The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) has once again been ranked as the top business education university in Pakistan by the Higher Education Commission (HEC).
The first such rankings, also released by the HEC in 2006, had also ranked LUMS as the top university in this category.
Commenting on the announcement, LUMS Vice Chancellor Dr Adil Najam said, “At LUMS we have always strived for excellence in teaching, in research and in service, irrespective of where we are placed in rankings.”
He added, “While recognition and validation from one’s own educational community is always encouraging and valuable, our goal is constant improvement and always trying to do as well as we possibly can. In this we are moved most of all by our students and our faculty who are not only our greatest resource but also our greatest inspiration.”
PU organizes lecture on PhD dissertations: The Pakistan Study Centre from the University of Punjab organized a lecture on writing PhD dissertations on Friday.
Humboldt University of Berlin Institute of Asian and African Studies Prof Dr Bettina Robotka was the speaker. Robotka said while writing their PhD thesis dissertations, students must access source material including documents and other material such as paintings and monuments. She said writing about one period/event was a continuing process which never ended and could not be totally covered by one writer. She advised that the PhD students to fully understand the titles of their studies when they chose them. She stated that they should try to add rich material that must be relevant for public awareness.
The director of the centre, Prof Dr Massarrat Abid, conducted the proceedings and introduced the speaker. A question-answer session was held after the lecture. The lecture was attended by faculty members, and PhD and M Phil researchers of the Centre and History departments.
Open learning system often includes aspects of e-learning.There are numerous universities and organizations that create open educational resources for self motivated students to access anywhere, at any time. Unlike other, more traditional forms of higher education, open education generally does not offer recognized degrees.
Comments are closed.