ICT Grads
UPM declared champs in StanChart ICT competition with recycling app
Team 4GM from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) was declared champion in the Standard Chartered ICT Competition 2013 for its technology-based solution that helps tackle recycling issues called Trashpoint.
Psychometrics project launched to assess students, academic staff in Malaysia
Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) in Perak has launched UPSI Pscychometrics, a project developed in collaboration with Mimos Bhd, to be used by educational institutions to better assess students as well as academic staff.
Comms, English skills more important for employers: JobStreet survey
According to a recent JobStreet.com survey, employers are increasingly looking beyond academic results when it comes to hiring fresh graduates. The No 1 deciding factor is good interpersonal and communication skills, followed by a good command of English and the right salary expectation.
Bad Computer Science programmes: Parents and industry
While parents and industry are not directly involved in formulating Computer Science programmes, they both play different and significant roles in their outcome, writes Dr Shawn Tan.
Bad Computer Science lecturers
DNA columnist Dr Shawn Tan looks at the issue of lecturer quality in Malaysia’s Computer Science programmes today.
300 newly-employed grads in ICT sector to be ‘up-skilled’
MDeC and TalentCorp have signed a Memorandum of Agreement that will see 300 graduates undergoing an eight-month ‘up-skilling’ program.
MMU opens engineering grad school, in deal with Aussie telco gear-maker
MMU has launched its Graduate Institute of Engineering and also signed a knowledge-transfer Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Melbourne-based SENKO Advanced Components (Australia) Pty Ltd.
Too many computer science degree programs in Malaysia?
What the industry sorely needs is brains, but what we get are mostly bodies. For some reason, our universities are not graduating the right kind of people, writes Dr Shawn Tan.
Pikom unveils 5yr plan, says ICT industry to hit RM95bil by 2017
Malaysia's national ICT association Pikom has unveiled a five-strategic direction which ultimately aims to create world-class Malaysian players and projects that annual industry revenue based on transactions will hit US$31 billion by 2017.
Malaysia’s first ‘boutique ICT university’ launched
Universiti Malaysia of Computer Science and Engineering (UniMy), touted as the country’s first boutique university devoted to specialized computer science and engineering education, has been launched.
