Professional Development & Networking for Your Future

“It’s not just what you know, who you know and your relationships will help you achieve success in your career as a Culinologist and future industry leader.” - Chef Robert Danhi

In collaboration with Research Chefs Association (RCA), Taylor’s Culinology club had organized a virtual webinar on “Professional Development & Networking for your Future”. The focus of this webinar was on the planning and implementation of professional development strategy and network in the current and future COVID New Normal. During the session, Chef Robert Danhi shared his precious experiences as a Research Chef, the techniques of soft skills improvement, specific methodologies and the essential of expanding professional network.

SOMAC PR Students Impresses Department of Agriculture with Local Fruits Campaign

School of Media and Communication (SOMAC) Final Year students of August 2020 semester engaged with the Department of Agriculture on a campaign to promote local fruits. Themed “LocalBuah4U”, the campaign aimed to promote local fruits such as durian, rambutan, papaya, watermelon, among others through social media on both Facebook and Instagram platforms.

A social media competition named “Get Lucky with Local Fruits Consumption” attracted many to participate and this enhanced visibility to the campaign. Three winners were chosen through “Wheel of Names.” Director of Crops Industry Development Division, Ms. Norsham, Deputy Director, Mr. Christopher John Biai, Head of School of Media and Communication, Professor Dr. Kashif Hussain and Lecturer cum Project Advisor, Ms. G. Manickam Govindaraju attended this online event.

The campaign wrapped up on 14th December 2020 at Department of Agriculture, Putrajaya by Director General, Datuk Hj. Muhammad Nasir bin Warris, Director of Strategic Development and Food Industry, Mr. Mohd Nazri Abdul Seman, Director, Ms. Norsham, Deputy Director, Mr. Christopher, Deputy Director, Madam Dona Lakai, and five officers. The module lecturer, Ms. G. Manickam accompanied the three students out of ten from the project led, Mr. Teh Tzun Kit, Ms. Nur Saffea Ernadya and Mr. Sidhatan Somasundraam to present the campaign’s overview and evaluation. This collaboration is one of the two projects that were executed by students from Public Relations Event and Consultancy module. The other group of 11 students concluded a project under the Malaysian Palm Oil Council.

Centre for Languages First Online Based English Entrance Test (EET)

Online-based English Entrance Test (EET) or computer-based EET was officially launched in May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Movement Control Order (MCO) implemented by the Malaysian government. The project involved collaboration between Centre for Languages (CFL), e-Learning Academy (eLA) and Office of Admission (OOA) of Taylor’s University. Candidates are evaluated on three language skills: reading, writing, and listening via TIMeS platform.

As of December 2020, 100 candidates have successfully sat for the computer-based EET and joined either a degree level programme or the Intensive English (IEN) programme at Taylor’s University. The EET has paved the way for a smoother admission process at Taylor's University. New students joining Taylor’s University will benefit from this process and experience our first-class e-learning management system platform.

The online-based EET has proven that Taylor’s University has a reliable system to conduct online examination for candidates from all around the world. The test has also helped lecturers to reduce marking time by 50% and hence, results can be delivered within 24 hours. In conclusion, computer-based EET is a successful project conducted by CFL for the year 2020.