| Job Opening at Universiti Untuk Rakyat (UUR): 31st. August 2010 |  |  |  |
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| Our mission is to nurture creative, critical, ethical, and futuristic young minds of all races so that they may succeed as a nation and become vanguards of the radically brand new Malaysia who are well equipped to help each other succeed by replacing the concept 'competitive' world with 'collaborative enterprises'. by Dr. Azly Rahman dr.azly.rahman@gmail.com http://azlyrahman-illuminations.blogspot.com/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE It is world-famous for its Institute for the Study of Modern Hegemonic Systems and Totalitarianism, an international institute of advanced study for the analysis of all forms and manifestations of thought-control, totalitarianism, and Oriental despotism. In addition, it is also renowned for its Institute for the Advancement of Multiculturalism and Social Justice, and The Institute for Transcultural Philosophies. We are also embarking upon scientific and technological innovation projects that will help humanity find solution to the global problems created by our dependency on fossil fuel. Our priority research areas concern finding ways to deal with the global food crisis, urban decay, alienation, and the loss of universal values and ethics. Our university prides itself in the philosophy of respect for freedom of expression and speech and encourage all forms of thinking as long as they are grounded in the fruits of deep inquiry and critical sensibility. We believe that this is the only way to create frontier thinkers in all fields of human endeavor. Our faculty members are essentially Malaysians that have achieved national and international recognitions in their fields of expertise; each one well-versed in the Socratic method of teaching. Our primary focus is on the development of student thinking. We invite applicants with the necessary personal and professional qualifications to lead the university into its next phase of excellence in the capacity of vice-chancellor. We envision that 2010 and beyond will be promise the rejuvenation of Malaysia's educational system from pre-school to post-graduate studies and in education across the lifespan and all dimensions. Malaysia is currently entering an exciting new era of radical educational reform. - A proven track record of educational management excellence and of understanding the complexities of managing a diverse population of students, faculty, and administration. - A proven track record of successful implementation of Affirmative Action; principle of practice irrespective of race, gender, colour, creed, and national origin - A committed philosopher of education who has a deep grasp of intercultural understanding and sensitivity to diversity therefore able to mediate the complexities of multi-culturalism. - A committed intellectual whose allegiance is to the pursuit of truth and social justice and able to bridge the theoretical aspect of good governance with humanistic and socialistic principles of intellectual development. - A proven record of committed neutrality in political orientation and a total allegiance to the dialectical and dialogical development of truth. - A scholar-leader able to encourage the development of the varieties of intellectual traditions and perspectives and not suppress any of them. - An ethical leader who will not use the resources at his/her disposal to suppress dissenting voices coming from the faculty and the students. - An ethical leader who will be able to guard the university against any form of political influence or the influence of any form of ideology. - A powerful command of the English Language. Candidates who can speak or are fluent in more than two languages will be at an advantage. - A scholar well-versed in postmodern theories of education and human liberation. - A leader who understands the concept of "appropriate technology, available resources" as a guiding principle in the technological integration in the teaching and learning. - A scholar-leader well-versed in the philosophical tradition of the Eastern and Western worlds and will help the development of spirituality of the diverse population of students. - Create an environment of total academic freedom by establishing in all departments, committees to promote academic freedom that protects the rights of the academicians to perform their duties without fear or favor. - Create a new version of the ancien regime's Academician Pledge of Loyalty (Akujanji) and call it Academician's Pledge of Loyalty to the Pursuit of Truth and Justice through Reason. - Create a climate of transcultural dialogue that will help forge better understanding among all ethnic groups on campus and sustain the evolution of truly meaningful culture of inter-ethnic and inter-religious understanding. - Create a system of financial aid based on merit and needs rather than ethnic origin. - Create an intellectually and culturally diverse population of faculty members that will help educate and challenge the students and turn them into committed intellectuals that will become not only successful in their careers globally, but base their practice on the principles of humanism and social reconstructionism. - Respect the intellectual orientations of the faculty members, be they from the traditions of Logical Positivistm/Structural-Functionalistm, Critical Theory, Phenomenology, Social Reconstructivism, Futurism, Naturalism, Transculturalism, Cyberneticism, Transhumanism, etc. - Promote the ongoing study of social, moral, and economic corruption in all areas of inquiry so that the next generation of scholars will be competent in understanding the phenomena of the seeds of destruction of hypermodernising societies. - Promote this institution as one which celebrates radical thoughts and not one that suppresses critical thinking. - Promote critical, creative, ethical, and futuristic thinking as an important intellectual orientation, and enculturalisation Because Universiti Untuk Rakyat is a non-partisan, non-political, world-class institution of higher learning, candidates will be carefully screened through the following process: - Shortlisted candidates will be required to publicly take a nationwide televised oath of allegiance to the intellectual development of the students especially and to promote 'higher-order-thinking skills' and to ensure that faculty members advance professionally through merit and scholarship and commitment to social change, rather than through political connections. - Five letters of recommendations - Record of classroom teaching experience in diverse settings nationally and preferably, internationally - Comprehensive explanation of philosophy of teaching (8-10 pages) - Candidates who are office bearers or alumni member of any political party will not be considered. Send application dossier to: Search Committee CLOSING DATE: August 31, 2011 Comments (16)  ... written by tipuism, July 14, 2008 10:43:01 Ah, We can all dream. Sometimes dreams may come trus. sigh  report abuse disagree 0 agree 9 ... written by Democrats, July 14, 2008 10:45:31 Hi! I sleep alot druing important meetings, usually sedated to my surrounding environment and conditions, usually indecisive and usually change my decision quickly and enjoy holidaying and taking breaks during busy periods. Can I apply for the Vice Cancellor position? Pak Lah report abuse disagree 0 agree 18 ... written by KM Wong, July 14, 2008 11:16:10 Dr Azly, Did you make a typographical error on the date. Given the current state of affairs should it not read 3010, stead of 2010? On a more serious side, this will not happen as it will take many years to reverse the destruction of the education system by BN. We can only hope for our next generation and in the meantime this generation will have to make do, improvise, find better solutions.... SIGH! report abuse disagree 2 agree 8 ... written by cwy, July 14, 2008 11:40:10 It is a dreamed university for all Malaysians! Is it on Mount Kinabalu? Well, I hope my grandson ( 1 year old ) can apply for the job if he gets his PhD. and after he really sacrices for years of meaningful services to our country. report abuse disagree 2 agree 6 ... written by Fairminded, July 14, 2008 11:49:34 All the blah blah qualifications needed can be summarized into 3 sentences: 1. He/She is preferably or even must be a Malay 2. Preferably an UMNOPUTERA who follows Hitler's racial supremacy policies. 3. Able to bring down the standards of education to pass unqualified Bumis mainly on the grounds of race and religion which is "Uber Alles". The rest of the requirements are just a joke right to make it acceptable to the world of academics. report abuse disagree 4 agree 14 ... written by megatron, July 14, 2008 11:58:00 All the student enrolled must be either from Afrika, Arab Saudi, Middle East country, China. No Language exam required, only money good here. No need class,as the student will 'work' during the study period. All Malaysian must be able to communicate with the student - Must Learn English!. report abuse disagree 1 agree 5 ... written by Mangan, July 14, 2008 12:02:06 You’re right! But I’m not hoping too much that it will be materialize. Just surf to any local university website and look for the “staff only” section – almost all of them belong to a particular race! I once applied for the post of junior lecturer – only to be informed that I wasn’t eligible! Multi-racial???! How I wish that Malaysia is one day emulates the U.S.! report abuse disagree 2 agree 8 ... written by Navigator, July 14, 2008 12:27:41 We are always having big dreams. The good brains including the smart Malays like Prof Azly find the atmosphere less stifling overseas. Rome is not built in a day and even then it needs good bricks and mortar, not discards. We try to achieve what Oxford, Cambridge and MIT have achieved with third rate lecturers and professors selected because they are bumis. Something is wrong with their thinking. I knew one good Malay lecturer who was really hardworking and smart. He had a lot of trouble with his fellow Malay lecturers who were jealous of his outstanding ability. They looked bad against him. They tried to keep him down and he was really frustrated. This pettiness even extends to their own smart Malays. Prof Azly will have a hard time here because of this petty attitude. They will even use bomoh's magic on him. It is better he stays in USA where his abilities are recognised. report abuse disagree 2 agree 9 ... written by teo siew chin, July 14, 2008 12:52:47 Dear Navigator It is all in the attitude. There are those of low self-esteem who instead of ungrading themselves choose to degrade others. Unfortunately there seem to be more of such ilk. Again, it is the system that has failed the rakyat. All the rakyat are victims. Dr Azly's plan gives us hope, don't it? Time is immaterial. The vision is what counts. Let's all work towards it. report abuse disagree 1 agree 4 ... written by ROBERTNGTG, July 14, 2008 14:24:46 WELL, ITS CALLED WISHFUL THINKING IN THIS COUNTRY. A UTOPIA OF EDUCATIONAL REFORM IN NEVERLAND. HAS ROSMAH RESIGNED? THAT WILL BE THE STARTING POINT. IF U ENTER A COMPUTER CHIPS FACTORY, U HV TO PUT ON MASK, CAP, GLOVES, SOCKS TO ENSURE NOT A SPECK OF DUST, HAIR OR DIRT CONTAMINATES THE PROCESSING. IF OUR COUNTRY'S MOST IMPORTANT INSTITUTION OF LEARNING WHERE OUR FUTURE LEADERS WILL GRADUATE IS TAINTED IN THE SLIGHTEST, IT WILL CONTAMINATE THE WHOLE LOT. ITS AN UPHILL TASK. report abuse disagree 1 agree 4 ... written by FFT, July 14, 2008 14:39:37 written by temenggong, July 14, 2008 | 10:42:31 Sadly enough, there are a good number of Malaysian academics who are currently serving in local academia. I've had the fortune of meeting quite a good number of them over the last decade or so, and they are from all walks of life. Most of them are alumni of the local system from either before Mahathir's time or shortly before he and UMNO single-handedly destroyed the local tertiary education system. These folks would shine, not so much if given the opportunity, but if they were not stifled. report abuse disagree 1 agree 6 ... written by Siapabohong, July 14, 2008 18:05:10 A very good idea. Once the new regime takeover, can plan to start it. I think it can achieve the standard of Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge that most of us look up at them so much. With true education and scholarship as the core and the only objective I think it can achieve the higest standadrd of an exellent university. I wish it will a reality. Location of the university I think the best be at Frasier Hill or Banda Baik. report abuse disagree 1 agree 1 ... written by Hakim Joe, July 14, 2008 18:44:24 Hello, I know (one must be confident) I am OVER qualified for the job but my fifty million (USD) cash in the bank and fifty thousand tonnes of gold in switzerland will not get me thru this lifetime...beggars can't be choosers, right? - 5 Letters of recommendation: That is not a problem. I'll get it from my parents (2), and my sisters (3). 2 plus 3 equals 5, right? (Let me confirm on my calculator 1st...) - Record of classroom teaching experience in diverse settings nationally and preferably, internationally: I once stood out in front of my class in primary school during the rain (diverse settings) teaching my mates which consisted of Malays, Chinese & Indians (internationals). - Comprehensive explanation of philosophy of teaching (8-10 pages): No problem...eh...let me checkout the www 1st lol. Must have something there I can plagiarize (see...I can understand long words, man!) from. - Candidates merely interested in political advancement need not apply: I m not interested in political advancement! I swear!!! I m only interested in the $$$ and power that I can dapat when in such a position. Ha! Ha! Ha! Oooohhhhh, wonder how much I can earn selling exam papers, eh? - Candidates who are office bearers or alumni member of any political party will not be considered: This one no problem lah. I can resign from UMNO, MIC, MCA, PKR, DAP, SAPP, National Library, Myvi Club, Lions, Rotary & Genting VIP member club pronto!!! Now, where do I send my resume to? Can text me??? I can then cut & paste, no need to re-write everything mah!!! report abuse disagree 2 agree 4 ... written by DontPlayGod, July 15, 2008 01:41:43 Sorry, Dr. Azly, I don't share your optimism. With our present goons and Dr. Idris of BTN doing their darnest best to inculcate racism, ketuanan, and discrimination, it will never happen. But its good once in a while to dream. Let's leave it at just that, a dream. At the present rate UMNO is churning out graduates in the mold of the Head of Graduates of M. U., and at the rate BTN is promoting racism, apartheid, and hatred for all non-Malays, the reality on the ground is that Malaysia will be another Zimbabwe in another 15 to 20 years time. Either that, or it will be a full scale Islamic state in the mold of Pakistan, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. This other "dream" will have a much better chance of becoming a reality. And it won't be very far off. report abuse disagree 1 agree 4 ... written by temenggong, July 15, 2008 07:32:13 written by FFT, July 14, 2008 | 14:39:37 I did not have the good fortune to meet many such, but yes I'm sure they exist. It could be because they have been stifled so much that they have already imbibed the culture and atmosphere of malaysian academia. Keeping their heads down and off the radar screen, that is! report abuse disagree 1 agree 2 Write comment This content has been locked. You can no longer post any comment. You must be logged in to a comment. Please register if you do not have an account yet. |
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With these kinds of onerous qualification requirements, current academic staff from malaysian universities need not apply.
Luckily the university's postal address is in Singapore! Not too far from where I live in Middle Rocks!