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DIALOGUE SESSION WITH
THE VICE CHANCELOR
9.30 am
25 March 2014 (Tuesday)
Auditorium, Kompleks Perdanasiswa
Dialogue Session Vice Chancellor with Principle Investigators (PIs) of
High Impact Research (HIR)
9.00 am
:
Registration
9.30 am
:
Presentation by the Vice Chancellor,
Professor Dato’ Dr. Mohd Amin Jalaludin
10.30 am
:
Dialogue Session ( Q & A)
12.00 pm
:
End of Session
PRESENTATION by THE
VICE CHANCELOR
Professor Dato’ Dr. Mohd Amin Jalaludin
CYCLE 1
CYCLE 2
CYCLE 3
TOTAL
No of
Projects
Budget (RM)
No of
Projects
Budget (RM)
No of
Projects
Budget (RM)
No of
Projects
Budget (RM)
Medicine
17
72,919,330
5
18,677,800
23
15,856,404
45
107,453,534
Engineering
23
52,715,469
27
63,208,120
11
12,635,648
61
128,559,237
Science
12
57,534,645
-
-
15
23,495,488
27
81,030,133
Dentistry
8
13,194,753
13
15,092,351
3
5,410,531
24
33,697,635
Comp. Science
4
3,141,090
6
3,201,200
4
1,196,200
14
7,538,490
Chancellory
9
104,451,948
2
6,289,250
3
76,778,254
14
187,519,452
Arts, Social
Science
-
-
-
-
6
10,718,650
6
10,718,650
73
303,957,235
53
106,468,721
65
146,091,175
191
590,156,460
FIELD
TOTAL
WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING
1)
2)
3)
4)
Research Output – 40%
Quality of Faculty – 40%
Quality of Education – 10%
Size of Institution – 10%
Academic Peer Review – 40%
Research Excellence – 20%
Teaching Excellence – 20%
Employer Survey – 10%
International Students – 5%
International Faculty – 5%
2020
THE World
University Ranking (QS)
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
Academic Peer Review – 40%
Citations per faculty – 20%
Student faculty ratio – 20%
Employer/Recruiter review – 10%
International Students – 5%
International Faculty – 5%
2015
QS World
University Ranking (QS)
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
2025
SHANGHAI JIAO TUNG
UNIVERSITY RANKING (SJTU)
UM Ranking PERFORMANCE in
QS (2005-2013)
UM Ranking
246
169
192
230
180
207
167
156
167
??
TIER 1 PUBLICATION (2011 – 2015)
As at 17th March 2014
Shortfall
Target
Achievement
Shortfall
Target
January
February
Achievement
Shortfall
Target
Achievement
Balance
Target
Achievement
Shortfall
GRAND TOTAL
Achievement
2015
Target
2014
Shortfall
2013
Achievement
2012
Target
2011
1
Medicine
25
21
4
102
52
50
158
89
69
219
4
1
5
214
321
0
321
825
167
658
2
Engineering
24
21
3
181
108
73
301
198
103
369
23
13
36
333
441
0
441
1316
363
953
3
Science
52
11
41
131
61
70
205
108
97
258
9
6
15
243
276
0
276
922
195
727
4
Dentistry
4
0
4
28
4
24
53
9
44
75
1
2
3
72
112
0
112
272
16
256
5
Computer
Science & IT
0
0
0
3
6
-3
12
11
1
30
18
0
18
12
48
0
48
93
35
58
6
Chancellory
66
18
48
121
108
13
193
64
129
316
2
35
37
279
419
0
419
1115
227
888
7
Arts. Social
Science &
Humanities
0
0
0
0
0
0
17
2
15
31
0
0
0
31
60
0
60
108
2
106
TOTAL :
171
71
100
566
339
227
939
481
458
1298
57
57
114
No
Faculty
1148 1677
0
1677 4,651 1,005 3646
TIER 1 PUBLICATION (2011 – 2015)
As at 17th March 2014
29.6 %
4000
3400
3500
3000
2500
27.6 %
2000
1500
20.2 %
1000
825
500
0
167
1316
363
21.1 %
922
195
20.4 %
1115
5.9 %
272
16
Targeted
37.6 %
93 35
227
1005
1.9 %
108 2
Achieved
* % showing the percentage of achievement
BRIGHT SPARK (2011 – 2015)
As at 17th March 2014
16.4 %
12.6 %
12.6 %
13.0 %
21.1 %
50.0 %
100.0 %
0%
* % showing the percentage of achievement
ACADEMIC ICON (2011 – 2015)
As at 17th March 2014
42.2 %
42.3 %
50.0 %
47.1 %
14.3 %
44.1 %
42.9 %
0.0 %
* % showing the percentage of achievement
PATENT (2011 – 2015)
As at 17th March 2014
8.5 %
9.5 %
4.6 %
27.5 %
4.5 %
0.0 %
0.0 %
0.0 %
* % showing the percentage of achievement
TARGETING HIGH IMPACT
PUBLICATIONS
2012
2013
2014
2015
Total
Nature
2
4
5
7
18
Science
0
2
2
0
4
Lancet
0
0
1
1
2
PIS PROMISING NATURE/SCIENCE PAPERS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
Jamuna Vadivelu
Rofina Yasmin
Hany Ariffin
Chan Kok Gan
Woon Kai Lin
Terence Gomez
Noraishah Mydin
Loke Mun Fai
Saidur Rahman
Ng Ching Ching
Ea Chee Kwee
Vickneswaran
Lau Yee Ling
Koshy Philips
Lam Wei Haur
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5 articles in Nature Genetics
2 articles in Nature Communications
5 in Nature Scientific Reports
1 in Lancet
HIR contributed
481 Tier 1
publications on
2013.
(54.4%)
UM-MoE HIR in CRISIS?
 Situation very serious for UM HIR in terms of KPI delivery
 Number of Tier 1 papers published from August 2011 to February
2014 was only 1,005 (29.6%)
 Shortfall of 2,395 (70.4%) Tier 1 papers from targeted 3,400
Tier 1 papers promised to MoE by December 2015
 Only 21 months left to deliver this balance
 114 papers / month needed!
 In January and February 2014, only 114 papers achieved!
UM-MoE HIR in CRISIS?
TIMELINE ANALYSIS
We only have 21 months left to achieve 2,395 Tier 1 publications.
How is our preparation?
114 papers / month needed!
2014
03
2015
04
05
We are here in
March 2014
1,005 Tier 1
papers published
(29.6%)
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
01
2016
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
Acceptance of papers takes time and must
be considered. All papers to meet HIR KPI
must be SUBMITTED by July 2015
09
10
11
12
End of Project
December 2015
3,400 Tier 1
papers
UM-MoE HIR in CRISIS?
 PIs and their students and RAs must show URGENCY in their research and
delivery of KPIs
 Infuse SENSE OF URGENCY to overseas collaborators
 Insist on RAPID DELIVERY from Outsourcing Work
 PIs and RAs must stay focused in getting papers submitted and published
 Must have targeted output every week based on SHORTFALL STATUS
 Acceptance of papers takes time and must be considered
 All papers to meet HIR KPI must be SUBMITTED by July 2015
 MoE will not accept data based on evidence of submission
URGENCY SADLY LACKING – NO BUSINESS AS USUAL FROM NOW ON!
PUNITIVE ACTIONS
 FINAL WRITTEN WARNING to be issued by VC in June 2014 to those who have not
met 50% of the publication targets
 Committee will be more STRICT IN ALLOWING ATTENDANCE OF CONFERENCES with
immediate effect
 WARNING OF TERMINATION of 2015 funding if no improvement shown
 PIs with FAILED PROJECTS will face the following punitive actions
a) Not allowed to apply for research funding for a period of 2 or 3 years
b) No privilege leave from the university (conference, research, sabbatical)
c) No promotion for tenured staff for a certain period of time
d) No renewal for those on contract
Life Without HIR II
Image of UM tarnished (Nationally , Internationally)
Risk a drop in University Ranking
High-End Equipment will be White Elephants
Future of PIs Affected
Future of Students and RAs uncertain
Immediate action
 To declare HIR in CRISIS MODE?
 To place HIR in priority by Support Services
(JPPHB, Bendahari, BSM, PTM, ICR, Legal Unit)
 To tighten monitoring of ALL projects
 To ensure obtaining KPI date in Real Time
 To speed up employment of RA, this will be handled
by Central Secretariat on 1st April 2014
UPDATE ON HIR II

Dateline was on 10th March 2014
NO
FACULTY
TOTAL COST (RM)
1
Medicine
38
68,692,500
2
Engineering
120
237,522,000
3
Science
62
244,752,000
4
Dentistry
2
3,643,160
5
Comp. Scie & IT
1
500,000
6
Chancellory
12
194,865,000
7
Nanocat
1
17,000,000
8
Centre of Creative Content and
Digital Innovation
1
3,000,000
TOTAL

NO OF EQUIPMENT
CAPEX [Capital Expenditure (Equipment
Vote)] should be 40% from the Overall Total
237
769,974,660
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

CAPEX = 40% = 769,974,660
OPEX = 60% = 1,154,961,990
TOTAL = 100% = 1,924,936,650
UPDATE ON HIR II
OUR PLAN
 Request for RM 1 billion
 Capital Expenditure (CAPEX – Equipment) should NOT EXCEED
40 % of the Overall Total
 40 % = 400 million
 60 % of the Overall Total should be OPEX
 60 % = 600 million
(Operational Expenditure)
UPDATE ON HIR II
 Chancellory has asked the HIR Committee to look into the request for
equipment
 There should be minimal or no duplication of equipment purchased
under HIR I
 High-end equipment to be housed in Central Facility Labs will be
prioritized
 Equipment must serve groups of researchers, not individuals
 Smaller items for individual projects should be requested during full
submission
THE FATE OF UM IS
IN YOUR HAND