tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31197642.post916594462513248225..comments2023-10-06T15:53:01.491+08:00Comments on fashionably oxymoronic...: learning to compete in european universities?...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31197642.post-59216829136478667682008-12-30T15:28:00.000+08:002008-12-30T15:28:00.000+08:00sowee AI, for the rather late response. thank you ...sowee AI, for the rather late response. thank you for visiting and your comments. i guess universities the world over have their own idiosyncracies.The British Universities at some point in history, learnt that they should leave the dons & scholars where they are comfortable at. Some made the mistake of making true blue professors VCs and end up with the fellow doing what he loves most...supervising PhDs and reviewing thesis hahaha! So much so the real business of the VC which is university development and the search for funding, is neglected. While some others (wink) experimented with putting bureaucrats or corporate animals to run universities and disorientating the 'high and mighty' ivory tower scholars...hahaha.. I guess, with due respect to VCs some of whom are also my friends, they too need to balance between the notion of academic freedom and pursuits with political realities of the day... (evil wink) heheh.Khaeruddin Sudharminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14673903589018541661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31197642.post-67654349262320428752008-12-23T20:24:00.000+08:002008-12-23T20:24:00.000+08:00Hi, this is me again AI,Anonymously Identifiable. ...Hi, this is me again AI,Anonymously Identifiable. Why did our 'captains' of Malaysian universities not turn up? Because this was totally irrelevant to them. Our universities do not have 'educational considerations' nor are they 'market driven'. There are other considerations or driving forces that need to be catered to. Whatever competitivenes or position our universities have achieved have been 'inspite of' and not 'because of'. So our 'captains' are busy being elsewhere where they concentrate on what they have to do for the actual driving forces than on what is imperative to the long term well-being of the highest educational institutions of the country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31197642.post-68541362342294636722008-12-20T12:41:00.000+08:002008-12-20T12:41:00.000+08:00Dear KhaeruddinYour note sums up one of the obvio...Dear Khaeruddin<BR/><BR/>Your note sums up one of the obvious problems confronting Malaysian universities - the great capacity to look for solutions from 'puddles of water known to have no fish'. <BR/><BR/>I agree with you that the captains of Malaysian universities should have attended Maureen's talk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com