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Tuesday 8 November 2011

Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia ( UTHM )


Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia is a public university in Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia. It was formerly known as Institut Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn (ITTHO) and Kolej Universiti Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn (KUiTTHO). Along with other public university colleges, KUiTTHO was promoted to full university status. The name, UTHM was officially launched by the then education minister, Dato' Seri Hishammuddin Bin Tun Hussein.
Senior Officers
Vice-Chancellor : Professor Dato' Dr. Mohd Noh Dalimin
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic & International) : Professor Ir. Dr. Abdul Aziz bin Dato' Abdul Samad
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) : Professor Dr. Rugayah binti Mohamed
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Students' Affairs) : -
Registrar : Hj Sulam bin Hamid
Bursar : Hj Abu Bakar bin Hussain
Chief Librarian: Bharun Narosid bin Mat Zin


Academic
Faculties
• Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering (FKAAS)
• Bachelor of Civil and Environmental Engineering with Honors (BFF)
• Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (FKEE)
• Bachelor of Electronic (Communication) Engineering with Honors (BEB)
• Bachelor of Electronic (Computer) Engineering with Honors (BEC)
• Bachelor of Electronic (Microelectronic) Engineering with Honors (BED)
• Bachelor of Electrical (Power System) Engineering with Honors (BEF)
• Bachelor of Electronic (Mechatronic) Engineering with Honors (BEH)
• Bachelor of Electronic (Medical) Engineering with Honors (BEU)
• Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (FKMP)
• Bachelor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering with Honors (BDD)
• Faculty of Technology Management, Business and Entrepreneurship (FPTPK)
• Bachelor of Technology Management with Honors (BPA)
• Bachelor of Technology Management with Honors(Production and Operation) (BPB)
• Bachelor of Technology Management with Honors(Construction) (BPC)
• Bachelor of Property Management with Honors(BPD)
• Faculty of Educational in Technical and Vocational (FPTV)
• Bachelor of Educational in Technical and Vocational with Honors
• Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology (FSKTM)
• Bachelor Science of Information and Technology with Honors
• Faculty of Science, Technology and Human Development (FSTPI)


Centre
• 1. Centre For Post Graduate Studies (PPS)
• 2. Centre For Diploma Studies (PPD)
• 3. Centre For Academic Development (CAD)
• 4. Centre For Continuous Studies (CEC)


Office
• Academic Management Office


Accommodation
Within the Main campus
• Tun Syed Nasir Residential College (allocate for male students only)
• Tun Dr. Ismail Residential College
• Tun Fatimah Residential College (allocate for female students only)


Outside Main campus
• Perwira Residential College
• Melewar Residential College
• Taman Universiti Residential College
• Taman Kelisa Residential College (allocate for male senior students only)
Nearby Hotel
• D Impiana Inn (Parit Raja)
• Harmoni Inn (Sri Gading)




Student organizations
• UTHM Student Representative Council ( MPP )
• UTHM Palapes squad ( Student Army )
• UTHM Kor Suksis ( Student Police )
• UTHM Student In Free Enterprise (SIFE)
• UTHM Football team
• UTHM Basketball team
• UTHM Volleyball team
• UTHM Netball team
• UTHM Futsal team
• UTHM Hockey team
• UTHM Badminton team
• UTHM Lawn Bowl team
• UTHM Athletic team
• UTHM Paddlers - Rowing - Kayak team
• UTHM Adventure Club
• UTHM Taekwondo Club ( ITF & WTF )
• UTHM Karate Club
• UTHM English Debate Club
• UTHM Bahasa Malaysia Debate Club
• UTHM Mandarin Debate Club
• UTHM Secretariat of Institute of Engineering Malaysia (SIEM)
• UTHM Secretariat of Unity
• - Biro of Malay Cultural
• - Biro of Chinese Cultural
• - Biro of Indian Cultural
• - Biro of Sabahan and Sarawakian Cultural
• UTHM Mechanical Engineering Club
• UTHM Electrical Engineering Club
• UTHM Civil Engineering Club
• UTHM ROBOCON team
• UTHM Biro Kebudayaan Mahasiswa India (BKMI)

UNESCO.org History



The UNESCO flag
UNESCO and its mandate for international intellectual co-operation can be traced back to the League of Nations resolution on 21 September 1921, to elect a Commission to study the question.The International Committee on Intellectual Co-operation (ICIC) was officially created on 4 January 1922, as a consultative organ composed of individuals elected based on their personal qualifications. The International Institute for Intellectual Cooperation (IIIC) was then created in Paris on 9 August 1925, to act as the executing agency for the CICI. On 18 December 1925, the International Bureau of Education (IBE) began work as a non-governmental organization in the service of international educational development. However, the work of these predecessor organizations was largely interrupted by the onset of the Second World War.




After the signing of the Atlantic Charter and the Declaration of the United Nations, the Conference of Allied Ministers of Education (CAME) began meetings in London which continued between 16 November 1942 to 5 December 1945. On 30 October 1943, the necessity for an international organization was expressed in the Moscow Declaration, agreed upon by China, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and the USSR. This was followed by the Dumbarton Oaks Conference proposals of 9 October 1944. Upon the proposal of CAME and in accordance with the recommendations of the United Nations Conference on International Organization (UNCIO), held in San Francisco in April–June 1945, a United Nations Conference for the establishment of an educational and cultural organization (ECO/CONF) was convened in London 1–16 November 1945. 44 governments were represented. At the ECO/CONF, the Constitution of UNESCO was introduced and signed by 37 countries, and a Preparatory Commission was established. The Preparatory Commission operated between 16 November 1945, and 4 November 1946 – the date when UNESCO’s Constitution came into force with the deposit of the twentieth ratification by a member state.




The first General Conference took place from 19 November to 10 December 1946, and elected Dr. Julian Huxley to the post of Director-General. The Constitution was amended in November 1954 when the General Conference resolved that members of the Executive Board would be representatives of the governments of the States of which they are nationals and would not, as before, act in their personal capacity. This change in governance distinguished UNESCO from its predecessor, the CICI, in terms of how member states would work together in the Organization’s fields of competence. As member states worked together over time to realize UNESCO’s mandate, political and historical factors have shaped the Organization’s operations in particular during the Cold War, the decolonization process, and the dissolution of the USSR.




Among the major achievements of the Organization is its work against racism, for example through influential statements on race starting with a declaration of anthropologists (among them was Claude Lévi-Strauss) and other scientists in 1950 and concluding with the 1978 Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice. In 1956, the Republic of South Africa withdrew from UNESCO claiming that some of the Organization’s publications amounted to “interference” in the country’s “racial problems.” South Africa rejoined the Organization in 1994 under the leadership of Nelson Mandela.
UNESCO’s early work in the field of education included the pilot project on fundamental education in the Marbial Valley, Haiti, started in 1947. This project was followed by expert missions to other countries, including, for example, a mission to Afghanistan in 1949. In 1948, UNESCO recommended that Member States should make free primary education compulsory and universal. In 1990 the World Conference on Education for All, in Jomtien, Thailand, launched a global movement to provide basic education for all children, youths and adults. Ten years later, the 2000 World Education Forum held in Dakar, Senegal, led member governments to commit to achieving basic education for all by 2015.
UNESCO’s early activities in the field of culture included, for example, the Nubia Campaign, launched in 1960. The purpose of the campaign was to move the Great Temple of Abu Simbel to keep it from being swamped by the Nile after construction of the Aswan Dam. During the 20-year campaign, 22 monuments and architectural complexes were relocated. This was the first and largest in a series of campaigns including Mohenjo-daro (Pakistan), Fes (Morocco), Kathmandu (Nepal), Borobudur (Indonesia) and the Acropolis (Greece). The Organization’s work on heritage led to the adoption, in 1972, of the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. The World Heritage Committee was established in 1976 and the first sites inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1978. Since then important legal instruments on cultural heritage and diversity have been adopted by UNESCO member states in 2003 (Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage) and 2005 (Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions).





An intergovernmental meeting of UNESCO in Paris in December 1951 led to the creation of the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN) in 1954.
Arid Zone programming, 1948–1966, is another example of an early major UNESCO project in the field of natural sciences. In 1968, UNESCO organized the first intergovernmental conference aimed at reconciling the environment and development, a problem which continues to be addressed in the field of sustainable development. The main outcome of the 1968 conference was the creation of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme.




In the field of communication, the free flow of information has been a priority for UNESCO from its beginnings. In the years immediately following World War II, efforts were concentrated on reconstruction and on the identification of needs for means of mass communication around the world. UNESCO started organizing training and education for journalists in the 1950s. In response to calls for a "New World Information and Communication Order" in the late 1970s, UNESCO established the International Commission for the Study of Communication Problems, which produced the 1980 MacBride report (named after the Chair of the Commission, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Seán MacBride).[33] Following the MacBride report, UNESCO introduced the Information Society for All[34] programme and Toward Knowledge Societies programme in the lead up to the World Summit on the Information Society in 2003 (Geneva) and 2005 (Tunis).




In 2011, Palestine became a UNESCO member following a vote in which 107 member states supported and 14 opposed. Laws passed in the United States in 1990 and 1994 mean that it cannot contribute financially to any UN organisation that accepts Palestine as a full member. As a result, it will withdraw its funding which accounts for about 22% of UNESCO's budget.