Month: March 2021

President University, Indonesia held an online meeting with the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan o 10 March 2021

The meeting was attended by the Ambassador of Afghanistan to Indonesia, Faizullah Zaki Ibrahimi. Meanwhile, President University was represented by the Rector of PresUniv, Prof. Dr. Jony Oktavian Haryanto, Vice-Rector for Academics and Student Affairs, Handa S. Abidin, and Head of Partnerships Bureau, Marissa Astika.

In this meeting, the university discussed the plan for visits that will be carried out in the near future. These visits aim to build collaboration between President University and schools and universities in Afghanistan, both through student exchanges and scholarships for undergraduate and masters.

Teaching in English with the Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)  began at Yesenov University in pedagogical specialities of natural sciences and mathematics, and is dedicated to the training and development of future teachers.

CLIL subject teacher-training program covers the integration of language and discipline. The purpose is to form student-centred learning by combining the use of English in science and mathematics education. The three-year program aims to improve communication skill, motivation, and knowledge, as well as cognitive skills such as critical thinking.

Education in English has been accepted as the national policy by the “Ministry of Education and Science” in Kazakh schools. Language teachers are in great demand in secondary schools and training centres. The CLIL program is part of the implementation of the above policy.

Management and Science University (MSU) International Medical School (IMS) concluded its IMS SDG Week 2021 with a closing ceremony mid-March.

Held on campus with full adherence to the current SOPs in place, the ceremony was attended by academic members and students of the School.

Referring to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs), MSU President Professor Tan Sri Dato’ Wira Dr Mohd Shukri Ab Yajid in his address of the week themed ‘Together for a sustainable future’ urged a practice of SDG beyond the policies; supporting with sense and a shared purpose, doing with understanding and believing, with a hundred and fifty per cent commitment and contribution across faculties.

Also lauding the International Medical School (IMS) for being in the frontlines of SDG and entrepreneurship at MSU, Professor Tan Sri Dr Shukri advised its future graduates to go forward with courage and commitment in changing the world. Continuation is about being better every time, he said, and the University’s internationalization will prepare MSUrians joining the medical workforce with the global mindset they need to serve both the local community and the rest of the world.

Among the ceremony’s attendees from IMS programmes Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Bachelor of Medical Sciences (Hons), and Diploma in Medical Sciences were future doctors currently on the Foundation in Medical Sciences programme of the February and the April intakes; who had begun their studies fully online since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia.

Present at the IMS SDG Week 2021 Closing Ceremony were Vice-President for Quality Assurance and Audit Professor Dr Nabishah Mohamad and Dean of MSU International Medical School (IMS) Professor Dr Mohamad Khairuddin Abdul Wahab.

Participating via Zoom were international partner universities which is Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR ) and Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto (UMP).

With a special focus on Goals 3 and 17 of the UNSDGs, respectively for Good Health and Wellbeing and Life Below Water, the IMS SDG Week 2021 was filled with activities comprising workshops on Basic Life Support and Coral Reef Restoration Methods, Strategies, and Approach; a talk on Marine Ecology and Sustainability Awareness; a forum on Healthy Aging; a Riverside Wellness exercise; competition on the Essence of Health; and community engagement through health screening and tree planting.

Industry partners to the IMS SDG Week 2021 of Management and Science University (MSU) included Dorken Reef Resources, Kaia Underwater Academy, and Genting Dementia Care Centre.

The closing ceremony of the IMS SDG Week 2021 presented a contribution of RM4,321 from the MSU International Medical School (IMS) to MSU Foundation, accepted by YMSU Vice-President Dato’ Rosli Yusof.

“There are more than 56 electrochemical systems produced by industry, and each of them today requires its own method of opening and extracting useful components, which should be not only effective but also safe,” says Ph.D, Professor, Director of the NUST MISIS Center engineering industrial technologies, Vadim Tarasov.

In the current market situation, the reuse of batteries or their disposal is becoming an increasingly urgent issue, because according to calculations by Bloomberg NEF, the global stock of electric vehicle batteries is expected to exceed 3.4 million units by 2025.

NUST MISIS specialists have developed a universal method of opening batteries, the resource of which has been fully drained: they use a cryogenic vacuum installation, which is their know-how and is protected by a patent.

“The technology makes it possible to safely extract lithium and manganese dioxide from storage batteries, including from highly explosive electrochemical systems, including lithium-thionyl chloride, lithium — fluorocarbon, and even lithium-nitric acid chemical power sources in future, without the risk of explosion, added Vadim Tarasov.

“The technology is a multi-stage chain that includes the extraction of battery cells, the production of stainless steel, nickel and titanium during leaching, and some separate chemical operations for the separation of lithium from solution. ”

As a result of the application of the technology, the following substances are obtained at the output: spent electrolyte, which is recycled, and valuable metals: steel, nickel, titanium and lithium.

The method allows us to integrate into existing technological chains at enterprises and does not require significant investments in re-equipment. According to the developers’ estimates, the technology can be introduced at the enterprises of the Moscow region already in 2021-2022.

A research team at Kyungpook National University (KNU) analyzed the gas movement in the centre of the galaxy and suggested a new way to detect multiple massive black holes.

Jae Jin Shin, a postdoctoral researcher, School of Earth System and Sciences at Kyungpook National University, Professor Min Jin Kim, and Professor Jong Hak Woo of Seoul National University found evidence that there is a second massive black hole in the centre of NGC 1068, about 47 million light-years away.

Multi-mass black holes are considered key to understanding the stages of galaxy merging. Large-mass black holes are also very difficult to observe in general but can be observed in the form of active galactic nuclei that occur when material enters a large-mass black hole. Thus, multi-mass black holes are mainly found in the form of multi-active galactic nuclei.

The main method of multi-active galactic nuclei detection is to find multiple nuclei in galactic photographs observed in multiple wavelength bands. There are only about 30 massive black holes discovered using this method. For statistical research, additional multi-mass black hole detection is of paramount importance.

Researchers at KNU used observations from the Very Large Telescope, an 8.2-meter telescope in Chile, to analyze the gas motion in the centre of NGC 1068 and found another gas eruption about 600 light-years from the centre of the galaxy.

Gas venting is a phenomenon in which surrounding gases are pushed out by massive energy from active galactic nuclei and is at the same time one of the powerful indicators of active galactic nuclei. In other words, the presence of another gas emission suggests the possibility of another active galactic nucleus in NGC 1068.

The study is significant in that in addition to the existing photographic method, it has found multiple active galactic nuclei using gas motion.

Jae Jin Shin, the research director, said, “We expect this study to play a major role in understanding galaxy mergers and further galaxy evolution by applying new methods using gas motion to many data that already exist.”

The study was published on February 16 in the international journal “The Astrophysical Journal”.

College of Innovation, Thammasat University (TU) in collaboration with the Office of Thai Media Fund and Thai PBS have conducted a study on how to best develop the skills and potential of media personnel to produce media for children aged 3-6 years old.

The study aims to provide basic training and skill development programs for the media producers, to create relevant, safe, creative and suitable content for children’s development.

Professor Raweewan Sap-in, College of Innovation, Thammasat University and the researcher responsible for the study reveals, “The study allows us to find guidelines for the basic training course for early childhood media producers. The workshop was held in order to create knowledge and understanding about producing media for children at age 3-6 years old. Many experts in early childhood development presented in order to recommend contents that improve children development.

There are two TV shows from the first trial production, “Flowers Power” and “Sound to Song” program. These TV programs will be tested among the children to get their feedback for future improvements.

In February, CELTA Certified teachers of the “English Philology” Department of Yessenov University conducted workshops for language teachers of Mangystau region, Kazakhstan.

The trainers introduced the CELTA Program and then showed the ways of adapting and implementing its methodology into any language classroom. The workshop covered the following topics: lesson planning, classroom management, vocabulary teaching techniques, and providing feedback.

The participants were introduced to new approaches, techniques, and methodology.  As a final project for the workshop, the participants prepared 10 minutes lesson plan and demonstrated it to the trainers, and received constructive feedback.

The university feels that both trainers and participants benefit from such interactive and informative workshops.

Nurin Miza Afiqah bte Andre Dazle from the Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA was voted as one of the top 10 Young Talents 2020 in the Monstar Awards, Malaysia’s Largest Young Talent Award.

“If I didn’t make the first step joining a brass band, putting my name to enter a public speaking competition and a hackathon whilst being on lockdown, I wouldn’t have discovered that I have this confident Nurin in me”, said Nurin in her speech.

The aim of the Monstar awards is to discover individuals who have talent beyond academic studies or actively participating in extra co-curricular to have a chance to be recognised by the nation.

MonStar Awards 2020 is officially supported by the Malaysia Ministry of Education, Department of Higher Education, Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre and Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) to acknowledge the national young talents across Malaysia. This event was joined by 450 nominees from 35 institutions and involved 36 industry partners.

The invited juries for the prestigious awards are Y.A.M Tengku Zatashah (Selangor Princess), Datuk Nicol David (8 times World Squash Champion), Mac Chung Lynn (Group CEO of Nando’s Malaysia & Singapore), George Ang (CEO of A&W Malaysia), Datin Vivy Yusof (Co-Founder of Fashion Valet & The dUck Group) and Shazmi Ali (Country Human Resource Director of Shell Malaysia).