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Sarawak’s digital vision headlines ICDATE 2023

KUCHING: The International Conference on Digital Applications, Transformation, and Economy (ICDATE) 2023 is happening now at Curtin University Miri, and it will continue until July 16. According to the press release, the conference welcomes distinguished guests, speakers, participants, and industry representatives from around the world. Its main focus is exploring the many possibilities of the […]

Curtin University, UOB hold career awareness programme

MIRI: Curtin University Malaysia’s Faculty of Business and UOB Malaysia recently organised a career awareness event at its campus. The event aimed to enhance students’ understanding of the banking and finance industries while guiding them in developing the necessary skills and competencies for future careers. Leading the UOB Malaysia team were vice president of Business […]

35 Curtin students join Floating Structure Challenge

MIRI: Thirty-five students of Curtin University Malaysia recently took part in a ‘Floating Structure Challenge’ organised by the university’s Department of Civil and Construction Engineering. The competition was organised as part of the students’ study of units related to structural analysis which is an integral part of the civil and construction engineering course at the […]

Curtin students gain new insights via site visits

MIRI: Some 24 civil and construction engineering and environmental engineering students of Curtin University Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) recently enhanced their knowledge of environmental engineering through site visits to B.I.G Industrial Gas Sdn Bhd and the Sibuti Sanitary Landfill. Site visits are an integral component in both the Curtin University civil and construction engineering and environmental […]

GPS making education reforms to benefit Sarawakians

BY SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA and MARGARET RINGGIT MIRI: Education may be under the purview of the federal government but the state government has its own model to provide better quality education to Sarawakians. Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg stated that this is why Sarawak is brave enough to set up its […]

Curtin Malaysia engineering students gain valuable insights from site visits

MIRI: Forty-seven students from Curtin University Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) recently made a two-day trip to Bintulu to visit two sites there. The trip was jointly organised by Curtin Malaysia’s Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, and the Curtin Civil Society and Curtin Environmental Engineering Club, student-run academic clubs for civil and construction and environmental engineering […]

Sports management course programme attracts 30

MIRI: A total of 30 participants from the Northern zone joined the first National Sports Management Course Programme (KPSK) Level I held at Curtin University Sarawak Malaysia recently. The participants who attended were keen sports practitioners, sports enthusiasts and officials from sports clubs, associations, universities colleges and government agencies from Bintulu, Miri, Limbang, Bekenu, Lawas […]

Land owners taught to prevent wildfires

MIRI: Owners of private land along Kuala Baram and Permyjaya play a valuable role in preventing wildfires in the areas which cover about 8,000 hectares of peat soil. In order to impart wildfire fighting knowledge, a fire management programme was held on Monday (April 11) at Curtin University Sarawak Campus here. In recent years, the […]

Historic MoU-signing for world’s first business event journal

MIRI: Two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to develop the world’s first international journal of business events and legacies were inked yesterday (Mar 16). The first MoU was signed between Curtin University and Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak) to form the journal as an entity. This was followed by an MoU between Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Sarawak […]

Australia and Malaysia keen to explore more collaboration

MIRI: Both Australia and Malaysia are keen to explore more collaboration in various fields, including renewable energy development, particularly in Sarawak. Australian High Commissioner to Malaysia, Dr Justin Lee, said both countries shared a long history of engagement and collaboration in the area of education and research, dating back to the first Colombo Plan scholarships. […]