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The University of Queensland has advanced seven places to be ranked 74th in the world in the Times Higher Education's 2011-2012 World University Rankings.
UQ achieved an overall score of 58.6 in the rankings, which use 13 indicators, across five broad areas of activity:
- Teaching - the learning environment (weighted at 30 per cent) - UQ's score was 47.5
- Industry income - innovation (2.5 per cent) - UQ score 62.6
- Citations - research influence (30 per cent) - UQ score 70.2
- Research - volume, income and reputation (30 per cent) - UQ score 52.3
- International outlook - staff, students and research (7.5 per cent) - UQ score 80.8.
Times Higher Education World University rankings see UQ as one of the few universities that can boast of either their own coral-island marine-studies centre or an experimental mine for mineral research.
“Founded in 1909, UQ offers more than 370 degree programmes and 5600 subjects taught by an academic staff of around 2600, including researchers from its main and satellite campuses, to a 40,500-strong student body.”
UQ Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Max Lu said UQ had now been rated one of the world's leading 100 universities by three independent rankings with different methodologies in 2011, namely:
“These rankings independently confirm that UQ's credentials are highly respected internationally as being among the very best,” Prof. Lu said.
"UQ was above world standard in more broad fields of research than any other Australian university in the Excellence in Research for Australia assessment,” Prof. Lu added. “We offer the UQ Advantage, which also includes a comprehensive range of programs across four campuses and our research quality and infrastructure.UQ has strong international linkages and domestic and international student exchange programs; excellent industry, community and professional networks; world class teaching and learning facilities; and well-resourced libraries, residential colleges, and sports facilities,” Prof. Lu stressed.
Condensed from: UQ News | 06 October 2011
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The government should take side with the farmers as farmers now are always the victims, be it a victim of the price game, climate or weather and pest attacks. This was stressed by Dr. Rini Hidayati, Head of Department of Geophysics and Meteorology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) during the Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) Dialogue on 4 October 2011.
According to Dr. Hidayati, in recent years one of the main reasons farmers' fail to harvest is the uncertain or extreme climate;which includes severe droughts and heavy flood. Farmers who are unaware of the climate variability become powerless. Moreover, information provided by the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) on climate is only general in nature or global, and do not touch on specific aspects relevant to the farmers.
Dr. Hidayati said that the government's active participation in agriculture is necessary, now more than ever. With agricultural insurance, farmers need not take the burden of the loss brought about by failure to harvest due to extreme weather conditions. She believes that with the government's support in the form of information and knowledge of climate index as well as agricultural insurance, farmers will regain confidence in growing crops without the fear of crop loss.
Source: IPB News | 10 October 2011
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Dr. Rex Victor Cruz, College of Forestry and Natural Resources (CFNR) dean, was officially proclaimed as the new and 8th Chancellor of UPLB by the UP Board of Regents on 29 September 2011.
Incoming Chancellor Cruz, who succeeds outgoing Chancellor, Dr. Luis Rey I. Velasco, will assume office starting 1 November 2011 until 31 October 2014.
His vision of One University, One Goal, One Destiny for UPLB, accordingly, will be guided by his five point thematic agenda which include 1) Governance for Growth and Unity;2) Innovation and Trans-disciplinary Programs for Excellence, Collaboration and Integration; 3) Resource Generation for Productivity and Sustainability; 4) Enhancing Support Systems for Empowerment and Inspiration; and 5) Extending the Reach of UPLB for Visibility, Partnership and Nation-Building.
He has also stated in his campaign that the essence of UPLB as a national university is being and will be defined by individual commitment to be of service to the country and the willingness to work together as one university pursuing one goal towards a common destiny as a genuine public service university, a relevant research university, and a growing graduate university.
Source: UPLB News | 03 October2011
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nov 4 1
Five professors from the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) made history as they all received the National Academic Awards 2010 given by Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muyiddin Yassin at the Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC).
The annual award organized by the Ministry of Higher Education recognizes the contribution of outstanding academicians in the fields of instruction, research, community and nation.
Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Omar Abdul Rahman, former first Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science was bestowed the National Academic Personality Award in recognition of his significant achievements and contributions in the academic community.
Other category winners were Dr. Mohamad Pauzi Zakaria from the Faculty of Environmental Studies (Journal Paper Publication Award); Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Academic and International and Dr. Aini Ideris (Award for Product Innovation and Commercialization); Dr. Mohamed Shariff Mohamed Din of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Health Sciences Group); and Dr. Mohammad Shatar Sabran from the Faculty of Human Ecology (Arts and Social Sciences Group).
In an effort to preservethe country's academic performance, UPM through the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Academic and International will host a conference for academic development at the tertiary level in November 2012 where efforts to improve the quality and academic performance of institutions within the Malaysian Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS), Mardi will be discussed.
Source: UPM News | 10 October 2011
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The Exchange by Promoting Quality Education, Research and Training in South and South-East Asia (EXPERTS) is now accepting applications for its EXPERTS II Scholarship in 2012. This scholarship offers a unique opportunity for full-financed mobility for individuals from partner countries in the South and Southeast Asian (SSEA) region to study at EXPERTS Consortium host universities in Europe.
The call for applications is open until 10 February 2012. Grantees nominated for the EXPERTS II scholarship in 2012 have to begin their scholarship by 31 December 2012.
Interested parties may choose from seven host universities in Europe namely: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen- Germany,Katholieke Universiteit Leuven- Belgium, Masaryk University- Czech Republic, Politecnico di Torino- Italy, Universidad Santiago de Compostela- Spain, University of Turku- Finland and Uppsala University- Sweden. Details about their course offerings should be found in their respective websites.
EXPERTS, is a European Union (EU)-funded project that aims to enhance the capacity for international cooperation among its participating countries in SSEA and to exchange knowledge and ideas among the Asian and European partners. This project places an emphasis on research and cooperation, establishing collaborative framework for human resource development through training and upgrading the skills of junior faculty staff, undergraduates, postgraduates and post doc researchers by specified learning objectives in the field of engineering and technology, agricultural sciences, environmental studies, business-management and social sciences. The project is part of the large-scale, EU-funded programme- Erasmus Mundus Action 2.
SEARCA is one of the six Associate Partners of the EXPERTS Consortium. Details about the scholarship and related articles about the Project can be accessed here and in the EXPERTS website at http://www.expertsasia.eu.
