The Accidental Academic

Professor Emerita Dato’ Dr Roshada Hashim reflects on fish farming, academic leadership, university reform and why higher education risks losing its soul when metrics become more important than meaning. BY TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH She calls herself “The Accidental Academic”, the phrase of someone who drifted into a profession rather than chose it. Spend…

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THE REGIONAL LENS

BY TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH On Saturday, 23 May, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that a deal to end the Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz had been “largely negotiated” and would be announced shortly. It was the most optimistic signal from Washington in nearly three months of war. Yet…

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