Inked: Prof Mazliham (centre) exchanging the MoU documents with Finworld Technology chief executive officer Simon Liao, Looking on are Finworld chief operating officer Janice Lee (far right) and MMU Faculty of Management dean Dr Mohd Fairuz Ab Rahim (second from left) and academic Dr Ridzwan Bakar.
MULTIMEDIA University (MMU) is collaborating with three industry partners to provide students with real-world information and communication technology education.
On Feb 7, the varsity inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a digital investment solutions platform which will see Finworld Technology providing full access to its stock market data analytics software suited for finance, business and accounting students at the varsity’s Faculty of Management.
Through digital modules and guided tutorials, students will try their hands at opening trading accounts, trade analysis, and mastering the state of mind necessary to ply the stock market.
With this software, students will be able to learn directly from the platform’s industry-backed solutions to real-world problems particularly in the equities market, including fundamental, technical, big player, and quantitative analyses.
Under this partnership, MMU’s Cyberjaya campus will also be dedicating a computer laboratory with 30 desktops to provide business students with access to the platform’s investment software.
The sharing of university facilities, together with Finworld’s three-year consultancy and research grant of RM30,000, will give students the experiential learning they need to transform financial theory into professional practice. The research will primarily focus on the equities market and shariah-compliant investment in Malaysia.
Describing the collaboration as a “means to an ambitious end”, MMU president Prof Datuk Dr Mazliham Mohd Su’ud said the aim was to educate students with an immersive, real-world learning environment that replicates what they will face firsthand when they join the workforce.
“I am confident that the joint research and publications; corporate and technical training; student sponsorship and internships; and other relevant activities encapsulated by the MoU will all bolster our students’ confidence in navigating this complex financial landscape,” he said in a recent press release.
On Jan 31, MMU and Agmo Holdings Berhad agreed to establish an innovative learning space on the campus.
Dubbed Agmo-Space, it will be equipped with cutting-edge technologies such as non-fungible tokens (NFT), virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and extended reality (XR).
Prof Mazliham said Agmo-Space, which will play a significant role in promoting future technologies and nurturing future talents, was the first innovative space established by an MMU alumnus on the campus.
On Jan 30, MMU inked an MoU with KRU Foundation to develop new talents in the field of digital entrepreneurship and creative content creation.
Prof Mazliham said the collaboration would enable both parties to implement joint projects and activities to enrich the skills of students and graduates through upskilling and reskilling training programmes.
The MoUs were signed at the varsity’s campus in Cyberjaya.
