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How to target journal
Following the workshop on scholarly publishing, one thing that amazes me is learning to determine target journals that I want to ‘try’ submit my article. I seriously thought it was easy but...
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Postgraduate Research Excellence Symposium 2011
I have been busy since early this week to prepare my first ever paper and presentation. My faculty – Computer Science and Information Technology is organizing a symposium for the very first time next...
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Presenting @ PGReS2011
I didn’t attend the Day 1 of the symposium, so I didn’t know what to expect on Day 2. I arrived at the venue before 9 a.m. even though my time slot was at 11 a.m. I went to meet a friend whom I got to...
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WoS Journal Writing Workshop
Some three weeks ago, I received a surprise call from my supervisor. The first thing I thought was “Am I in big trouble?” because she had never called me before. Lucky I was not in any trouble as it...
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Importance of 3 months notice before submission
Dear Postgraduate Research Students, The Importance of ‘Three Months Notice Before Submission’ Greetings from the Institute for Graduate Students, University of Malaya! Welcome to the second semester...
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Quick tips on writing journal
Here are some quick tips that I’ve learned from last month WoS Journal Writing Workshop: 1) Timing is everything! According to the professor, if we want to publish your article this year, we should...
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Confirmation of title
I recently picked up an official letter from my faculty. Apparently the letter is about the confirmation of my dissertation’s title after being approved by the committee during a meeting recently. It’s...
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Turnitin
One of the most important requirements before the submission was the Turnitin report. I’ve heard about it numerous times but had never accessed it before until the day before submission for...
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Examiner’s Recommendation Guidelines
I had always wondered how a dissertation is evaluated, based on what set of criteria. It’s common to hear from peers and supervisors that the best we could hope for our dissertations is getting a pass...
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The Final Milestones
When I finished writing chapter 4 and 5 and show them to the supervisor, she advised me to submit the 3-month notice form to initiate the submission process. At that time, I was thinking the time was...
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Another semester ended. It was whopping fast without me realizing it because I rarely go to campus nowadays. I know some others are either having examinations these few weeks or already started...
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It's one of the best workshop I have attended, conducted by Dr. Diljit Singh. He's one of the best prof. in our faculty in UM. The purpose of this workshop (as the name indicated) is to help the...
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