A Year Away from Home
August 9, 2019
Hi there! I am Paulina Tan, a recent UoN graduate of the Biomedical Science 2+1 transfer program. This is me sharing a little bit of what I experienced over the past year in the University of Nottingham. To be entirely honest, I had no intentions of transferring to the UK to complete my final year. …
At Tropical Summer School
August 6, 2019
Colin Nicholas and I sampled life as lecturers at Tropical Medicine and Beyond (TMAB) Summer School, at the University of Nottingham Malaysia. Twenty years ago, Colin could have gone on to the charmed life of a Professor of Anthropology, having won a distinction for his doctoral thesis on the politics, development, and identity of the …
Tropical Medicine and Beyond (TMAB) Personal Experience
August 4, 2019
Tropical Medicine and Beyond (TMAB) is a pilot module aimed at educating Health Sciences students about all sorts of health and healthcare issues that exists in the tropics with introduction to some complementary and traditional medicine. This truly beautiful module started its first day on the 8th of July 2019 and I am sure it …
TROPICAL MEDICINE AND BEYOND: An Experience Beyond Classrooms
July 30, 2019
Students from UK and Malaysia Campuses got the opportunity to be a part of the brand-new module, Tropical Medicine and Beyond. With classes on Dengue to Tuberculosis, this module aimed at providing insights on prevalent diseases in the tropics. We were also taught about struggles in the indigenous communities and refugees. …
UNM Biomedical Sciences students won oral and poster award in 30th IBS
June 3, 2019
The Intervarsity Biochemistry Seminar (IBS) is a scientific event organized by local and private universities alternatively and annually in collaboration with the Malaysian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (MSBMB). The event aims to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) to nurture young potential scientists of Malaysia. IBS also provides a platform for undergraduates …
Year 3 students’ visit to National Cancer Society Malaysia (NCSM)
May 9, 2019
A couple of weeks back, the Biomedical Sciences Year 3 students of the University of Nottingham, Malaysia got the chance to visit National Cancer Society Malaysia (NCSM) in Ampang area. There, we were introduced to the Society and went for a tour around NCSM itself. We learned that they have a resource and wellness center, support …
Unveiling some well-knitted good memories with Honorary Professor Dave Kendall
April 2, 2019
Students from Division of Biomedical Sciences and School of Pharmacy had the privilege to learn and share plenty of usual and unusual things with the School’s Honorary Professor Dave Kendall for a week in March (2019). In this fascinating journey of life, we encounter countless people; people who we know, who we don’t know, who …
Celebrating International Women’s Day: Balance for Better
March 11, 2019
In August 2014, a team of volunteers from the University of Nottingham (#water4life) went to the interior of Baram, Sarawak to build a gravity feed water system for a remote village of a Penan community in Long Itam. During the same trip, we helped built and equipped a pre-school in the village and little did we …
Discovering Careers in Health Sciences 2019
March 6, 2019
A huge thank you to the alumni that came down to UNMC to deliver a presentation on how their career was like after graduation and to all the students who attended the Discovery Careers in Health Sciences 2019 Alumni Sharing event. The event was a joint collaboration between Careers Advisory Service, Biomedical Science Society and …
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