programmes that are closely developed with industry players so that graduates would have higher employability.This year alone, the University of Cyberjaya expects to strategically increase its undergraduate programmes by 25%. MURRAY Hunter’s report headlined “The Collapse of Malaysian Private Universities”? in the Asia […]Read More

Introduction: Education & Inequality Over the last two months, I had written on two areas – Work and Politics.  Saying Goodbye to 9 to 5 was on the changing world of work and the Politics of Big Tent was on the need to embrace diversity in politics. Look at http://palan.org/archives/427 for the articles. As a Social Entrepreneur, I […]Read More