ISDEV News

2 Dec- The opportunity of visiting Bandung, Indonesia with 3 other ISDEV lecturers recently has given the opportunity for Ustaz Shukri Hanapi to share a- 1001- story with ISDEV members. This was exactly what he did when given the opportunity to deliver Tazkirah during ISDEV Monthly Supervision for the month of December at the Conference Room C06, School of Social Sciences. Ustaz Shukri took this opportunity wisely to share their amazing experiences in Bandung in front of 70 attendees consisting of lecturers and students. According to him, there was definitely lots of experience that could be used as lessons in our daily lives. However one lesson which left an indelible mark in the hearts of the delegates to Bandung was on the "Darul Tauhid Lesson" (Pengajaran Darul Tauhid). What was done by the people of Darul Tauhid ought to be considered as a noble example because they were not informed in advance. Although there was no planning in advance to accept and greet the entourage ...

14 Sept – ISDEV Monthly Graduate Supervision was held at the Conference Room of C06, School of So cial Sciences. More than 50 postgraduate students including the new batch of Mixed-Modes attended this monthly programme. Deputy Director of ISDEV, Dr Fadzila Azni Ahmad, chaired the session. The programme started with a Tazkirah delivered by Ustaz Mohd. Shukri Hanapi. He reminded students in the packed confer e nce room on the importance to “Value Time”. He highlighted that time is very precious in our daily lives. Thus we must appreci ate and try to spend our time wisely. He also gave some examples that students could practice and gave them som e suggestions on how best to spend their time and be of benefit. The programme then continued with the main objective which is the give of an overview of the various resea rches made by ISDEV and past and present postgraduate st udents. It aimed to introduce to the new students the various fields of research that are conducted ...

In conjunction with the Graduate Colloqium of the School of Social Sciences, the following events will take place at ISDEV on 14th and 15th September 2011: 1. MONTHLY GRADUATE SUPERVISION 14 SEPTEMBER 2011 (WEDNESDAY) 8.30.00 AM - 10.00 AM CONFERENCE ROOM C06 TOPIC: GRADUATE RESEARCH AT ISDEV 2. GRADUATE DISCOURSE: PHD PROPOSAL PRESENTATION 15 SEPTEMBER 2011 (THURSDAY) 9.00am - 10.30am CONFERENCE ROOM C06 Candidate: Mohd Saharudin Shakrani Topic: Pembayaran Zakat Pendapatan dan Cukai: Kesan dan Implikasi ke atas Pilihan Pembiayaan dan Nilai Firma Islam di Bursa Malaysia (Zakat and Tax Payment: Its Impact and Implication on Finance and Values of the Bursa Malaysia's Firms) Main Supervisor: Dr. Zakaria Bahari Co-Supervisor: Dr. Zahri Hamat Assessor: Associate Professor Dr. Abdul Fatah Che Hamat 3. WELCOMING CEREMONY FOR NEW ISDEV STUDENTS 15 SEPTEMBER 2011 (THURSDAY) 10.30.00am - 12.00 PM CONFERENCE ROOM C06 ORGANISER: ISDEV ASSOCIATE MEMBERS (ABI) 4. 'IDUL FITRI CEREMONY 15 SEPT...

Tuan Haji Abdul Aziz Tahar delivering a lecture on Preparations for Fieldwork 10 August – This month’s Graduate Supervision was held at the Conference Room C06, School of Social Sciences with more than 30 students attending the programme. The Director of ISDEV, Professor Muhammad Syukri Salleh a ttended this supervision whilst the Deputy Director, Dr Fadzila Azni Ahmad and Tuan Hj Abdul Aziz Tahar were the speakers of the day. The programme started with a Tazkirah delivered by Ustaz Shukri Hanapi who discussed about the contents of Surah As-Saff (6 1:2-3) and Surah Al-Baqarah (2:64-71). He highlighted that the abomination of Allah to Muslims who do not practice what they preached and the behaviour of the ummah of Prophet Musa when asked to kill the cow. In his reminder, he included several actions that students can practice in order to become a good person s uch as not to create many excuses in order to avoid doing a task given, not to postpone any work, and not to ask irre...

On 13 July 2007, ISDEV Management Committee Member Dr Zakaria Bahari (left) presented a lecture on Problem Statements at the July Monthly Graduate Supervision. He explained what is meant by a Problem Statement and how to develop it through a generation, exploration and framing of issue. He also touched on the need to provide rationale for undertaking the study and to articulate a purpose statement. As usual, the supervision was attended by ISDEV Committee Members, Fellows, Research Associates and graduate students. The next Graduate Monthly Supervision will be held on Friday 3 August 2007. Dr Zulkarnain Mohd Hatta of the Social Work Programme of the School of Social Sciences will speak on Objective, Research Questions and Hypothesis .