Senior Lecturer

Dr Hairuzila Idrus is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Management and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP). She obtained her Ph.D in Education from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Masters in TESOL and Bachelor of arts in Linguistics from the US. She has vast experience in teaching at tertiary level where she served UiTM for 10 years and UTP for 21 years. The courses that she teaches in UTP are Professional Communication Skills, Academic Writing and Technical Writing. Her areas of expertise are Education, particularly language education, engineering education and teaching and learning methods, and Applied Linguistics. She is a member of the Malaysian Association of Applied Linguistics and has served as a Committee Member for the Society of Engineering Education Malaysia for 4 years. Dr Hairuzila has done numerous trainings and workshops, among them are English Language Proficiency courses, Technical Writing for Engineers, Proposal Writing, Active Learning Workshops and Cooperative Learning Workshops. Among the participants of her English language proficiency courses were the PETRONAS Scholars, exchange students from Korean Maritime and Ocean University, exchange students from Russia, Japan and staff from the Ministry of Oil and Gas, Gabon. She has also conducted Technical Writing courses for the industries like PETRONAS, Tabung Haji and INSTEP. He has over 12 years of working experience in industry, academia, and research. Her research interests are in the areas of engineering education, communication, applied linguistics and teaching and learning methods, particularly Active Learning. She has also been awarded with research grants by the Ministry of Education as well as the industries to conduct research in these areas.

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