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Masiswa Sarawak Tournament 2019

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Congratulations to all of our participants at Masiswa Sarawak Tournament 2019, all of you are our Champions 🏆! Our results for each event are as follows: Basketball 🏀 : Gold🥇 Badminton Men’s Singles 🏸 : Quarter Final Badminton Men’s Doubles 🏸: Round of 16 Badminton Women’s Doubles🏸 : 4th Place Badminton Mixed Doubles 🏸 : Quarter Final Ping Pong Men’s Singles 🏓 : Silver🥈 Ping Pong Men’s Doubles 🏓 : Bronze🥉 Best Ping Pong Men’s Player🏓 : Ting Ching Bing (FAME) We would also like to express our appreciation to all our staff who took time out of their busy schedules to assist with/attend the tournament. #FAMEtastics #Masiswa #FAMEInternationalCollege #Sarawak

JIMU™ Workshop (3rd October 2019)

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We held a JIMU™ Workshop at The Circle yesterday(3rd October 2019) to introduce JIMU™ TankBot to students and staff. Students and staff were able to experience a conducive STEM and robotics learning environment through building the robot and hands on experience using the JIMU™ App. Topics that were covered during the workshop include building, controlling, performing actions and coding for JIMU™ Tankbot.  

STEM Innovation Workshop SM Teknik Sejingkat

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FAME International College organised and conducted a STEM Innovation Workshop to introduce JIMU™ TankBot to engage students’ interests in technology and robotics. A total of 30 students participated in this 2 hour workshop at SM Teknik Sejingkat, Kuching. Through hands-on participation using JIMU™ TankBot App, students were able to experience conducive STEM and robotics learning environment. The workshop also aims to cultivate essential 21st century soft skills such as problem solving, critical thinking and teamwork. The workshop is part of a programme called STEM for Youth. The objective is to introduce the knowledge and importance of technology, cultivate the interest among younger generation to learn STEM and pave the way for students who wish to continue STEM as their future career.

University continues to rise in student opinion survey

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In data released today, the University of Cumbria has been ranked 28th out of 131 higher education institutions in a student-informed survey. The WhatUni Student Choice Awards reveal an increase of seven places for the university on its 2018 position. It builds upon a major improvement secured 12 months ago when the institution enjoyed a jump of 60 places, moving from 95th to 35th in 2018. Demonstrating sustained improvements in student experience over five years, the university has seen its standing increase annually since 2015 – from 112th in 2015 to today’s 28th position – as has its overall point score (3.51 in 2015 to 4.17 in 2019). Unlike other league tables, which are based on historical data, the WhatUni Student Choice Awards is the only UK survey that directly reflects student opinion. University of Cumbria Vice Chancellor Professor Julie Mennell said: “This is excellent news for the university, for Read more…

HDU Drone Academy, Petrosar Academy sign MoU on drone training

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KUCHING: A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between HDU Drone Academy and Petrosar Academy to train commercial autonomous (UAV/UAS) operators in the state. HDU Drone Academy is accredited and approved by the Civil Aviation Authority Malaysia (CAAM) as the only academy in Sarawak that can conduct ground training, flight assessment, issue drone operator licence and conduct recurrent assessment. “This is a quality course which caters to all market segments in Sarawak,” said Petrosar Academy director Feroz Hayat Khan prior to the signing of the MoU. He added the MoU was a highly regarded collaboration which could cater to the huge market of drone operators and industries in Sarawak. HDU Drone Academy examiner Alasdair Garrick, meanwhile, said the Drone Operator Licence Training Course was aimed at those in specialised industries such as the agriculture sector, power grid transmission lines, forestry, construction, oil and gas, mining, survey and mapping, and pipeline Read more…

University celebrates pioneering international business graduates.

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Just weeks after ceremonies were held in Carlisle, students of the University of Cumbria have taken graduated thousands of miles away. FAME International College is located in Kuching in Sarawak, Malaysia. Since 2014 the International College has been an Associate Partner of the university delivering two honours degrees since 2016. The partnership sees 100 students to have completed their studies at FAME studying the University’s BA (Hons) International Business Management or BSc (Hons) Business Management, Accounting and Finance each year. The first cohort of 49 students to graduate received their awards from university Vice Chancellor Professor Julie Mennell (Dec 8) at a ceremony held at the college. Four graduands were conferred first class honours, 22 received second class honours upper division, while 21 obtained second class honours lower division. Professor Mennell said: “This is an illustration of the reach and reputation of the University of Cumbria. Not only are we able to Read more…