DIALOGUE SESSION WITH THE VICE CHANCELOR 9.30 am 25 March 2014 (Tuesday) Auditorium, Kompleks Perdanasiswa

AGENDA 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

HIR-MOHE PROJECT CYCLE 1 CYCLE 2 CYCLE 3 TOTAL FIELD No of Projects Budget (RM) Medicine 17 72,919,330 5 18,677,800 23 15,856,404 45 107,453,534 Engineering 52,715,469 27 63,208,120 11 12,635,648 61 128,559,237 Science 12 57,534,645 - 15 23,495,488 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 1,196,200 14 7,538,490 Chancellory 9 104,451,948 2 6,289,250 76,778,254 187,519,452 Arts, Social Science 10,718,650 TOTAL 73 303,957,235 53 106,468,721 65 146,091,175 191 590,156,460

2025 2020 2015 WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING Research Output – 40% Quality of Faculty – 40% Quality of Education – 10% Size of Institution – 10% 2025 Shanghai Jiao Tung University Ranking (SJTU) 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) 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)

UM Ranking PERFORMANCE in QS (2005-2013)

KPI ACHIEVEMENT TIER 1 PUBLICATION (2011 – 2015) As at 17th March 2014 No Faculty 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 GRAND TOTAL Target Achievement Shortfall January February Balance 1 Medicine 25 21 4 102 52 50 158 89 69 219 5 214 321 825 167 658 2 Engineering 24 3 181 108 73 301 198 103 369 23 13 36 333 441 1316 363 953 Science 11 41 131 61 70 205 97 258 9 6 15 243 276 922 195 727 Dentistry 28 53 44 75 72 112 272 16 256 Computer Science & IT -3 12 30 18 48 93 35 58 Chancellory 66 121 193 64 129 316  2 35  37 279 419 1115 227 888 7 Arts. Social Science & Humanities 17 31  0 0  60 106 TOTAL : 171 71 100 566 339 939 481 458 1298 57 114 1148 1677 4,651 1,005 3646

KPI ACHIEVEMENT TIER 1 PUBLICATION (2011 – 2015) 29.6 % 27.6 % 20.4 % As at 17th March 2014 29.6 % 27.6 % 20.4 % 20.2 % 21.1 % 5.9 % 1.9 % 37.6 % * % showing the percentage of achievement

KPI ACHIEVEMENT 16.4 % 13.0 % 12.6 % 12.6 % 21.1 % 50.0 % 100.0 % 0 % BRIGHT SPARK (2011 – 2015) As at 17th March 2014 16.4 % 13.0 % 12.6 % 12.6 % 21.1 % 50.0 % 100.0 % 0 % * % showing the percentage of achievement

KPI ACHIEVEMENT 42.2 % 42.3 % 50.0 % 47.1 % 44.1 % 14.3 % 42.9 % 0.0 % ACADEMIC ICON (2011 – 2015) As at 17th March 2014 42.2 % 42.3 % 50.0 % 47.1 % 44.1 % 14.3 % 42.9 % 0.0 % * % showing the percentage of achievement

KPI ACHIEVEMENT 8.5 % 9.5 % 4.6 % 4.5 % 27.5 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 0.0 % PATENT (2011 – 2015) As at 17th March 2014 8.5 % 9.5 % 4.6 % 4.5 % 27.5 % 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 Lancet 1

PIS PROMISING NATURE/SCIENCE PAPERS 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 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? 114 papers / month needed! 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!

We only have 21 months left to achieve 2,395 Tier 1 publications. 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! 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 01 02 2014 2015 2016 We are here in March 2014 1,005 Tier 1 papers published (29.6%) Acceptance of papers takes time and must be considered. All papers to meet HIR KPI must be SUBMITTED by July 2015 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 Not allowed to apply for research funding for a period of 2 or 3 years No privilege leave from the university (conference, research, sabbatical) No promotion for tenured staff for a certain period of time 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 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 3,643,160 5 Comp. Scie & IT 500,000 6 Chancellory 12 194,865,000 7 Nanocat 17,000,000 8 Centre of Creative Content and Digital Innovation 3,000,000 TOTAL 237 769,974,660 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

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

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Q & A SESSION