Week 6: Roles of Universities & Sustainable Development

 

Assalamualaikum wbt ahlan bikum,

Alhamdulillah, we reached week 6, in this week we discussed about the roles of universities and sustainable development. Here is what I can reflect on.

1. Prof. Dr. Suhaimi asks us, "Is there anything wrong with our university's education system now?", "Do you think you are being educated to be a balanced person or being prepared for job employability?"

some of us brought that our systems are difficult when it comes to pre-reg. The main problem with the class and subject registration system is that it often becomes jammed or very slow when many students try to access it at the same time. In addition, the number of classes offered is usually too limited and insufficient to meet student demand. This causes students to rush during registration, classes fill up quickly, and it becomes difficult for them to secure a suitable timetable. Overall, the system's weaknesses and the lack of available classes create stress and disrupt the registration process every semester.

Next, some of us shared the view that our education is meant to shape us into well-balanced individuals — we study to enrich our lives and to prepare ourselves for future employability.

2. Institutional Sustainability are consist of 1. Campus Operation  2. Curriculum  3. Research

-Teaching and Learning (Nurturing the Soul)

-Community Engagement

-Research and Innovation

3. There is also a point that I would like to highlight

-learning to know

-learning to do

-learning to live together

-learning to be

-learning to become

-Advice from a Nobel Laureate, “If we work on research topics that the West is not interested in, we will always be 20 years ahead” (Ahmad Zewail). This means we need to go beyond conventional areas of research, especially in academia and industry, by exploring new ideas, developing niche expertise, and contributing original solutions that others have yet to focus on.