June 2, 2021, by Lisa Chin
COVID-19: Graduate School updates (2 June 2021)
Ref. UNM/GS/COVID-19/56/02/06/21
COVID-19: Graduate School updates (2 June 2021)
In light of the full movement control order (FMCO) nationwide and campus closure from 1 to 14 June 2021, we are providing this update to our postgraduate community outlining latest news and information from us at the Graduate School.
The University is regularly updating advice and general FAQs on COVID-19 on its web page. See more
More detailed guidance for postgraduate research students and research staff is available on SharePoint. See more
News and guidance
Institutional updates
As you are aware, the University had announced the detailed guidelines for staff and students pursuant to FMCO. In case you missed it, please refer to the email dated 31 May 2021 by Provost’s Office for advice and guidance.
Following the latest guidelines, our interim Vice Provost of Research & Knowledge Exchange, Prof Andy Chan would like to take this opportunity to reiterate some crucial points relating to the limitation and restriction of postgraduate research activities on campus. In the University’s effort to cap the campus capacity in line with the government’s directives, please be reminded that all laboratories and research activities on campus are not allowed during this period. However, if you do need to access the labs due to some really pressing matters, please write in to your faculty for further consideration and approval. The University might revise this stand after 14 June taking into account of the situation and government’s directives.
We know and appreciate that this is a challenging time especially for our postgraduate research students as we are now back into a nationwide lockdown. In our continuous effort to mitigate the impact of this closure period, taking into consideration of the possibility of further extension, we will continue to provide succinct updates on what we are doing to support our postgraduate students during this closure period, through our C0VID-19: Graduate School updates.
Bulletin Issue 04/21 (32)
This month’s issue of our Graduate School Bulletin is available on our blog where you can find out more information about our training and development provision for the whole month.
Celebrating your achievements
Winners announced in UoN Tri-Campus Awards 2020/21
These prestigious awards celebrate our outstanding postgraduate researchers, research supervisors and postdoctoral researchers, and recognise accomplishments in research, publications, conferences and contribution to our postgraduate research and teaching community.
The awards include winners from across all three campuses and was streamed live on 25 May 2021.
We would like to once again congratulate our winners:
Best Supervisor Award
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Prof Lim Kuan Hon from the School of Pharmacy
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Postgraduate Prize Awards
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Khoo Kuan Shiong from the Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering
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Kevin Luwemba Mugumya from the Department of Civil Engineering
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Yeoh Su-Wern from the School of Politics, History & International Relations
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Training and development
As MCO continues, we wish to update you on our continuing provision to keep your research training and development going.
Researcher Development Programmme (RDP)
Introduction to development needs analysis
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Thursday 3 June 2021, 10am – 12nn
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This course will introduce the tool to evaluate and plan personal, professional and career development.
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Planning research and time management
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Wednesday 9 June 2021, 10am – 12nn
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This course will support the development of good time management and enable students to plan their research development more efficiently.
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Creative thinking and problem solving
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Thursday 10 June 2021, 10am – 12nn
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This course will explore how to associate creative thinking with problem solving and develop critical thinking.
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Literature review and academic writing
*This is a pilot course
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Monday 14 June 2021, 10am – 12nn
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This course will consider the purpose and basic requirements of an effective literature review and provide guideline on overall literature writing process.
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Applying for job and preparing for interview
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Tuesday 15 June 2021, 10am – 12nn
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This course will get you thinking about your career development and show you how to improve your chances of landing a job.
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Getting insights to industrial job hunting
A webinar on applying for industrial job
In collaboration with Career Advisory Service, we are partnering with Dyson for a webinar on Applying for Industrial Job. The webinar is scheduled for Wednesday 16 June 2021, 2pm – 4pm.
More details will be provided in due course.
Board Game Night
Have a fun evening with other postgraduates!
The Postgraduate Students’ Network (PGSN) is organising several virtual Board Game Nights, exclusively for all postgraduate students of the University.
If you would like to find out more about PGSN and their support to postgraduate students, please get in touch via email. You can also follow their Instagram and Facebook.
Concluding a paper
Conclusions can be hard
Prof Pat Thomson from the School of Education, UoN, gives a few advice on how to write a stellar conclusion for your thesis or journal article.
“The conclusion generally requires bigging up what you’ve done. In a thesis you have to name and claim your original contributions. At the end of a journal article, you have say what readers now know that they didn’t know before they read your paper.”
Next update from us
Look out for our next edition of e-newsletter
We will continue to provide succinct news, information and updates on our training and development opportunities for our postgraduate community through our monthly e-newsletter. The next one will be delivered to your inbox before the end of this month where you can find out more about our training and development provision for the whole of next month.
Please do not hesitate to reach out if you need any other clarifications or support from us via email to graduateschool@nottingham.edu.my. You can also engage with us via Facebook and Graduate School Blog.
In the meantime, please continue to observe and follow the safety advice and precautionary measures by our local authorities and University. Stay safe!
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