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Q&A with Islamic studies scholar John L. Esposito Islamic studies scholar John L. Esposito, a recent keynote speaker for an Oklahoma City event, discusses his career and interest in Islamic studies..

How To Ace a Job Interview: 7 Research-Backed Tips 1) Be Similar to The Interviewer “Be yourself” can actually be a problem. If you want to know how to ace a job interview it’s important to note that study after study shows the key to being liked and being more influential is similarity.

10 Ways to Use Google Sites with Your Students ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning April 18, 2014 Google Sites is one of the best website creation software I have been recommending for teachers. There are a wide variety of reasons why Google Sites is an ideal platform to host your class website and here are some of them:

Long vacation ahead of us. Here's an article from Dean Julkipli Wadi about Travel and Retreat. Good read.

CRUCIBLE: Travel and Retreat | MindaNews QUEZON CITY (MindaNews/15 April) – The University of the Philippines will have a long vacation with the shift of academic calendar (August to December for the First Semester) in consonance with UP’s educational thrust on internationalization. Incidentally, Filipinos will be having a long break too n…

Designing ‘attention points’ in academic work: Four principles for improving tables, graphs,... Attention points in a written text help to focus readers’ attention  on the key points of the research findings. While the inclusion of such points are generally recognised as vital, Patrick Dunlea...

PhD supervisor: the perfect one doesn't exist, so where else can you find help? If you're struggling to get the support you need from your PhD supervisor, there are online communities that can help fill the gap, says Gwen Boyle

Research on academic blogging: what does it reveal? I have written previously on this blog on the pros and cons of using social media for academic work, including a discussion of why I blog and what I have learnt from using these media. As part of a...

Cultivating an ethos of openness through research integrity Regardless of the rhetoric about more openness in academic research, institutions appear to be failing to address some of the deeper issues. In order to stave off the steady rise of regulation and ...

CRUCIBLE: Religion and Politics in the Philippines: Asset and Liability | MindaNews QUEZON CITY (MindaNews / 18 March) – Today is March 18. It is a commemoration day of the Jabidah Massacre – that infamous event that triggered the Moro struggle in 1968. I got five invitations from different agencies and organizations that organized their activities as part of (directly or indirectl...

The Role of Social Scientists in Muslim Societies by Dr. Muqtedhar Khan

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