Monthly Archives: July 2010

Event Alert: Postgraduate Proposal Presentation

Posted on by

There will be a postgratuate proposal presentation at LSIBF as follows:

  • Presenter:  Lim Shiok Ye
  • Title:  Long-run relationship of export, domestic demand and economic growth: some empirical evidence from ASEAN-5
  • Chair: Dr. Lim Kian Ping
  • Panel: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wong Hock Tsen
  • Venue: Seminar Room (Podium)
  • Date: July 28, 2010
  • Time: 10.30 am

The Ten Commandments for Academics

Posted on by

Why indeed would anyone want to become an academic? What an academic actually does?  A paper jointly written by Michael McAleer and Les Oxley provides some understanding of an academic job description, as well as the associated responsibilities and enjoyment of being an academic. Their paper entitled “The Ten Commandments for Academics” is published in Journal of Economic Surveys, one of the leading economic journal with a current impact factor of 1.228 (click here for full paper, but requires subscription).

Their Ten Commandments are:

  1. Choose Intellectual Rewards over Money
  2. Seek Wisdom before Tenure
  3. Protect Freedom of Speech and Thought Vigorously
  4. Defend and Respect Intellectual Quests Passionately
  5. Embrace the Challenge of Teaching Undergraduate Students
  6. Acknowledge the Enjoyment in Supervising Graduate Students
  7. Be Generous with Office Hours
  8. Use Vacation Time Wisely
  9. Attend Excellent Conferences at Great Locations
  10. Age Gracefully Like Great Wine

The Ten Commandments for Ranking University Quality

Posted on by

Prof. Michael McAleer, a world class economist and econometrician, shares his views on a list of important factors for assessing and ranking University Quality (for his research, click here). His paper entitled “The Ten Commandments for Ranking University Quality” is published in Journal of Economic Surveys, one of the leading economic journal with a current impact factor of 1.228 (click here for full paper, but requires subscription).

His Ten Commandments are:

  1. Know Yourself
  2. Appoint and Retain High-Quality Staff
  3. Accept that Size Does Matter
  4. Strike a Sensible Balance between Research and Teaching
  5. Determine the Importance of Research Centres and Research Staff
  6. Rank Research Output and Quality Using Objective Criteria
  7. Develop Objective Indicators of Teaching and Supervisory Quality
  8. Incorporate the Quality of Undergraduate and Graduate Students
  9. Evaluate the Quality of Overseas Students
  10. Avoid Ridicule