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“ We are hoping to create a very modern campus , in terms of how it operates . It should be easily accessible for everyone . It should be borderless ”
— Asiah Abu Samah , Director of the IT Centre
edly undergoing a digital revolution . However , Abu Samah is keen to point out that the institution isn ’ t using technology for technology ’ s sake . Rather , digitisation has been a key enabler to foster a close-knit community . “ Technology is only a tool we need to reach our end goals ,” observes Abu Samah . “ If our university is to move faster , then we need the technology . We hope to promote more student engagement , inter- and intra-function collaboration . In fact , in some of the projects we involve our alumni too .”
“ We ’ ve grown and developed a lot since I first joined the university in 1993 ,” she continues . “ At that point in time , implementing technology was quite hard because people were quite afraid of technology . Now , people have many ideas about how to use technology . We just have to convince them what is right and how to do it . We are hoping to create a very modern
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