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Recognition for research paper


From left: Hew, Dr Leong, Dr Lee and Tan with their certificates

UTAR Faculty of Business and Finance (FBF) academics Hew Jun Jie, Dr Leong Lai Ying, Garry Tan Wei Han and Dr Lee Voon Hsien have marked another breakthrough by successfully publishing their research paper in a high-impact Elsevier journal, namely Tourism Management recently.

Tourism Management is the leading international journal for all those concerned with the planning and management of travel and tourism. Tourism Management comprises a multitude of activities which together form one of the world's fastest-growing international sectors. The journal takes an interdisciplinary approach and includes planning and policy aspects of international, national and regional tourism as well as specific management studies.

Co-written with Prof Ooi Keng Boon from UCSI University, the paper titled “Mobile social tourism shopping: A dual-stage analysis of a multi-mediation model” received a certificate of publication recognition from the Tourism Management. The research investigates the mobile social tourism (MST) shopping among Malaysian domestic tourists who have visited George Town, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site located in Penang.

Hew Jun Jie, the principal author of the research enthused, “Nowadays, it is common to see tourists doing mobile social tourism shopping, which refers to the purchase of tourism products and services through smart mobile devices and mobile social networks. Therefore, we thought that it will be good to look into this relatively new research avenue by gathering primary data from the domestic tourists who have visited George Town in Penang.”

He added, “We wish to dedicate this study to Malaysian practitioners and policymakers in the tourism​ ​industry, particularly by helping them to make more informed decisions and derive better strategic plans for fostering mobile social tourism shopping​ ​among tourists. With the​ ​enormous spending power of tourists, countless business opportunities are available for ​​practitioners such as hoteliers. This, in​ ​turn, benefits the government in terms of tax revenues and creates​ ​more job opportunities.​ ​Hence, advocating mobile social tourism shopping among​ ​tourists could have huge implications for the society, nation and​ ​economy. In addition to that, we are grateful that UTAR has provided us funding to accomplish this research project through the UTAR Research Publication Scheme. Without this funding, we could not have collected the data from George Town.”

Tourism Management is a ranked A* journal by the Australian Business Deans Council Journal Rankings List September 2016 (ABDC 2016). In the list, A* ranked journals are the “best or leading journal in its field - publishes outstanding, original and rigorous research that will shape the field. Acceptance rates are typically low and the editorial board is dominated by leading scholars in the field or subfield, including from top institutions in the world. Where relevant to the field or subfield, the journal has the highest impact factors or other indices of high reputation”. Tourism Management is also a Level Four journal in the Association of Business Schools Academic Journal Quality Guide February 2015 (ABS 2015). A Level Four indicates that Tourism Management is a top journal in its field.

In the Journal Quality List edited by Professor Anne-Wil Harzing, there are only two other journals in the field of “Tourism” that share the same status as Tourism Management’s. They are Journal of Travel Research (2016 Impact Factor: 4.564) and Annals of Tourism Research (2016 Impact Factor: 3.194). Among these journals, Tourism Management (2016 Impact Factor: 4.707) leads the pack in terms of Impact Factor, which makes it as the most prestigious journal (ranked 1/45 journals) in the research area of “Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism”, according to the Journal Citation Reports 2016 (JCR 2016) by Clarivate Analysis.

Click here to view the certificate of publication.

Source: http://www.utar.edu.my/econtent_sub.jsp?fc...ontentid=113184

2017 Publons Peer Review Award


Tan with his certificate

Faculty of Business and Finance lecturer Garry Tan Wei Han was recently awarded the “2017 Publons Peer Review Award” in which Tan was listed among the world’s top 1% reviewers in the field of “Multidisciplinary”. He was awarded for his contribution to scholarly peer review and the number of pre-publication reviews that was completed. Tan’s reviews and efforts were deemed vital for defending the quality of science and research.

Under the “Top 1% in each field” category, the top 1% of reviewers in each of the 26 “All Science Journal Classification” (ASJC) research fields is recognised. Rankings are calculated by the number of verified pre-publication reviews performed and added to Publons between 1 October 2017 and 1 September 2017.

Currently, Tan has reviewed a total of 100 pre-publications, with most of the reviewed published under the “International Journal of Modelling in Operations Management” followed by “Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies” and “Industrial Management and Data Systems” Journals.

“Reviewing requires a lot of time as you are required to suggest improvements and make recommendations to the editor whether to accept, reject or request changes to the research article, but the reward is worthwhile. A good review helps research to gain recognition by editorial board members. It also provides the opportunity to update one’s knowledge on the latest research area, model and statistical analysis before everyone else. You may also receive invitations to speak at conferences or academic events,” said Tan, who was recently invited by Emerald Publishing Limited (United Kingdom) to be a guest speaker at the “Inaugural Review Writing Competition”, held at UCSI University, Malaysia.

Tan was also named as an Outstanding Reviewer for the Journal of Industrial Management and Data Systems in the Emerald Literati Network 2016 Awards for Excellence. He also serves as a reviewer for various international journals indexed in Thomson Reuters (ISI) from renowned publishers such as Emerald, Sage (United Kingdom), Elsevier (Netherlands), Taylor and Francis (United Kingdom), IEEE (USA) and Inderscience (Switzerland). His area of research focuses mainly on the behaviour of consumer in the adoption of mobile commerce, such as mobile advertising, marketing, entertainment, healthcare, learning, shopping, tourism and social networking.

Publons was founded by Andrew Preston and Daniel Johnston in 2012 to address the static state of peer-reviewing practices in scholarly communication, with a view to encourage collaboration and speed up scientific development. The Publons name is an homage to the “publon”, the "minimum unit of publishable material". Publons was acquired in 2017 by Clarivate Analytics — the global leader in trusted insights and analytics that accelerate the pace of innovation. The company is registered in New Zealand and has an office in London, UK.

Read about his other achievements, via the link below:

Recognition for research paper

Emerald (UK) Most Read Article

Emerald Most Cited Article

Elsevier (USA) Most Downloaded Article

FBF lecturer named Outstanding Reviewer

2015 Highly Commended Award

Source: https://dcc.utar.edu.my/e-commerce-delivery-centre/

E-Commerce Delivery Centre

UTAR has set up two e-commerce delivery centre at:
1) UTAR Sungai Long E-Commerce Delivery Centre

KAG08, Block-KA
Jalan Sungai Long
Bandar Sungai Long
43000 Kajang
(besides the bookstore)
Email: ecdc.sl@utar.edu.my
Started operating on 29 January 2018

2) UTAR Kampar E-Commerce Delivery Centre

KMG1, Student Pavilion II
Jalan University
Bandar Barat
31900 Kampar
Email: ecdc.kpr@utar.edu.my
Manage by: Entrepreneurship Society, Kampar
Start operating on 1 February 2018

Source: http://www.utar.edu.my/econtent_sub.jsp?fc...contentid=91399

UTAR Free Online Courses and MOOC in OpenLearning Platform

https://www.openlearning.com/utar

Anyone not able to attend the Convocation held in Kampar in coming March 2018?

I found that if the candidate cannot attend the convocation, he or she need to pay RM265 Convocation Fees to have the certificates deliver to his or her desired campus. Is this fee a penalty fee or what? Does it mean if the candidate able to attend the convo, they don't need to pay anything?

You will still need to pay even if you're attending the convo

Really? Thanks for ur info

Yes, still need to pay even not attending. You may refer to UTAR Convocation Official Website here (http://www.utar.edu.my/utarconvo/index.jsp...dcontentid=4644) for more info on payable fees.

All graduands are required to pay fees stipulated by the University. Graduands may opt not to attend the Convocation ceremony. Attending graduands are required to pay for Convocation Fee (inclusive of 6% GST) and Convocation Attire Deposit whereas graduands who are not attending the ceremony are required to pay for Graduation Fee (Inclusive of 6% GST). The fees payable by graduands are as follows:


This post has been edited by cnvery: Feb 14 2018, 08:16 AM

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UTAR iCGPA and Blockchain Certification System


From left: Chee, Prof Lee, Yim, Goh, Datuk Mary Yap, Prof Chuah, Datuk Oh and Nik Zaitun at the launching ceremony

With the support from Silverlake, UTAR launched the Key Generation of UTAR integrated Cumulative Grade Point Average (iCGPA) and Blockchain Certification System at Sungai Long Campus on 9 February 2018.

Present at the launching ceremony were Deputy Minister of Higher Education Datuk Dr Mary Yap Kain Ching; Silverlake Founder and Group Chairman Goh Peng Ooi; UTAR Council member Datuk (Dr) Oh Chong Peng; UTAR President Ir Prof Academician Dato’ Dr Chuah Hean Teik; UTAR Vice President for R&D and Commercialisation Prof Ir Dr Lee Sze Wei; Silverlake Symmetry and Technology Research Sdn Bhd Managing Director Chee Hin Kooi; UTAR Registrar Yim Lin Heng; and Department of Examination, Awards and Scholarships Director Nik Zaitun binti Nik Salleh.

In view of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, UTAR aims to be a smart university that has implemented the Blockchain technology, with the support from Silverlake Symmetry and Technology Research Sdn Bhd. Being the first university in Asia to launch this certification system, UTAR graduates are issued an actual and a digital certificate which is secured whereby potential employers are able to verify the authenticity of the certificate.

The Blockchain was introduced in UTAR with the aim to set a secure, verifiable, accessible, distributed, immutable and sustainable education database information. The Blockchain is able to store all records, certificates and awards, transfer credits and learning achievement throughout lifetime without any central database. Information stored within the block is more distributed and encrypted, making each block tamper-proof. Thus, the information is secured and at the same time easily accessed by all the parties.


Prof Chuah inserting the username and password to initiate the key generation

The iCGPA initiative was first launched in 2015. It works together with the Malaysian Education Blueprint and Malaysian Qualification Framework to provide a comprehensive assessment of students’ performance, which is also in line with the UTAR’s six pillars of education, namely “Virtue and Morality, Knowledge and Intellect, Physical and Mental health, Sociality and Humanitarianism, Aesthetics and Harmony and Creativity and Innovation”. The iCGPA assesses students’ performance from other aspects besides academic such as soft skills. It enables the prospective employers to identify potential future employees based on skills and more holistic measurements. Furthermore, this system also encourages students to participate in co-curricular activities and programmes to further enhance their skills and growth in social aspects, and have continuous improvement to better equip themselves for a better career path.


Prof Chuah delivering his welcome speech

Prof Chuah said, “We are glad to say that the iCGPA has been implemented in UTAR since January 2018. The January 2018 intake students will be able to get their iCGPA certificates. It is a new benchmarking and corrective assessment mechanism intended to evaluate students’ overall progressive development. By doing so, the students will have a clearer overview of their personal strengths and weaknesses. On the other hand, the university is able to review the curriculum and evaluate the essential elements needed in shaping the students into holistic graduates. An added bonus of the iCGPA is that it enables prospective employers to identify future employees based on skills and other holistic measurements.”

He added, “Together with Silverlake, UTAR is now launching this secured Blockchain Certification System for the University’s Foundation certificates, undergraduate and postgraduate degree certificates. This helps to further increase the security of our degree certification system and to prevent forgeries and tampering of certificates. UTAR is one of the few universities in Asia, if not the world, to implement this Blockchain technology for university certificates.”


Goh delivering his speech

“Blockchain is like an impenetrable container that cannot be manipulated or altered, and in this container, you can put in any object that is in a digital form. With our commitment to science, mathematics and economy, it allows us to make a repeated profit by solving problems in an efficient, meaningful and purposive way. We are proud to have a role in why we are here today to launch the Blockchain certificate, and it is a good example of using technology to empower the Education community. I foresee that this is just the beginning of our collaborative journey towards a cyber-university and true digital education community,” said Goh.


Datuk Yap delivering her speech

Datuk Yap said, “The iCGPA mechanism includes the attainment of the aspirations stipulated in the education blueprint as well as the eight domains of learning outcomes listed in the Malaysian Qualifications Framework, namely knowledge, practical skills, social skills and responsibilities, values, attitudes and professionalism, communication, leadership and teamwork skills, problem-solving and scientific skills, information management and lifelong learning skills, and managerial and entrepreneurial skills.”

“This integrated system of UTAR contains not only the iCGPA component but also a component of secured certification based on the Blockchain technology for global secure online verification of student’s certificates. The use of this emerging Blockchain technology is secure and transparent. Hence, there will be no hassle with hacking and tampering of data. Overall, education must design and deliver interventions that will strengthen Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) skills, employability skills and global citizenship skills,” Datuk Yap added.


Prof Chuah (right) presenting the souvenir to Datuk Yap


Goh (left) receiving the token of appreciation from Prof Chuah

UTAR is now ranked 99th in the 2018 THE Asia University Rankings

Source: http://study.utar.edu.my/programmes.php#DDP

UTAR now offer Double Degree Programmes (DDP), as per below:
-Business Administration & Psychology
-Construction Management & Entrepreneurship
-Public Relations & Entrepreneurship

anyone traveling between Klang Valley and Kampar every weekend?

Plan for a win-win carpool arrangement

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When is the deadline for the May Intake? I'm applying for Foundation of Arts and Architecture. I checked the website and October intakes are available? Last time I went to the Sungai Long campus for inquiries the counselor said only January and May are available. Am I missing something?

This post has been edited by nori0827: May 1 2018, 07:34 PM

Foundation only available on January Intake and May Intake

UTAR is now ranked 111-120th in the 2018 THE Asia Pacific University Rankings

Out of curiosity, does UTAR happen to sponsor student forums that take place on it's campus? Sponsor in temrs of a venue as well as possibly monetary sponsorship? Additionally, when I mean student forums, i mean one which is organized entirely by external studnet organisations who is made of students stuyding various unis in Malaysia.

Not sure about this. You may consult UTAR directly on this matter.

UTAR is ranked 501-600th in the 2019 THE World University Rankings

This is 2nd consecutive year UTAR have made into this rankings