KOTA SAMARAHAN, 29 April 2019 – Sebagai usaha menyemarakkan program membaca, Pusat Khidmat Maklumat Akademik telah mengambil inisiatif menganjurkan Program Cinta Ilmu selama dua hari bermula 29 April lepas sebagai menyokong Read@UNIMAS dan menarik minat membaca dan memupuk kecintaan kepada ilmu dalam kalangan warga UNIMAS.

Objektif program adalah untuk menyemarakkan semangat membaca dalam kalangan warga UNIMAS,memupuk kecintaan kepada ilmu pengetahuan, menggalakkan kempen menderma buku dalam kalangan warga UNIMAS serta meningkatkan kesedaran budaya membaca di kalangan masyarakat.

Antara aktiviti diadakan seperti gimik perasmian, Jom Baca 10 minit, Read Out Loud  yang dilakukan oleh tiga orang pelajar dari sekolah SK St. Martin, SK Empila dan SK Dato Mohd Musa Samarahan, persembahan nyanyian oleh Adik Sofia Arissa, Read and Write with Emerald, pameran dan jualan buku dan cenderahati, jualan makanan dan minuman (food truck)Yakub

Istimewanya Program Cinta Ilmu kali ini turut dihadiri oleh  Miss Planet International 2019, Cik Viviana Lin Watson,19, yang telah mewakili Malaysia ke peringkat antarabangsa untuk Miss Planet International pada 1 Mac 2019 di Cambodia dan telah merangkul anugerah 2nd runner up Miss Planet International 2019 bersandarkan minat membaca yang mendalam dan mempunyai pengetahuan am yang luas.

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Kota Samarahan,  30 August 2018: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Universiti Malaysia Sarawak and Estream Software Sdn. Bhd, Malaysia with the aim of establishing a basis upon which UNIMAS and Estream may explore areas for cooperation and collaboration such as research, staff engagement, industrial study visits and student industrial placement.

This event was officiated by Ybhg Professor Datuk Dr Mohamad Kadim Suaidi as Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak and Mr Desmond Law Hoe Yan, Managing Director of Estream Software Sdn. Bhd, Malaysia.

This event was witnessed by Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business, Associate Professor Michael Tinggi and Ms Ong Bee Wei, the Education Advisor of Estream Software Sdn. Bhd., as well as Unimas staff and other invited guests.

The Memorandum of Understanding is in line with UNIMAS's vision of being an exemplary university through the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research and scholarship.

The goals of the MOU are to initiate joint projects involving collaborative research and to share expertise and joint development of research, to facilitate exchanges of ideas and facilities including attachment and mutual visits by staff members to pursue research, curriculum development, and to participate in ...

KOTA SAMARAHAN, 7 April 2018 : Ten officials from the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs (MOCHTA), Bangladesh, visited the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities today.

The delegation was headed by Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on MOCHTA,  Mr R A M Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury,

The visit was part of the delegation’s academic tour to learn from selected countries on the formulation and implementation of inclusive development.

The delegation was interested to know more on how Malaysia, in particular Sarawak, with its multi-ethnicity, addresses the issue of inclusive development.

The Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FSSH), Associate Professor Dr Neilson Ilan Mersat and Deputy Dean for Research and Postgraduate, Dr Arnold Puyok, were present to welcome the delegation.

Later on, Dr Puyok also briefed the delegation on the recent research activities by the Faculty especially in the area of indigenous issues in Sarawak.

The sharing session was also attended by the academic staffs of the Faculty as well as representatives from the UNIMAS Business School.   

KOTA SAMARAHAN, 17 April 2017 : Earlier in the week, the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FSSH) organized a writing workshop for its staff and postgraduate students. The objectives of the workshop are to expose the participants to the process of publishing an index journal and the techniques in writing an index journal. It also aimed to guide the participants in preparing a full manuscript to be submitted to an index journal.

According to FSSH Deputy Dean (Research and Postgraduate), Dr Arnold Puyok, the workshop is part of the Faculty's effort to inculcate research inculturation practices among the academics and postgraduate students. He also said that, in line with this aim, the next workshop will be on postgraduate supervision and writing grant proposal. 

The workshop was facilitated by Prof Brian Dollery, a Professor of Economics at the University of New England (UNE). Professor Dollery, who is also the Director of the University of New England Centre for Local Government, is a prolific writer and has numerous publication particularly in the field of local governance.

The workshop was attended by 30 participants, comprise of both the lecturers and postgraduate students from FSSH. This ...