Examining a Doctorate
November 29, 2019
A workshop on examining a doctoral thesis This workshop, held on Wednesday 20 November 2019, was organised for academic staff undertaking or expecting to undertake the role of internal or external examiner of a doctoral thesis for the first time. The workshop was also aimed at supervisors whose prior experience is of different doctoral examination …
Graduate School Bulletin, December 2019
November 28, 2019
Issue 08/19 (20) This bulletin provides monthly updates on upcoming events and activities by the Graduate School. Call for applications International Research Collaboration Award 2020 This is a competitive award to a funded visit, up to two months duration, with a maximum of RM15,000, at a host organisation anywhere in the world that may act …
Deepavali celebration for postgraduates
November 21, 2019
Celebration of Lights Our annual Deepavali celebration for postgraduate students was held on Wednesday 13 November 2019. Deepavali, also known as Diwali, comes from the Sanskrit word dipavali meaning “row or series of lights”. Decorative oil lamps are an ever-recognisable feature of Deepavali, befitting its name of the Festival of Lights. In her welcome address, …
Voting is now open for Images of Postgraduate Experience photo competition
November 18, 2019
Vote for your favourite entry We are pleased to invite all our staff and students to vote for the People’s Choice award for the Images of Postgraduate Experience photography competition. About the competition The competition is designed for postgraduate students to take interesting and innovative photographs that best capture their postgraduate experience. The theme this …
Teh Tarik Session 5/2019
November 15, 2019
Experience sharing We organised a Teh Tarik session on Thursday 7 November 2019. The session featured a presentation by Nur Izzati Ridzuan, a PhD student at the School of Biosciences, on her research attachment with the Plant-Soil Interaction Group in Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) based at Lancaster University, UK. Izzati is one the …
Research Programme Funding
November 14, 2019
This post is contributed by Dr Faye Chong, Dr Amr Ahmed, Prof Asgar Ali, Dr Christina Vimala Supramaniam, Dr Ianatul Khoiroh, Dr Phei Li Lau, Dr Soma Mitra and Dr Vasanthi Sethu. The Newton-Ungku Omar Fund 2019 Grand Challenge Research Programme Funding has enabled us to form a group of researchers with similar interests …
My research attachment in China – Part III
November 11, 2019
This post is contributed by Wong Zheng Wei, recipient of the International Research Collaboration Award (IRCA) 2019 and PhD student from the School of Pharmacy. It is the third and final part of a series of posts about his research attachment in a world-leading laboratory within the Department of Material Science and Engineering at Peking …
Call for Applications: International Research Collaboration Award 2020
November 8, 2019
The International Research Collaboration Award (IRCA) is a competitive award to a funded visit, up to two months duration, with a maximum of RM15,000, at a host organisation anywhere in the world that may act as a collaborator for a research project. We are offering four awards worth RM15,000 each; two for postgraduate research students …
Turning food waste to compost overnight with MAEKO
November 7, 2019
This post is contributed by Dr Cheng Shi Hui, Assistant Professor at the School of Biosciences. Food waste in Malaysia has reached a critical level. According to data by Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation (SWCorp), 55% of solid waste disposed at landfills comprises food. Malaysians contribute to more than 16,000 tonnes of food …
UNM researchers aiming for a Green economy and to enhance public awareness on waste management
November 5, 2019
This post is contributed by Dr Tshai Kim Yeow, Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering. Responding to the recent call for Newton-Ungku Omar Grand Fund Challenge on Waste-to-Wealth, a group of researchers from University of Nottingham Malaysia (UNM) had visited Environmental Preservation and Innovation Centre (EPIC), Malaysia’s first Centre of …
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