This blog post explains the role, powers and functions of the key governing bodies such as Senate and Syndicate in the public sector universities in Pakistan in order to bring to limelight the existing bottlenecks in their smooth functioning.

This blog post discus the pros and cons of appointment of Shabnum Gul, the sister of Zartaj Gul, Minister of State for Climate Change as Director National Counter Terrorism Authority in the backdrop of unprecedented media hullabaloo over the issue.

In this blog post, some of the major challenges confronted by the institutes of higher education in Pakistan are discussed in detail. The aim is to provide the policymakers and educational leadership with a deeper insight into the problematic areas in the higher education sector in the country for reforms and improvement. These challenges are outlined here: 1. Management of human resources 2. Role ambiguity 3. Performance appraisal 4. Interpersonal communication 5. Mushroom growth of the universities 6. Legal and judicial activism 7. Lack of accountability 8. Lack of autonomy 9. Financial crunch 10. Lack of automation/digitalization

This blog post discuss some important interventions which will help revamp the HR dynamics in public sector universities and will ultimately transform the landscape of higher education in the country.

This blog post is aimed at providing necessary guidance and useful insight for the prospective candidates in order to help them get ready for the job interview.

This blog post will introduce you to one of the most useful and widely used interview response technique called STAR. This technique of answering interview questions will assist you to provide concrete answers to the tricky interview questions with interesting examples reinforced by solid justification supported by concrete evidence demonstrating that you possess the required level of educational qualification, requisite skills and experience for the job at hand. I made the most of it and it paid off. In this blog post, I explain, what the STAR technique is and how the candidates can get the most out of it.

Based on my personal experience and firsthand knowledge, this blog post underline 10 some useful tips with sample examples to help you write a high-quality PhD research proposal. For the purpose of this blog post, I use the example of a hypothetical study from the field of medical and allied health- “Investigating the impact of mindfulness-based interventions on anxiety reduction in college students”

The public sector universities in Pakistan are confronting numerous challenges. Some of these include centralization of authority, excessive bureaucracy, financial indiscipline and relentless struggle for powers and authority, etc. These are discussed here at length.

This blog post is intended to share my personal insight about the state of affairs of conflict of interest prevailing in the public sector universities in Pakistan with policy makers, academics, concerned officials and university’s management with focus on the following areas: 1. What is a conflict of interest? 2. Situations involving conflict of interest 3. Aim of the conflict of interest policy 4. State of affairs in the universities in Pakistan 5. Dearth of policy guidelines on conflict of interest 6. Illustrative examples of conflict of interest 7. Managing conflict of interest 8. Disciplinary consequences

How the universities’ governance system is structured, how key decisions are being made, what are the major statutory bodies involved in it, how the overall academic administrative and financial business of the universities are run, managed and monitored, this blog post will address some of these important questions.