Foreigner Researchers Urged To Coordinate With UBD

Bandar Seri Begawan - Foreign researchers who wish to carry out research activities in Brunei are urged to refer to Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) before conducting such intentions.

Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office, Pengiran Haji Abdul Hamid issued this raised the matter at the opening of the national workshop on research organised by postgraduate studies and research office of UBD.

The Permanent Secretary said that His Majesty's government has set up the Majlis Penyelidikan Brunei Darussalam or the Brunei Darussalam Research Council, a body responsible for providing basic and conditions of research in the country.

Established in 1987, the council is entrusted with the responsibility of conducting regulations to examine and consider all applications, supervise research activity as well to monitor on foreign researchers that they adhere to the regulations.

Pengiran Haji Abdul Hamid stressed that the measures are imposed with the aim at preserving the national heritage, be of benefit to the country, and not exploited at will by irresponsible people.

As a secretariat to the council, it is appropriate for would-be-researchers to refer to UBD in order to understand the council's requirements prior to conducting any research.

The council will also act as a facilitator and not just as a regulator and it is hoped that the council will not be seen as a deterrent to research on the country, he said.

The two-day workshop is organised as part of a series of activities by the postgraduate studies and research office in encouraging and promoting research at U.B.D. in particular and in Brunei in general.

The main target groups of the workshop are the young members of U.B.D. academic community and other tertiary institutions, research officers from government agencies and the private sector as well as postgraduate students and other interested individuals.

The objective of the workshop is to expose them to the essential principles and knowledge related to the design of research projects and the methodology of conducting research. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei

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