Graduate School Bulletin, August 2020

Issue 05/20 (25) This bulletin provides monthly updates on upcoming events and activities by the Graduate School. Training courses & workshops Researcher Development Programme (RDP) We are offering the following RDP courses in August 2020 via Microsoft Teams. Date Time Course Monday 10 August 2020 10am – 12noon Presentation Skills – Theory Tuesday 11 August 2020 …

Managing research students’ progression

This post is contributed by Dr Tissa Chandesa, Research Training Development Manager at the Graduate School. At the University of Nottingham, all research students follow a series of monitoring and assessment and throughout their period of supervised study to ensure acceptable performance. The university requirements (i.e. Supervision reporting, Annual Review) are common to all research …

C0VID-19: Graduate School updates (27 July 2020)

Ref. UNM/GS/C0VID-19/31/27/07/20 This is part 31 of a series of updates which provides latest news and information from the Graduate School in light of the movement control order nationwide and campus closure. Don’t forget you can get in touch with us via Facebook and Graduate School Blog or by email at graduateschool@nottingham.edu.my. The University is regularly updating advice and …

Examining a doctorate

This post is contributed by Dr Tissa Chandesa, Research Training Development Manager at the Graduate School.  A webinar on examining a doctorate  Graduate School conducted its first Supervisory Research Seminar Series virtually on 15 July 2020. The webinar explored the topic of examining a doctorate and was conducted by Professor Festo Massawe. Professor Massawe has …

C0VID-19: Graduate School updates (20 July 2020)

Ref. UNM/GS/C0VID-19/30/20/07/20 This is part 30 of a series of updates which provides latest news and information from the Graduate School in light of the movement control order nationwide and campus closure. Don’t forget you can get in touch with us via Facebook and Graduate School Blog or by email at graduateschool@nottingham.edu.my. The University is regularly updating advice and general …

C0VID-19: Graduate School updates (13 July 2020)

Ref. UNM/GS/C0VID-19/29/13/07/20 This is part 29 of a series of updates which provides latest news and information from the Graduate School in light of the movement control order nationwide and campus closure. Don’t forget you can get in touch with us via Facebook and Graduate School Blog or by email at graduateschool@nottingham.edu.my. The University is regularly updating advice and …

C0VID-19: Graduate School updates (6 July 2020)

Ref. UNM/GS/C0VID-19/28/06/07/20 This is part 28 of a series of updates which provides latest news and information from the Graduate School in light of the movement control order nationwide and campus closure. Don’t forget you can get in touch with us via Facebook and Graduate School Blog or by email at graduateschool@nottingham.edu.my. The University is regularly updating advice and …

C0VID-19: Update for early career researchers (3 July 2020)

Ref. UNM/GS-ECR/C0VID-19/09/03/07/20 Author: Dr Tissa Chandesa, Research Training Development Manager This is our monthly updates to our early career researcher (ECR) community which provides latest news and information from the Graduate School. Don’t forget you can get in touch with us via Facebook or by email at rad@nottingham.edu.my. Upcoming training courses We at the Graduate …

UNM 2020 Virtual 3MT®: Through the lens of the organisers

*This post is written by Dr Tissa Chandesa, Research Training Development Manager at the Graduate School.  On 24 June 2020, University of Nottingham Malaysia crowned its 2020 3 Minute Thesis (3MT®) winner. However, unlike previous years, this year’s competition had to be conducted virtually due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Aside of it being momentous, organisers, …

Graduate School Newsletter, July 2020

Nucleus Issue 03/20 (39) Read on for all the latest news from the Graduate School. Don’t forget you can get in touch with us via Facebook or by email at graduateschool@nottingham.edu.my. Highlights UNM 2020 Virtual 3MT® Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland, Australia. The challenge is for doctoral …