Malaysia/UK, all the way!
August 24, 2015
A love of tea-drinking and football are familiar cultural references to British life….but did you know they are also woven into the fabric of Malaysian society? Our next few blog posts to celebrate the 15th anniversary of The University of Nottingham in Malaysia will explore some of the many long-standing, and sometimes surprising, connections between …
Anniversary in pictures: Provost’s room with a view
August 18, 2015
I think I had one of the best offices in Wisma MISC (our original base in Kuala Lumpur). It was on the corner with views towards (what is now) the Pavilion Mall, but was then Eden Village Seafood Restaurant – a popular tourist spot. I never was very good at keeping my office tidy, as …
Love and learning: why Nottingham was #meanttobe for me
August 12, 2015
As A-Level results day fast approaches, a newly-wed couple reveal why their University of Nottingham experience was #meanttobe – not only for the study abroad and career opportunities it afforded them, but also because they fell in love and married as a result. Keith Hobson, 30, originally from Staffordshire, is now a Finance Manager at …
A warm welcome to Murali Paramasivam, Sports Complex Manager
August 10, 2015
Nottingham University is a place that I have constantly visited since 2005. I had frequently organized the annual MAPCU Sports Carnival here and am very familiar with the facilities thus making life easy to settle down. I see a challenge here to make Nottingham University sport a force to be reckoned with in the private …
Anniversary in photos: Provost’s early Malaysia memories
August 3, 2015
Today we have almost 700 staff at our Malaysia campus, but we started out 15 years ago on a much smaller scale. Some of us came on secondment from the UK (where I’d been Deputy Director of the Business School) and others joined from Malaysian universities. When the Vice Chancellor asked me to come to …
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