The joke’s on all of us!

I just read this snippet from a news article related to the SETARA rankings in the Star:

…Dr Syed Ahmad said UUM’s score from the rating was 66, which puts it in the tier four range of between 60 and 69.9.

He said UUM was the last institution included in tier four.

“But this does not mean UUM is at the bottom as the MQA lists all institutions (in each tier) in alphabetical order,” he said.

What this mean, folks, is that MMU did not necessarily occupy the top-spot for the private universities list, and the joke is on all of us who even entertained the idea! :D The list runs thus:

He said the private IPTs were Multimedia University, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Sunway University College, Curtin University of Technology (Sarawak campus), Monash University (Sunway campus), Taylor's University College, International Medical University, Swinburne University of Technology (Sarawak campus), Nottingham University (Malaysian campus) and Management and Science University.

…or did it? If the unis were listed alphabetically, then shouldn’t Curtin be listed first? Hmmmm. Ranking lists are such complex creatures.