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When One Vision Connects Two Brilliant Minds

From 1974 up until 1999, he served the nation as statesman and deputy minister under the administrations of former prime ministers Tun Mahathir and the late Tun Hussein Onn.

Optimizing Energy Efficiency in 5G Ultra-dense Networks Using Distributed and Cooperative Learning Model

By Dr Mohammad Tahir
As the world moves towards greener technology, energy efficiency in wireless networks is of significant importance. This research aims to address the issues using innovative resource management by combining artificial intelligence and game theory.

There’s No Such Thing as an Impulsive Artist

By Associate Professor Leow Puay Tin
‘Research’ is a word that doesn’t seem pertinent to the arts. Many people assume the arts to be wholly inspired and created through the artist’s natural or divinely-given talent and passion or genius and impulse. But this is never the whole picture. “There is no such thing as an impulsive artist…

Producing Industry-Ready Designers-to-be

By Dr Perline Siek Hwee Ling
The purpose of designing is to build a harmonious artistic socialist society based on humanism with innovation. This can be achieved by establishing collaboration and in exploring opportunities to develop and support art and design in the fields that will be beneficial to the nation.

Tourism Development and Planetary Health: A Destructive or Reconstructive Relationship?

By Professor Marcus L. Stephenson
Planetary health concerns the fundamental relationship between the health of human beings and the health of the planet. The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on Planetary Health insinuated that natural resources were continually being exploited by human beings despite human health being…

How Does Product Aesthetics Impact Consumer Response?

By Dr Goh Yi Sheng
Success stories in the market show the importance of design for increasing sales. One of the best examples of this is Apple. The importance of design has since received increasing attention with people wanting to know what elements of design are critical and how to utilize these design elements…

Flipping Out: Using Flipped Learning in the Music Classroom

By Professor George J Hess, Jr D.A
One reason that the author’s online classes went well this past year was that the classes were flipped. A lot of materials for the students were already online. This meant instead of scrambling to create lessons that would work online, the author was able to focus more on engaging the students.…

#SUSTHACK – The Hackathon Approach to Sustainable Development

By Professor Ts. Dr -Ing. Lau Sian Lun
The Department of Computing and Information Systems under the guidance of Professor Lau Sian Lun received a project funding worth 32,000 € (approximately RM148,000) from the Finnish National Agency for Education Asia programme.

Educational Privilege – How the Playing Field is Levelled at Sunway Education Group

The United Nation’s 4th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 4) on Quality Education emphasizes inclusion and equity as foundational elements of education policies. Malaysia’s multicultural, multilinguistic environment, require visionary policymakers and industry leaders to lead the way. How is…

Leader and Manager - What’s The Difference?

Most people seem to have pretty clear ideas about the differences between leaders and managers, and also about which of these terms has more prestige. Just ask yourself, would you rather be seen by your colleagues as a great leader or an effective manager? My guess is that you want to be great…

Sympathising with People’s Travel Needs and Desires…but There is Light at the End of the Tunnel!

By Professor Marcus L Stephenson
The COVID-19 pandemic raises serious questions concerning the socio-psychological implications of people’s limited propensity to travel as a consequence of movement control orders (MCO) and fears of travelling to public places.

How Business Schools Are Adapting to Meet Workforce Needs

What every business student learns is that where there is challenge, there is also opportunity. Around the world, the coronavirus pandemic has forced business schools to adapt, redirect, and refocus their offerings to meet the challenges presented by the “new norm” and to identify and cultivate the…