FRIDAY, 14 FEBRUARY – The Academic and Strategic Management Centre (PPSA) recently held a workshop on MS ISO 9001:2008 Technical Committee at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) at the Senate Meeting Room, Chancellery Building UMS.

Coordinator of the workshop, Hasmi Hashim said the main objective of the workshop was to review and update all 16 General Procedures and 15 Special Procedures and MS ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System Quality Manual for the implementation of UMS full-time undergraduate programmes.

“This includes the coordination of Course Procedures for the implementation of undergraduate programmes for Labuan International Campus,” he said.

The workshop will see some changes on the General Procedures and Specific Procedures done including the exchange of 16 nominated names due to internal exchange of university officials.

The workshop concluded with a Technical Committee Meeting No. 1/2014 (12) and improving the documentation of the workshop for the teaching and learning quality guide for university’s undergraduates.

All participants unanimously agreed that the workshop should be held on a regular basis to ensure continuous improvement in the quality of the General Procedures and Special Procedures. (FL)

 
Source: PPSA, UMS

 
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THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY – The Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) level Maulidur Rasul celebration this year was celebrated in a dissimilar way compared to previous years when parade and banner contests were held.
 

Instead, this year it focused on doing community activities in a group in the rural areas which saw some departments combined and divided into seven groups.
 

Among the charity projects undertaken were at Kampung (Kg.) Binsulok, Membakut by Group 1; at SK Poring-poring, Inanam by Group 2; Kg. Tumau, Kota Belud by Group 3, fish trap repair project at Semporna by Group 4; charity project at Masjid Al-Mujahiddin, Kg. Gudon Menggatal by Group 5, community work at Masjid Kg. Marabau, Kota Belud by Group 6, and a charity programme of helping the fire victims of Kg. Tambilaung, Kota Belud.
 

UMS Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd. Harun Abdullah in his speech during the opening ceremony said that charity projects such as these would help enrich cooperation among UMS community.
 

He said this is in line with the theme of the Maulidur Rasul celebration ‘Wasatiyyah Tonggak Kesatuan Ummah’, in uniting the minds and harmonise our actions in striving towards excellence.
 

“If we want to be a community that excels, unity in Islamic morality and good values should be fostered and cultivated.
 

“On the other hand, if we are divided, slanders and in conflict with each other, we are the cause of the failure in planning for ourselves, eventually ruining society,” he said.
 

Group 6 which was led by the Dean of the School of Science and Technology, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Baba Musta emerged as the winners in the charity project competition bringing home cash prize of RM3,000. Second place was won by Group 5 led by the Dean of School of Medicine, Prof. Dr. D Kamarudin D Mudin bringing home cash prize of RM2,000, whilst Group 3 led by Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Student Affairs and Alumni, Assoc. Prof. Datuk Dr. Hj Kasim Md. Mansur took the third spot earning them RM1,600 in cash.
 

A well-known preacher, Ustaz Haslin Bahrin was also invited to give a talk besides a Qasidah presentation by the Sekolah Rendah Islam Al-Hafiz Qasidah Group. – MA [FL]

 
 

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WEDNESDAY, 12 FEBRUARY – Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd Harun Abdullah made a working visit to UMS Library to inspect its services, a place that had become the centre for students and for them to meet staff of the library.

On hand to receive him was Chief Librarian, Dg. Rukiah Ag. Amit and more than 50 library staff.

During the visit, he called on staff to give regular attention to the facilities extended by the library. He said this is important to ensure good quality service offered.

“Conduct frequent monitoring of the condition and quality of the facilities and services provided. Report any damage so that repair work can be done immediately,” he said.

He added that staff must always maintain harmony with each other to ensure the quality of UMS library could be improved.

Meanwhile, Dg. Rukiah when met explained that UMS library strived to improve the quality of services to support teaching, learning and innovation in the university.

She added that the Vice-Chancellor’s visit not only gave and example and motivation to the staff but an opportunity for the library to clear any doubts or problems for improvement.

“UMS library over the years has been actively involved in analysing user needs, provide information literacy, public higher learning institution library outreach programmes and carry out community services to improve quality and promote the culture of reading among the public,” he said.

Datuk Harun was brought around the facilities of the library such as the Pre-school collection, Viewing Room, Nobel Laureate Collection and Aseana Collection. – MA [FL]

 

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WEDNESDAY, 12 FEBRUARY – The long-standing relationship between Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) and the Department of Minerals and Geoscience Department Malaysia (JMG) was further strengthened through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today.

The signing ceremony which was held at the Gallery, Chancellery Building saw UMS represented by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Dr Mohd Harun Abdullah and JMG represented by the Director-General, Dato’ Yunus Abdul Razak exchanged documents as a symbol of the close ties and various future collaborations between the two parties.

Earlier in his speech, Datuk Harun said the MoU proved that UMS had moved a step forward in enhancing its research and human capital development.

He said the collaboration between UMS and JMG had been on-going informally.

“We have a lot of students who undergo practical training besides the involvement of UMS researchers itself in the projects undertaken by JMG,” he added.

Meanwhile, Dato’ Yunus in his speech said that he welcomed such move which he deemed as having an impact in generating the country’s resources through research.

“We have the data in the fields of geoscience and mineral that can be shared for these purposes,” he said.

He also said that many of his staff studied and graduated through UMS and later served exceptionally in his department.

“Thus, the MoU signed today serves not only as a beginning but also motivation towards forthcoming collaborations,” he said.

The signing ceremony was witnessed by UMS Registrar, Datuk Abdullah Hj. Mohd. Said and the Director of JMG Sabah, Alexander Yan Sze Wah. – SS [FL]

 

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