title: RESEARCH, PUBLICATION AND FUNDINGWITHIN THE OPEN  UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA: AUDIT AND ACTION
creator: Latifah Abdol Latif , 
creator: Thirumeni Subramaniam, 
subject: L Education (General)
subject: LC Special aspects of education
subject: LC5800 Distance education
subject: LG Individual institutions (Asia. Africa)
description: While universities carry the dual function of knowledge creation and knowledge  transmission through the process of research and teaching, there is on-going  tension between research and teaching, particularly in terms of the demands  on time and variable recognitions and rewards. In addition, there is a demand  on all universities around the globe to increase their research and publication.  In Malaysia, the rating exercise of universities is carried out nationwide using  the Malaysian Research Assessment Instrument 2011 (MyRA®) by Ministry of  Higher Education. The aim of MyRA® is to increase research quality in higher  education institutions which in turn will produce high impact human capital,  publications and intellectual property. The 2014 MyRA® rating for Open  University Malaysia 2014 suggested that bold strategies are required to be on  par with other private higher education institutions and this prompts this study.  Three short surveys related to research, publications and funding were  administered onto its academic staff. In addition, a visiting professor was  invited i) to discuss how the university’s research and publication performance  could be improved, and ii) to conduct a series of workshops to promote  research and publication and encourage action amongst academic staff. The  paucity of research and publications within the university according to the  survey findings is due to several reasons such as i) lack of emphasis on  research and publications in strategic plans as well as in the terms and  conditions of employment, ii) workload issue, and iii) lack of research skills.  The Centre for Research and Innovation which manages all research related  activities of the university has drafted out its Research and Innovation strategic  plan taking cognizance of the issue raised by academic staff.  Keywords: Research, Publication, Funding, Audit  (Abstract by author)
publisher: ASEAN Journal of Open and Distance Learning
date: 2016
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
format: text
identifier: https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1051/2/library-document-1051.pdf
relation: http://ajodl.oum.edu.my
identifier:   Latifah Abdol Latif ,  and Thirumeni Subramaniam,   (2016) RESEARCH, PUBLICATION AND FUNDINGWITHIN THE OPEN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA: AUDIT AND ACTION.  ASEAN Journal of Open & Distance Learning (AJODL), 8 (1).  pp. 24-34.  ISSN 2232-0814     
relation: https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1051/