Write Right! A Holistic Approach To Academic Writing Mastery

Date: 27 May 2023 (Saturday)
Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: UCSI University Kuching Campus
Registration Fee: RM80 (for SRS members or students) or RM100 (for others)

👉Register here: bit.ly/2023-Workshop6_1

Key Information:

📌 The psychology of writing
📌 Writing styles and methods
📌 The essentials of academic writing
📌 Key skills and self-reflection
📌 The academic writing process
📌 Referencing
📌 Rules of academic writing
📌 Proper AI usage
📌 Writer’s block and other challenges
📌 Putting it all together: Strategies for success
📌 Hands-on practice and feedback

👉Register here: bit.ly/2023-Workshop6_1

With the registration fee of RM80 (for SRS members or students) or RM100 (for others), participants will receive:

🟡 Workshop materials in soft copy

🟡 E-certificate of participation

🟡 Morning tea breaks, lunches and free flow of coffee and tea

For any queries, please contact us at admin@sarawakresearchsociety.org

Quantitative Data Analysis using SmartPLS

SRS Online Workshop with Dr. Jacky Cheah
**Quantitative Data Analysis using SmartPLS **The workshop has three sessions. You can join either or all sessions. Please indicate your selection via registration form.

  1. 29 January – Mediation and Moderation: Theory and Application
  2. 19 February – Guides for using PLSpredict and Model Selection Criteria
  3. 12 March – Conditional Mediation (Model A, Model B and Model C)

Key Information:

  • Registration is compulsory. Registration link: bit.ly/2022SmartPLS
  • All sessions are scheduled at 2:00-5:00 PM (GMT+8)
  • Meeting link will be emailed to the registered participants.
  • E-certificate will be issued upon completion of each session.
  • For further queries, email us at srsonlinetraining@gmail.com.

Acknowledgement: We thank SmartPLS for rendering their support to this event.#SmartPLS#EmeraldPublishing

Sound, Healing, and Nature in Experiential Travel

International webinar on ‘Sound, Healing, and Nature in Experiential Travel‘ is brought to you by Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), and Sarawak Research Society (SRS), supported by the Ministry of Tourism, Art and Culture (MTAC) Sarawak, Faculty of Hospitality & Tourism Management, UCSI University, the Regional Centre of Expertise Kuching (RCE Kuching), Southeast Asia Research Academy (SEARA), Malaysian Society for Music in Medicine (MSMM), and Emerald Publishing.

Webinar Details:

Date: 01 October 2021 (Friday)
Time: 2000-2200 (GMT+8)
Registration: https://zoom.us/…/tJUuc-CspzstEtwIU_UiGkoa71MkB5K8quKX
Note: After your registration is completed, you will receive a confirmation email of your participation.

Panel Speakers:

Dr. Julia Chieng
Senior Lecturer, Department of Music, Universiti Putra Malaysia

Prof. Dr. John L. Drever
Professor of Acoustic Ecology and Sound Art, Goldsmiths, University of London

Dr. Rob Mackay
Award-winning composer, sound artist and performer
UK and Ireland Soundscape Community; Newcastle University

Dr. Indra V. Selvarajah
Music Therapy & Music Psychology, Universiti Putra Malaysia
International Association for Music and Medicine (IAMM)Moderator:

Dr. Geraldine Law-Lee
President of Malaysian Society for Music in Medicine (MSMM)

Mark your date. This is another webinar not to be missed!

World Tourism Day 2021 – Sarawak Commitment to Responsible Tourism

Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Sarawak in collaboration with Sarawak Research Society, UCSI University and Emerald Publishing in East Asia will organise the “World Tourism Day 2021 – Sarawak Commitment to Responsible Tourism” (WTD2021 Sarawak) event with the theme “Tourism for Inclusive Growth”. It is the first time that Sarawak celebrates World Tourism Day.

The event details are as follows:

Date: 27 September 2021 (Monday)
Time: 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM (GMT+8)
Zoom ID: 864 4225 9018Passcode: 123456(https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86442259018…)
Livestream: Responsible Tourism Management Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/JournalRTM)

It is our pleasure to invite you to celebrate this event with us through Zoom and Facebook livestream. We would be glad to see your faces virtually; hence, please turn on your video if you join the Zoom meeting.Mark the date and we look forward to “seeing” you later!

[REBORN Webinar] Sarawak and its Heritage

Speaker: Dr Elena Gregoria Chai Chin Fern

Date: 10 August 2021 (Tuesday)

Time: 2:30 – 4:00 PM (GMT+8)

Platform: Zoom (meeting link to be provided after registration)

Remarks: No registration fee; e-cert to be providedRegistration

Link: https://bit.ly/REBORN-Webinar1

For any query, please contact Ms. Andrea at srsadmin@responsibleborneo.com

#ResponsibleBorneo#responsibletourism#icrth2022#SarawakResearchSociety#SACREST2021

SDG Talk: Responsible Management

Join us on an SDG Talk on Responsible Management where we have Emerald’s Publishing Development Manager, Jo Jones along with Kevin Phun from The Centre for Responsible Tourism Singapore, Mukvinder Sandhu from Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development Kuching and Dr. Hiram Ting, Emerald Ambassador and Director of Responsible Borneo. This SDG Talk hopes to inspire everyone to play a part and contribute to a sustainable and greater tomorrow.

Scheduled on 6 August 2021 (MYT Malaysian time (GMT+8), please register to join at https://bit.ly/3ejwFxz

Challenges and Prospects of Business in the Digital World: Southeast Asian Perspectives

Registration Link: https://bit.ly/31FV8Xi

Academics, practitioners and students are all welcome to join. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear from the SEA scholars about these contemporary issues.

The webinar is organised by Southeast Asia Research Academy (SEARA) and supported by Emerald Publishing, Sarawak Research Society and Research Synergy Foundation. For more information, please visit SEARA LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/com/southeastasiaresearchacademy and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/southeastasiaresearchacademy/

Tourism Restart under COVID-19 Implications to the Travel Industry in Southeast Asia

Registration Link: https://bit.ly/3sFzUog

Academics, practitioners and students are all welcome to join. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear from the SEA scholars about these contemporary issues.

The webinar is organised by Southeast Asia Research Academy (SEARA) and supported by Emerald Publishing, Sarawak Research Society and Research Synergy Foundation. For more information, please visit SEARA LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/com/southeastasiaresearchacademy and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/southeastasiaresearchacademy/

Fundamentals of Qualitative Research: See The Unseen, Know The Unknown, & Do The Undone

Date : 17 April 2021 (Saturday)

Time : 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM (GMT +8)

Registration link: https://forms.gle/2CMz3cEVE4UdpKnc9

Platform: Zoom

Fee : (donation included)
(a) SRS members: RM50 per person; or USD12 per person (any transaction charges to be borne by the participant/remitter)
(b) Non-SRS members: RM60 per person; or USD15 per person (any transaction charges to be borne by the participant/remitter)

Medium : English

Targets : Students, novice researchers and those who are keen to learn the fundamentals of qualitative research

Materials : Materials in softcopy will be provided after the workshop via email.

Certificate : E-certificate will be given after the workshop via email

Responsible Youth Leader Seminar

Grab the Opportunity!

RESPONSIBLE YOUTH LEADER SEMINAR
Theme: Empowering Youth Towards Responsible Citizenship and Tourism

This seminar is to provide an educational and practical guidance about responsible leadership to university and college students in Kuching (and Sarawak) who are interested in tourism and hospitality. There will be speeches about leadership and responsible citizenship and tourism from academics and practitioners, discussions to demonstrate different types of skills and knowledge as well as activities to put them into practice.

These knowledge and skills will prepare students to be responsible leaders and citizens particularly in tourism and the related ventures. There will be no fee! However, registration is required and seats are limited to 50 students (subject to evaluation and approval by the committee).

Register at: bit.ly/responsible-youth-2020

Venue : Sarawak Club Kuching
20 December 2020 (Sunday) at 8:00AM – 5:00 

Quantitative Data Analysis using SmartPLS: Demonstration and Sharing of Experience

Session 1: Weighted Partial Least Squares Assessment

Session 2: Consistent PLS (PLSc): Concepts and Analysis

Session 3: Assessment of Higher-Order Models

Session 4: Guidelines to Perform Measurement Invariance

*(Note: SmartPLS 2-month license will NOT be provided in this course. Participants can join with/without the software.)*

Date & Time (Malaysian time, GMT+8):

Session 1 – 7 August 2020 (2:00-3:20 PM)

Session 2 – 7 August 2020 (3:40-5:00 PM)

Session 3 – 14 August 2020 (2:00-3:20 PM)

Session 4 – 14 August 2020 (3:40-5:00 PM)

Registration link: https://forms.gle/7Er3T8YJ4ctDBB9m6

Platform: Zoom

Fee: RM15 per session (donation included); RM50 for registering all four sessions. Or amount equivalent to your currency (any transaction charges to be borne by the participant/remitter)

Medium: English

Targets: Students, academics, researchers and those who are keen to learn specific topics and procedures about running SmartPLS (as shown under Agenda)

Materials: Materials in softcopy will be provided after the course

Certificate: E-certificate will be given after the course

For general enquiries and more information about the online course and other online events, please write to the Secretariat at srs.onlinetraining@gmail.com.

International Tourism Seminar on Tourism Recovery and Development: Responsibility, Sustainability and Value Creation

We are pleased to invite you to join the International Tourism Seminar on Tourism Recovery and Development: Responsibility, Sustainability and Value Creation with the following details:

Date : 24 July 2020 (Friday)
Time : 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Malaysian time, GMT+8)
Target : Hospitality and Tourism students, lecturers, researchers and practitioners. It is also open to all who are interested in the topic.
Platform : Zoom and Youtube (livestream). Please note that Zoom can only cater for 500 participants.

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/cekRtfBKtVCg9Vcv8

Fee : No Fee. Donation is welcome to support RCE Kuching. Donation can be done before or after registration. Donation can be done as a group if your colleagues and/or students register for the seminar.

Remarks: Invitation link to join the seminar will be emailed to the registered participants 2 days before the event.

The primary objectives are to perpetuate the discourse about tourism recovery in times of uncertainty from both academic and practical perspectives. In addition, this seminar is aimed to provide insights into the development of tourism in various aspects (e.g. community-based, event, ecology, leisure and wellness) post the global COVID19 pandemic.

We are grateful that six distinguished speakers have agreed to join us as the panel speakers.

Mark your date, register now. See you then.

Organised by UCSI University (FHTM) in partnership with Sarawak Tourism Board, UiTM Sabah Branch, RCE Kuching, Emerald Publishing and Sarawak Research Society

Webinar: How to Prepare for Your Thesis Defence: Sharing of Experiences and Success

Learn How to Prepare for Your Thesis Defence with our Experts!

They will assist you on the preparation of your thesis defence during the Webinar session.

Full details are provided in the poster above. Mark your calendar and join us!

Online registration will start on 15th June. Click this to register https://forms.gle/YzFAdo6ZZkJkPg4L9

Date : 22 June 2020
Time : 10.00-11.30am(GMT+8)
Platform : Zoom

Publication Opportunities in Scopus and WOS Indexed Journals: Advice and Recommendation from the Editors

Webinar Series #askEditor part 1:

“Publication Opportunities in Scopus and WOS Indexed Journals: Advice and Recommendation from the Editors” is a collaboration program between Research Synergy Foundation (RSF), Sarawak Research Society (SRS), Emerald Publishing, and Pampanga Research Educators Organization (PREO) Philippines.

Topics include:
1. Aims and scope of the journals and the special issues
2. Editor’s expectation from paper submitted to journal/special issues
3. Reason for/behind acceptance, minor/major revision, rejection and sending to reviews.
4. Preparations which author should do before submission/re-submission

Save the date!
Date: June 5, 2020
Time: 10.00 a.m-11.30 a.m (UTC+7)/ Jakarta TimePlatform: Zoom MeetingFees: FREE with Donation 5 USD/ IDR 75K (Optional)

Please register through: https://bit.ly/askEditor1
Registration will be closed on June 2, 2020.

*All the meeting ID and Password will be emailed 2 days before webinar (June 3, 2020).

More information:
WhatsApp: +628112317334
Email: researchsynergy.institute@gmail.com

Workshop on Theory and Framework Development

Greetings from Sarawak Research Society!

We would like to inform you about our upcoming workshop on ‘Theory and Framework Development’ as per details below:-

Date : 6 June 2020 (Saturday)
Time : 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Venue : Zoom Application

Fee: RM80 per person (Inclusive of registration fee, materials in softcopy, e-certificate and donation, such as to COVID-19 Relief)
OR
Amount equivalent to your currency (any transaction charges to be borne by the participant/remitter)
Instructor: Dr Francis Chuah Chin Wei
Medium: English

For further information you can email at yusman779@gmail.com (Dr Yusman Yacob), Secretary of Sarawak Research Society.

Questionnaire and Item Development for Quantitative Research: Issues and Challenges From Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives

Greetings from Sarawak Research Society!

We would like to inform you about our upcoming workshop on ‘Questionnaire and Item Development for Quantitative Research: Issues and Challenges From Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives’ as per details below:-

Date : 13 June 2020 (Saturday)
Time : 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Venue : Zoom Application

Fee: RM80 per person (Inclusive of registration fee, materials in softcopy, e-certificate and donation, such as to COVID-19 Relief)
OR
Amount equivalent to your currency (any transaction charges to be borne by the participant/remitter)
Instructor: Dr Francis Chuah Chin Wei
Medium: English

For further information you can email at yusman779@gmail.com (Dr Yusman Yacob), Secretary of Sarawak Research Society.

[SRS Online Course] Qualitative Data Analysis using QUIRKOS: A Visual and Intuitive Way to Manage, Analyse and Explore your Qualitative Research

Speaker: Dr. Daniel Turner, Director and Founder of Quirkos
Date : 18-19 June 2020 (Thursday and Friday)
Time : Malaysia time 3:00 PM – 4:45 PM (GMT +8)
Platform : ZoomRegistration: https://forms.gle/YsgKnMeUB4CSdZKF7
Fee : RM40 for the whole course. RM20 per session. Donation included.
Targets : Students, academics, researchers and those who are keen to learn specific topics and procedures about running Quirkos to perform qualitative analysis
Materials : Materials in softcopy will be provided 2 days before the forum if any. A preparation email containing information about software installation and meeting password will be provided.
Certificate : E-certificate will be given after the forum via email

Qualitative Data Analysis using QUIRKOS: A Visual and Intuitive Way to Manage, Analyse and Explore your Qualitative Research

We are pleased to inform that the online course is now available on ResearchLand Youtube channel with the following links. We are thankful to Dr Daniel Turner for the demonstration and sharing.

Session 1 (18 June 2020)
https://youtu.be/hhCh1hccDjg [Day-1 Part 1]
https://youtu.be/TCXsUE5YquM [Day-1 Part 2]

Session 2 (19 June 2020)
https://youtu.be/zatSI0toGHY [Day-2]

Do subscribe the channel as we will upload more useful videos soon. Enjoy watching and learning.

Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Using Amos: Practical Guide For Beginners

Greetings from Sarawak Research Society!

We would like to inform you about our upcoming workshop on ‘Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Using Amos: Practical Guide For Beginners’ as per details below:-

Date : 23rd May 2020 (Saturday)

Time : 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Venue : Zoom Application

Fee: RM80 per person (Inclusive of registration fee, materials in softcopy, e-certificate and donation, such as to COVID-19 Relief)
OR
Amount equivalent to your currency (any transaction charges to be borne by the participant/remitter)

Instructor: Asst. Prof Dr Cham Tat Huei

Medium: English

For further information you can email at yusman779@gmail.com (Dr Yusman Yacob)

[SRS ONLINE COURSE] Quantitative Data Analysis using SmartPLS: Demonstration and Sharing of Experience

Session 1: Formative Measurement Assessment
Session 2: Simple & Multiple/Sequential Mediation Analysis
Session 3: Simple & Multiple Moderation Analysis
Session 4: Measurement Invariance & Multi-group Analysis
Note: SmartPLS2-month license will **NOT *be provided in this course. Participants can join with/without the software.

Date :
Session 1 – 7 May 2020 (Thursday)
Session 2 – 8 May 2020 (Friday)
Session 3 – 14 May 2020 (Thursday)
Session 4 – 15 May 2020 (Friday)

Registration: https://forms.gle/PM9HG7MfJc8tc1sK6

Time : Malaysia time 3.00 PM – 4.30 PM (GMT +8)

Platform : Zoom

Fee : RM50 for registering all four sessions; RM15 per session (donation included) or amount equivalent to your currency (any transaction charges to be borne by the participant/remitter)

Medium : English

Targets : Students, academics, researchers and those who are keen to learn specific topics and procedures about running SmartPLS (as shown under Agenda)

Materials : Materials in softcopy will be provided 2 days before the course together with other information

Certificate : E-certificate will be given after the courseFor general enquiries and more information about the online course and other online events, please write to the Secretariat at srs.onlinetraining@gmail.com. Please leave your email as comment if you wish to get the brochure in PDF.

Additional Remarks

  1. Zoom application, internet connectivity & any technical issues are not the Instructor/Secretariat to deal with.
  2. This course is **NOT **designed to guide every participant to click. The speaker will demonstrate and the speech must not be interrupted until Q&A section.
  3. No refund is allowed 5 days before the course.

The course materials are downloadable at:

  1. Formative Measurement Assessment
    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341249789_PLS-SEM_using_SmartPLS_30_Chapter_8_Assessment_of_Formative_Measurement_Models
  2. Assessment of Mediation Analysis
    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341250748_PLS-SEM_using_SmartPLS_30_Chapter_12_Assessment_of_Mediation_Analysis
  3. Assessment of Moderation Analysis
    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341357609_PLS-SEM_using_SmartPLS_30_Chapter_13_Assessment_of_Moderation_Analysis

Application of Smart PLS in Quantitative Data Analysis (Intensive) Workshop

Greetings from Sarawak Research Society!

We would like to inform you about our upcoming workshop on Application of Smart PLS in Quantitative Data Analysis (Intensive) as per details below:-

Date : 15 February 2020 (Saturday)
Time : 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Venue : Institut Koperasi Malaysia, Kuching, Sarawak

Fee: RM 150 (Inclusive of 2-mth Smart PLS License, workshop materials, brunch, lunch and certificate)

Instructor: Dr Jacky Cheah

Medium: English

Kindly please register through my email at yusman779@gmail.com (Dr Yusman Yacob), Secretary of Sarawak Research Society. More details will be provided.

Remarks: Participants are expected to have used Smart PLS before. As it is an intensive course, the workshop will cover path analysis, mediation, moderation, PLS predict and multi-group analysis.

1-Day Workshop on Google Analytics: For Absolute Beginners

16 December 2017 (Saturday)
Computer Lab, SEGi College Sarawak
Jalan Bukit Mata, Kuching
Instructor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sim Yee Wai, University College of Technology Sarawak
Workshop Fee: RM200

Registration: Please make the workshop payment directly by banking in the amount into Yusman Yacob’s Maybank account (a/c no: 161033058127). Please email the bank slip to yusman779@gmail.com once payment has been made.

POST-SYM SEMINAR

Date: 14 October 2017
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Venue: Tentatively Hilton Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Title: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Side of Publishing: What Counts and what Does Not?
Instructor: Prof T. Ramayah (ProfileCitation)
Audience: Participants who aim to publish in top journals; open to non-SASEM2017 participants also.

Course Description:
The pressure to publish has become so intense that publishing has become a big business where it is now being exploited by many unscrupulous publishers who are flocking in droves to capitalize on the perils of many academics. As such, there is a need to know what publications get counted and what does not. This includes the kind of publications that is publishable and where they can be published. This sharing session will delve into these main issues by looking at:

Why We Publish?
Types of Publication
ISI Indexed Journals
Scopus Indexed Journals
Indexed Journals
Non-indexed Journals
Open Access Journals
Fake Journals
Black Listed Journals
Book
Chapter in a Book
Review Papers

Medium: English
Seating capacity: 50 participants, on first come (including payment) first serve basis
Normal Rate: MYR450 for local participants; USD150 for international participants**

**International participants are those who are currently not residing in Malaysia

PRE-SYM WORKSHOP

Date: 10 – 11 October 2017
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Venue: Hilton Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Remarks: Both workshop and seminar are HRDF claimable

Title: The Current Development of SEM and Data Analysis using SmartPLS 3.0
Instructor: Prof Marko Sarstedt (ProfileCitation)
Audience: Users of structural equation modeling

Course Description:
This workshop is designed to familiarize with the potentials of using PLS-SEM in business research. The objectives of this course are to provide an in-depth methodological introduction into the PLS-SEM approach (the nature of causal modeling, analytical objectives, some statistics), (2) the evaluation of measurement results, and (3) complementary analytical techniques. More specifically, participants will understand the following topics:

Recap on PLS-SEM-An Introduction
Prediction in PLS-SEM (PLS Predict): SmartPLS Tutorial
Mediation Analysis: SmartPLS Tutorial
Moderation Analysis: SmartPLS Tutorial
Measurement Invariance using MICOM: SmartPLS Tutorial
Multigroup Analysis: SmartPLS Tutorial
Uncovering Unobserved Heterogeneity (Fimix-PLS, PLS-POS & PLS-IRRS Method: SmartPLS Tutorial)
Outlook: Recent Advancement in PLS

Medium: English
Seating capacity: 30-40 participants, on first come (including payment) first serve basis
Normal Rate: MYR1800 for local participants; USD550 for international participants**

**International participants are those who are currently not residing in Malaysia

"Creativity" Lessons from Industries?Understanding the Process of Creative Thinking

Date : 3rd of August 2017
Time : 8.00 am – 12.30 p.m
Venue : Auditorium, Dewan Bandaraya Kuching Utara
Speaker: Dr. Mark Kilgour (Waikato University, New Zealand)
Fee: Free admission but registration is mandatory

A MOU signing ceremony between Wawasan Open University (Kuching Regional Centre) and Sarawak Research Society will be right after the seminar.

Click on the brochure for pdf format