Onus on varsities to create conducive ecosystem for quality research

Kept away: Many academics have been focusing too much on getting their works published, rather than creating research to solve societal problems like urban poverty.

FOR decades, higher education institutions (HEIs) have placed more importance on having their findings published rather than producing studies that impact the country and communities.

The country’s best brains are obsessed with making it into academic journals, and the practice needs to be stopped, said Datuk Dr Hamzah Kassim.