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Postgraduate Prize and Postgraduate Teaching Award Winners 2020 Announcement

This post is contributed by Vimaleswari Danapal, Assistant Manager at the Graduate School.  Background The University of Nottingham Postgraduate Prize Awards recognise accomplishments in research, publications, conferences and contribution to the postgraduate community. Nominations are done through HOS/HOD and each school can only nominate one student. PGR students are also allowed to self-nominate themselves to …

Getting published

Even groundbreaking research is useless if it does not get published We often come across this phrase when we talk about scholarly publication. We also often hear this famous aphorism, publish or perish, especially in academia. These phrases speak volumes about the importance of publishing which is at the heart of research, an essential step …

C0VID-19: Graduate School updates (5 May 2020)

Ref. UNM/GS/C0VID-19/15/05/05/20 This is part 15 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 …

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C0VID-19: Graduate School updates (30 April 2020)

Ref. UNM/GS/C0VID-19/14/30/04/20 This is part 14 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 …

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Surviving an online viva amid C0VID-19 pandemic

Wai Jing Luen, a PhD student from the School of Pharmacy, recently passed his online viva amid C0VID-19 pandemic. This remotely done viva is among the firsts in University of Nottingham Malaysia.  His thesis, titled “DNA Nanosensors for Biomarkers Detection: A Proof-of-concept Study with Lysozyme and Zinc Ions”, studies the incorporation of some latest technologies …

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Graduate School Bulletin, May 2020

Issue 03/20 (23) 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 May 2020. These courses are open to all our postgraduate students. Date Time Course Monday 4 May 2020 10am – 12noon Nature …

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C0VID-19: Graduate School updates (28 April 2020)

Ref. UNM/GS/C0VID-19/13/28/04/20 This is part 13 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 …

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C0VID-19: Update for early career researchers (24 April 2020)

Ref. UNM/GS-ECR/C0VID-19/04/24/04/20 This is part 4 of our updates to our early career researcher (ECR) community which provides latest news and information from the Graduate School in light of the restricted movement 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 rad@nottingham.edu.my. …

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A chat with Professor Deborah Hall

“Won’t somebody think of the postgraduate research students?” This was asked by a higher education journal last month. As we are now nearing the end of the third phase of Movement Control Order (MCO), our postgraduate research students (PGRs) have been confined to their homes or dormitories for the past several weeks. And this prolonged …

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C0VID-19: Graduate School updates (23 April 2020)

Ref. UNM/GS/C0VID-19/12/23/04/20 This is part 12 of a series of updates which provides latest news and information from the Graduate School in light of the restricted movement 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 …

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