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.

This blog post highlights some of its sinister implications of the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Higher Education Department’s decision to impose a ban on all kinds of appointments, recruitment and selection in the public sector universities in the province for information of people at the helm of affairs to give this verdict a thoughtful reconsideration.

This blog post discuss some of the most common and frequently asked questions, I claim to be ‘common questions’, oftentimes asked during any interview. I urge the candidates to prepare them very carefully and painstakingly before proceeding for the job interview. Here, I will provide some useful tips, how to respond to each of these questions while taking due cognizance of the following valuable suggestions.

In this blog post, I briefly discussed the additional skills, the candidates should refrain from disclosing in the job interview and should remain focused on the most desired skills for the job.

Bureaucracies, with their huge jumbles of paperwork and procedural red tape, often appear inefficient and outdated. Yet, beyond this facade of incompetence lies a more disconcerting reality: the archaic and cumbersome filing systems in government offices may not just be a byproduct of inertia but a deliberate tool for control. These systems, designed ostensibly for organization and record-keeping can obscure accountability, stall progress, and frustrate ordinary public to the point of despair. This blog post looks into how these intricate filing practices serve more than just bureaucratic convenience—they are instrumental in maintaining a grip on power, stifling dissent, and perpetuating a status quo that benefits the few at the expense of the many.

This blog post is aimed at providing necessary insight to the academic leaders, government functionaries and policymakers to extend its reform agenda to the higher education sector in Pakistan.