DIALOGUE SESSION WITH THE VICE

CHANCELOR9.30 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

1) Research Output – 40%2) Quality of Faculty – 40%3) Quality of Education – 10%4) Size of Institution – 10%

1) Academic Peer Review – 40%2) Research Excellence – 20%3) Teaching Excellence – 20%4) Employer Survey – 10%5) International Students – 5%6) International Faculty – 5%

THE World University Ranking

(QS)

1) Academic Peer Review – 40%2) Citations per faculty – 20%3) Student faculty ratio – 20%4) Employer/Recruiter review – 10%5) International Students – 5%6) International Faculty – 5%

QS World University Ranking (QS)

WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING

2025

2020

2015

UM Ranking PERFORMANCE in QS (2005-2013)

169192

246 230180

207167 156 167

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UM Ranking

TIER 1 PUBLICATION (2011 – 2015)As at 17th March 2014

825

1316922

272 93

1115

108

3400

167363 195 16 35 227

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Targeted Achieved

TIER 1 PUBLICATION (2011 – 2015)As at 17th March 2014

20.2 %27.6 %

21.1 %

5.9 %37.6 %

20.4 %

1.9 %

29.6 %

* % showing the percentage of achievement

BRIGHT SPARK (2011 – 2015)As at 17th March 2014

12.6 %12.6 % 13.0 %

50.0 % 100.0 %21.1 %

0 %

16.4 %

* % showing the percentage of achievement

ACADEMIC ICON (2011 – 2015)As at 17th March 2014

* % showing the percentage of achievement

50.0 %42.3 %

47.1 %14.3 %

42.9 %

44.1 %

0.0 %

42.2 %

PATENT (2011 – 2015)As at 17th March 2014

* % showing the percentage of achievement

27.5 %

9.5 %

4.6 %

0.0 % 0.0 %

4.5 %

0.0 %

8.5 %

2012 2013 2014 2015 Total

Nature 2 4 5 7 18

Science 0 2 2 0 4

Lancet 0 0 1 1 2

TARGETING HIGH IMPACT PUBLICATIONS

PIS PROMISING NATURE/SCIENCE PAPERS

1. Jamuna Vadivelu2. Rofina Yasmin3. Hany Ariffin4. Chan Kok Gan5. Woon Kai Lin6. Terence Gomez7. Noraishah Mydin8. Loke Mun Fai9. Saidur Rahman10. Ng Ching Ching11. Ea Chee Kwee12. Vickneswaran13. Lau Yee Ling14. Koshy Philips15. Lam Wei Haur

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%)

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?UM-MoE HIR in CRISIS?

TIMELINE ANALYSIS

UM-MoE HIR in CRISIS?UM-MoE HIR in CRISIS?

2015

We are here in March 20141,005 Tier 1

papers published(29.6%)

We only have 21 months left to achieve 2,395 Tier 1 publications.

How is our preparation?

2014 2016

Acceptance of papers takes time and must be considered. All papers to meet HIR KPI must be SUBMITTED by July 2015

114 papers / month needed!

End of ProjectDecember 2015

3,400 Tier 1 papers

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!

UM-MoE HIR in CRISIS?UM-MoE HIR in CRISIS?

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 actionsa) Not allowed to apply for research funding for a period of 2 or 3 yearsb) No privilege leave from the university (conference, research, sabbatical)c) No promotion for tenured staff for a certain period of timed) No renewal for those on contract

PUNITIVE ACTIONSPUNITIVE ACTIONS

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

Life Without HIR II

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

Immediate action

UPDATE ON HIR II

NO FACULTY NO OF EQUIPMENT 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 237 769,974,660

Dateline was on 10th March 2014

CAPEX = 40% = 769,974,660 OPEX = 60% = 1,154,961,990 TOTAL = 100% = 1,924,936,650

CAPEX [Capital Expenditure (Equipment Vote)] should be 40% from the Overall Total

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 (Operational Expenditure) 60 % = 600 million

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

UPDATE ON HIR II

THE FATE OF UM IS IN YOUR HAND