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Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences Prof Dr Chan Nee Nee and Psychology lecturer Dr Junaidah Yusof joined a fascinating new consultancy project designed to review internationalisation policies in Malaysia’s higher education industry. After commissioning the review under Education Policies Studies (EPS), the Ministry of Education awarded RM569,515 to the International Institute of Public …

FSS DEAN, LECTURER JOIN EDUCATION MINISTRY’S INTERNATIONALISATION STUDY Read More »

All the discoveries and inventions that allow us to live our daily lives would never have existed without research. From groundbreaking technology to the latest healthcare innovation, it forms the basis of everything we know. Research has always been one of the pillars of our University, and we’re thrilled to announce that our own Faculty of Science and …

FST Lecturer Appointed M’sian Journal of Microbiology Peer Reviewer Read More »

Yet another feather has been added to QIU’s cap, as two of our Bachelor of Accounting (Hons) students have been appointed as Student Ambassadors for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Malaysia. Third-year students Enithraa Elanggova Kumar and Rachel Anthony Lim Su Yen did us proud after they received their appointments recently. The duo will be representing ACCA as …

QIU ACCOUNTING STUDENTS APPOINTED ACCA STUDENT AMBASSADORS Read More »

The Covid-19 pandemic has seen an incredible outpouring of community support and volunteerism as people from all over the world join forces to help each other. We’re extremely proud that our own Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Prof Dr Sim Yee Wai has joined this effort by producing 3-D printed face …

FST DEPUTY DEAN, LECTURER PRODUCE FACE SHIELDS FOR COVID-19 FRONTLINERS Read More »

Ever thought to yourself ‘I want to be more green and sustainable, but I just don’t know where to start?’ Well, you could just do what our QIU staff did and start with yourself! In less than two hours, QIU’s academic and non-academic staff managed to clear up 160kg of excess and unused materials from their respective …

QIU STAFF CLEARS 160KG OF OFFICE WASTE Read More »

As an institute of higher learning, QIU understands the importance of inspiring young people to take up the challenge of creating a more sustainable world, evident from our alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Today, we were proud to welcome over 50 teachers and students from SMJK Perempuan Perak to the QIU Sustainable AgriResearch, …

SHARING SUSTAINABLE FARMING WITH SMJK PEREMPUAN PERAK Read More »

Exciting, entertaining and momentous – these were the words that best described the ‘FIS Got Talent’ that was held last weekend. Organised by our dedicated team of Foundation in Science Programme lecturers, the show, themed “It’s Showtime” drummed up excitement among our student body as we discovered how talented they really are. Gracing the event was QIU Chief …

DOES FIS HAVE TALENT? YOU BET! Read More »

Some of the most important questions looming over our future are related to artificial intelligence. How will it affect our lives and the job market? How can we control it to achieve the right balance? The Faculty of Science and Technology’s latest Heart-to-Heart with Science series addressed some of these questions recently, thanks to an enlightening …

HEART-TO-HEART WITH SCIENCE: EXAMINING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Read More »

From our work with the Perak Association For the Intellectually Disabled (PAFID) to our Bachelor of Special Needs Education programme, the empowerment of children with special needs has always been an overarching goal of QIU since our inception. Our efforts to champion the special needs community’s cause continued last weekend, as QIU’s Educationist Club hosted a …

EXPLORING THE NEW PHASE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION Read More »

The QIU Sustainable Agri-Research team made quite an impact on local agricultural innovators and technologists last weekend after they debuted a mini-hydroponic and tower fertigation system that could be a boon for precision farming. The team, led by Dr Teh Chui Yao and assisted by Dr Wendy Liu, Dr Ranjetta Poobathy and Mr Ricky Hor, presented the system …

QIU SUSTAINABLE AGRI-RESEARCH TURNS HEADS AT ELLIANCE I4.0 TECHNOLOGY CENTRE LAUNCH Read More »