Exploring service and support needs in postgraduate education towards the higher education quality

Students’ support is needed in postgraduate education embracing many service areas towards quality education. In achieving excellent graduates for national transformation reality, it needs to be addressed at all levels including departmental and institutional. It is vital to create suitable environm...

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Main Authors: Zainal Abiddin, Norhasni, Ismail, Affero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education
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description Students’ support is needed in postgraduate education embracing many service areas towards quality education. In achieving excellent graduates for national transformation reality, it needs to be addressed at all levels including departmental and institutional. It is vital to create suitable environment for students’ studies to ensure the sustainable development and execution of outstanding research outcome. The paper identifies that one of the important factors in students’ development is to create proper support and services. Thus, a qualitative analysis has been conducted to postgraduate student to discover the main concern of the support and services offered in a Malaysian public university. This study involved semi-structured interviews and the sample was self-selecting. The study disclosed the most important needs and deprived services that should be improved.
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spelling uthm-45532021-12-07T07:05:44Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4553/ Exploring service and support needs in postgraduate education towards the higher education quality Zainal Abiddin, Norhasni Ismail, Affero LB Theory and practice of education LB2371-2372 Graduate education Students’ support is needed in postgraduate education embracing many service areas towards quality education. In achieving excellent graduates for national transformation reality, it needs to be addressed at all levels including departmental and institutional. It is vital to create suitable environment for students’ studies to ensure the sustainable development and execution of outstanding research outcome. The paper identifies that one of the important factors in students’ development is to create proper support and services. Thus, a qualitative analysis has been conducted to postgraduate student to discover the main concern of the support and services offered in a Malaysian public university. This study involved semi-structured interviews and the sample was self-selecting. The study disclosed the most important needs and deprived services that should be improved. Canadian Center of Science and Education Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4553/1/AJ%202017%20%28184%29%20Exploring%20service%20and%20support%20needs%20in%20postgraduate%20education.pdf Zainal Abiddin, Norhasni and Ismail, Affero Exploring service and support needs in postgraduate education towards the higher education quality. Asian Social Science. ISSN 1911-2017
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Exploring service and support needs in postgraduate education towards the higher education quality
title Exploring service and support needs in postgraduate education towards the higher education quality
title_full Exploring service and support needs in postgraduate education towards the higher education quality
title_fullStr Exploring service and support needs in postgraduate education towards the higher education quality
title_full_unstemmed Exploring service and support needs in postgraduate education towards the higher education quality
title_short Exploring service and support needs in postgraduate education towards the higher education quality
title_sort exploring service and support needs in postgraduate education towards the higher education quality
topic LB Theory and practice of education
LB2371-2372 Graduate education
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4553/
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