KUALA LUMPUR, 24 October: – The Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) has opened up the opportunity for international students from School of Education, UNMC to improve their language proficiency in order to obtain the required band of Malaysian University English Test (MUET) as set by UNMC. The learning takes place through face-to-face interaction and online learning in MyLinE portal developed by UTM MyLinE Task Force, Language Academy, UTM. The MoA and MoU were signed by the Provost and CEO of UNMC, Prof. Graham Kendall, and the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Development) of UTM, Prof. Dr. Azlan Bin Abdul Rahman, and witnessed by the Head of School of Education, UNMC, Prof. Dr Ganakumaran Subramaniam, and the Dean of Language Academy, UTM, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdul Halim Bin Abdul Raof, and observed by the Director General, Ministry of Higher Education, YBhg Datin Paduka Ir. Dr. Siti Hamisah Binti Tapsir.
According to MyLinE Manager, Associate Professor Fatimah Puteh, MyLinE portal is not only used by students of public institutions of higher learning in Malaysia, but also accessible to the public and private institutions, including international users. MyLinE’s popularity has sparked initiatives for the MyLinE Task Force to expand its functionality to meet the current needs of users and the nation. MyLinE started as the provider of online learning materials for use among students of public universities in Malaysia to enhance students’ English language proficiency. In responding to the needs of the nation, MyLinE offers MUET online materials through its microsites known as MyLinE MUET to assist candidates who are sitting for MUET. At present, MyLinE is the only language learning portal in Malaysia that offers MUET online materials. The portal helps users improve and master the four language skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) tested in MUET. This initiative receives strong support from the Malaysian Examination Council (MPM). MPM has supported MyLinE’s efforts in conducting a pilot study on MUET online materials on students who were sitting for MUET. At the ceremony, the UTM MyLinE Task Force also presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Pn Norsheila Md Sheh, who was representing the CEO of MPM, Tn. Hj. Mohd Fauzi Bin Datuk Hj. Mohd Kassim.
The MoA and MoU will benefit both parties. For UNMC, this collaboration helps graduate students from Bangladesh who have been selected to join the Bangladesh College Education Development Project (BCEDP) to master English and to meet the required level of MUET Bands. This collaboration involves face-to-face trainings as well as online assistance for 1000 UNMC international students. In addition to enhancing the visibility of the two world-class universities, staff mobility will strengthen the expertise and competitiveness of UTM instructors. It could also indirectly strengthen cooperation between MyLinE and MPM in meeting the needs of MUET candidates.
With the signing of this collaboration, MyLinE is now at par with other global online learning service providers. MyLinE welcomes all parties who are interested to collaborate in areas concerning teaching and learning of English. MyLinE can be accessed at http://myline.utm.my. For more information, please contact myline@utm.my or 075537928.
On 17 October 2017, Dr. Rozzeta Dolah was invited to present a talk at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA on “Variation Measurement and Improvement in Industry/ Engineering Application”. The talk is attended by MIT professors, undergraduate and graduate students from engineering faculty. As there is a very little guidance for the practitioners/ engineers to select an appropriate strategy of robust measurement systems – What, When & Where to use Taguchi method versus other experimental design method of eliminating noise and variations, the talk has provided a solid underpinning of Taguchi method in controlling variation for measurement system. This is crucial to determine the degree of optimization, resolution required, time and costs constraints, nature of the problem, and robustness approach for a given problem in a process. The talk covered the wide spectrum of robust quality engineering such as essential parameters in data analysis, control of variation in measurement process, controlling defects through six sigma methodology and variation elimination. These elements undoubtedly provide the guidelines of what a robust measurement system should be in ensuring the measurement to represent the measurand. Therefore, the gap between theoretical uncertainty engineering and the measurement in real practice is reduced. Measurement errors, difficulties in determining the noise parameters, and confusion between the appropriate strategy to use are among the questions arised from the audience.
improved its performance and leaped 14 places to #49 in the QS Asia University Rankings 2018. Considering there are approximately 11,900 universities regionally*, this makes UTM one of the top 1.0% universities in Asia.
The workshop provides a platform for undergraduates from quantity surveying and construction background to participate, undertake group assignment and present the findings of their technical visits at the end of the workshop.
The workshop which held on annual basis were jointly organised by Building Information Centre (BIC) Department of Quantity Surveying and Building Information Modelling Centre for Digital Innovations and Solutions (BIMCDIS).
This year’s participating universities includes Podomoro University and Universitas Bung Hatta from Indonesia, University of Pretoria, of South Africa, University of Reading Malaysia, Heriot-Watt University Malaysia and the host university, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).
