Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – On June 15, 2023, the much-awaited FSSH UTMKL Graduate Seminar 2023 took place, leaving a trail of inspiration and academic brilliance in its wake. The hybrid-moded event gave postgraduate students from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Kuala Lumpur (FSSHKL) at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Kuala Lumpur (UTMKL) a stimulating platform on which to exhibit their innovative PhD projects and promote a culture of collaborative learning.
The seminar synthesised thoughts and information, with most Semesters 4 and 5 students actively engaging in physical and virtual spaces. Those who attended the event in person gathered in the prestigious Seminar Hall at Menara Tun Razak, UTM KL, while others participated virtually via the Webex online platform.
The presentations made during the seminar were a testament to the postgraduate students’ commitment and labour of love. The audience was captivated by each presenter’s deft explanation of their research’s significant and compelling elements. Attendees were able to get important insights into several fields of study within the social sciences and humanities thanks to this interdisciplinary approach.
The immediate feedback provided to the presenters following their presentations was one of the seminar’s primary features. Esteemed faculty members and fellow students participated in fruitful discussions, offering insightful comments and suggestions to help improve the ongoing research projects. The participants found this portion of the seminar to be very beneficial in assisting them to improve their work and foster their academic growth.
Additionally, the seminar provided doctoral students with a priceless chance to become acquainted with the research being conducted by their peers. In addition to enlarging their perspectives, this cross-pollination of ideas would foster potential partnerships and multidisciplinary projects that can have a long-lasting effect on the academic community.
Director of FSSH UTMKL, Dr Zuhana Binti Mohamed Zin, expressed her joy and gratitude to all attendees in her speech about the seminar’s success. “We are incredibly proud of the work that our postgraduate students have accomplished and of their dedication to advancing knowledge in their respective fields. This seminar exemplifies our commitment to encouraging academic achievement and supporting a collaborative research environment. Our students will continue to be inspired to excel in their academic endeavours by the experience they acquired from this event, we are confident in that,” she said.
Hopes for future iterations of the FSSH UTMKL Graduate Seminar have been boosted by the enthusiastic response and attendance shown by the participants. The organising committee is dedicated to maintaining this legacy of academic achievement and hopes to keep the seminar an annual event, encouraging a culture of inquiry, mutual support, and scholarly growth within the university’s postgraduate community.
The faculty is eager to see how its postgraduate students develop and succeed as they set out on their academic journeys and advance knowledge in the social sciences and humanities as the echoes of the successful seminar reverberate throughout UTMKL’s academic corridors.