Join ‘Dealing with the Human Vampire’ webinar today
MIRI: The Health, Counselling and Disability Services Department of Curtin University Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) is inviting members of the public to join its next public webinar titled ‘Dealing with the Human Vampire’. It will be the latest in a series of mental health webinars the university is conducting as a public service, following the success of […]
Webinars to raise awareness on aquaculture industry
MIRI: Curtin University Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) is organising a series of free public webinars on aquaculture in collaboration with Curtin University Australia. Organised in conjunction with its new Master of Science in Sustainable Aquaculture postgraduate degree this July, the series started on April 6. The title of the webinar was Aquaculture in Sarawak; challenges and opportunities. […]
‘Love-Hate Relationships’ webinar, anyone?
MIRI: The Health, Counselling and Disability Services Department of Curtin University Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) is inviting the public to join its webinar titled ‘Love-Hate Relationships’. It will be on Webex from 2pm to 3pm on Friday and conducted in English by Curtin Malaysia counsellors Jessica Akang and Dorety Panggil. According to Jessica, the webinar would focus […]
Curtin students emerge first runners-up in business challenge
MIRI: The Covid-19 pandemic has not stopped the development of world-class Malaysian business talent as shown by the wealth of talent exhibited by student teams competing in the recent 4th Annual Malaysian Experiential Business Challenge – The CIMA-EBLM Business Challenge 2020. Among the top talents was Team A from Curtin University Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) comprising […]
Curtin bags its twelfth Best Vad Unit award
MIRI: The Malaysian Red Crescent Voluntary Aid Detachment Unit No. 57 (Vad 57) of Curtin University Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) has, for the twelfth consecutive year, been awarded the Malaysian Red Crescent’s ‘Best VAD Unit Award’ for being the most outstanding voluntary aid detachment in Sarawak. The Best Vad Unit Award recognises Vad units for excellent […]
Comprehensive SOP on prevention and control for peatland fires needed
MIRI: A comprehensive set of guidelines and standard operating procedures (SOPs) are needed for the prevention and control of peatland fires. Minister of Transport Sarawak Datuk Lee Kim Shin said peatland fires were normally caused by drainage and land clearing activities undertaken in an inappropriate and unsustainable manner. “This has caused considerable damage to the […]
Curtin’s webinar on finance this Saturday
MIRI: Curtin University Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) is continuing with its popular ‘Going Places with a Curtin Degree’ Live Webinar Series with a new segment featuring three alumni from Curtin’s campuses in Malaysia and Australia who are now seasoned professionals and entrepreneurs in the finance industry this Saturday. Those attending the webinar, the fifth in the […]
Good response to webinar on suicide
MIRI: The recent public webinar titled ‘How to Respond to Someone who is Feeling Suicidal’ hosted by the Health, Counselling and Disability Services Department of Curtin University Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) was well received by members of the public. The participants included over 80 representatives of some 30 different institutions, including government departments and agencies; educational […]
O&G innovation centre to be set up in Miri
MIRI: Suarah Petroleum Group (SPG) has reaffirmed its commitment to establish Sarawak Oil and Gas Innovation Centre (Sogic) here. It will also provide continuous support and commitment towards assisting the state government in addressing and redressing oil and gas (O&G) issues related to Sarawak. The group gave the reassurance during its fifth annual general meeting […]
Curtin students among Top 50 nominees for awards
MIRI: Three engineering students of Curtin University Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) have done their university proud by making it to the Top 50 nominees for the prestigious MonStar Awards 2020. Billed as Malaysia’s largest young talent awards, the MonStar Awards were created to discover and recognise young talents in Malaysia. This year’s awards, themed ‘2020: A Year […]
