If media reports are to be believed, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Universities (Amendment) Act, 2019 is about to be tabled in the provincial assembly in a couple of days, proposing some drastic changes to the legislation framed…
Dr Syed Hafeez Ahmad
The top 10 reasons why HR issues in the universities are getting complex
In the previous blog post, the 10 most problematic HR areas in the public sector universities in Pakistan have been listed. This article further elaborates some of these grey areas to provide a deeper insight…
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The 10 most problematic HR areas in the public sector universities in Pakistan
Human Resource Management is at the nascent stage in Pakistan. Same is the case with public sector universities. Over the years, much attention has not been paid to the management of human resources in the…
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The six key HR trends and challenges in the universities in Pakistan
In the face of intense global competition, technological revolution and innovative business processes, universities in this region have been following highly orthodox, traditional and very conventional human resource management practices. Social media, legal and judicial…
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The four key secrets to the successful completion of Ph.D.
Doing a Ph.D. is not difficult, it is rather, time-consuming. One need not to be really a genius to get through. An ordinary, mediocre person, like me, can easily make it. A little smart work,…
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The 10 most powerful barriers in developing strong university-industry linkages?
University-industry collaboration is one of the wildly used interactive best practices, a powerful tool for generating a favourable environment for technological innovations and enhancing global competitiveness, eventually, advancing the interests of the industry as well…
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10 Reasons, why University needs Industry and Industry, needs University?
University-Industry linkage is critically important for the advancement of academia, growth of budding industries and development of national economies. This bourgeoning alliance is driven, mainly by educational, social, economic, scientific and technological forces. The public…
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Developing strong university-industry linkages in Pakistan: A real need of the time
University-industry linkage is considered as a major collaborative effort on the part of academia and industry, sharing their knowledge, skills and resources to accomplish mutually compatible goals of research, innovation, and commercialization. A variety of…
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Setting the strategic direction of higher education in Pakistan
Off late, a new debate has been triggered in the academic community at the national level in the country. This discourse is all about BS versus PhD programs. Some consider this as a debate about…
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Understanding the difference between theoretical and conceptual frameworks
Theoretical underpinning, strong underlying support and sound justification are regarded as critically important for any research venture whether it is qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods study. Similarly, all PhD dissertations and research papers need to have…
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