Knowledge production in Indonesian universities (slides)
The following are slides from my online talk today (11th August 2022) for the Graduate School of Universitas Negeri Jakarta (Indonesia):
Paper on Indonesian academics
I have a new paper now published in the International Journal of Educational Research. It is co-authored by Dr Udi Samanhudi (UNTIRTA, Indonesia), relates to writing and knowledge production in the Indonesian university context, and thereby builds on my prior work in this area of interest. The paper […]
Writing a PhD proposal for LPDP
This is a very brief video I pre-recorded for a webinar on PhD proposal writing. I give some advice on applying for a doctoral scholarship through the Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education, abbreviated as LPDP (Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan), a fully-funded scholarship from the Indonesian Ministry of Finance for all Indonesian […]
Special issue: call for papers
Originally posted on TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION:
Critical perspectives on teaching in the multilingual university (co-editors: Ibrar Bhatt, Mbulungeni Madiba and Khawla Badwan) Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com For all societies aiming to play a part in the global economy, language policy in higher education teaching is emerging…
Editorial changes at the journal
Originally posted on TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION:
Once again, the start of the new year has seen some editorial changes at Teaching in Higher Education, with two retirements and two new members joining the team of Executive Editors. Penny Jane Burke (University of Newcastle, Australia) and Suellen Shay…
Zhang Chengzhi
I am very slowly, line-by-line, working through, and trying to get a handle on, work by Zhang Chengzhi (张承志), a prominent and outspoken Chinese-Muslim intellectual. Little or none of his work is available in English, but he remains an important voice to be accessed in terms of understanding […]
Two books on the origins of universities
I read two interesting books this Summer: George Makdisi’s Rise of Colleges and W. Montgomery Watt’s Influence of Islam on Medieval Europe. Both books contain authoritative accounts about how the scholastic method of inquiry, and most elements of the academic system (but not its organisational system) in the […]
Ibrar's space 