hey guys i just saw that notts uni in malaysia was ranked below monash u in star news. i don't have the source but i'm sure u guys have seen it in newspaper right? how did that happened?

no more like just where their friends are going to study. hmm... it is? why is notts ranked lower than monash? i though notts has more money poured into research and better facilities.

hmm.. i see... then the TS must be really wrong huh?

lol and also very misleading. hmm... i wonder what else can improve a university official ranking.

hmm... when was monash built in malaysia?

ah i see so it's about 12 years already. n then when's notts built?

hahah alright alright. no need to get pissed off. and i'm pretty sure someday notts will be able to catch up.

do u have the link for ARWU?


This post has been edited by rubrubrub: Jul 31 2010, 04:20 PM

and if notts uk is ranked higher in UK, does it matter to malaysia campus'?



This post has been edited by rubrubrub: Jul 31 2010, 04:28 PM

ah thanks.

[quote=zstan,Jul 31 2010, 05:16 PM]
lolz. that survey is 100% based on academics which is unfortunately not quite suitable in todays world.

we are talking more about graduate attributes, about high employment rates of students who graduated from that uni.

not how many Nobel Prize winners that uni has. 20 marks for this criteria. astounding. having a Nobel Prize winner does not guarantee quality education for the students.


* For institutions specialized in humanities and social sciences such as London School of Economics, N&S is not considered, and the weight of N&S is relocated to other indicators.
see, these rankings dun even cover those aspects. what? means LSE is bad because it does not have scientific research?

on the other hand, if you wanna look at research and work in the acedemic field for the rest of your life, then yes, please follow that arwu rankings.

having Nobel prize winners and whatever award holders as your lecturers will certainly make a lot of difference in your thesis and research work..

That is why certain unis are specialized in certain course. Research courses are going to do well with a nobel prized lecturer.

yeah agree a degree is to cari makan. it doesn't entirely define who u are and if u really wanted to gain more knowledge. There are ton's of cheaper means to do that. anyway i've checked out monash and nottingham. I'm going to enrol to nottingham this september in social science department studying applied psychology with management studies.

u r unmc student? what are u majoring in?

is the course any good?

sem is going to start in five more days! how's everybody's summer?

really? i thought they will waive ur electricity bill as long as u keep it under a certain amount.

broga's pan mee or rabbit meat. there are more restaurants around but after one year in notts, you'd have explored everyone of them.

yeah not much, just be contented and eat whatever is available.

Washing machine is self provided.

erm... you can join the adventure club. They sometimes organize skydiving trip.