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Posts by Lisa Chin

New merchandise for our reward scheme

Graduate School Reward Scheme Our Graduate School Reward Scheme rewards postgraduate students who attend our Graduate School training courses i.e. Researcher Development Programme (RDP) and Postgraduate Student Teachers (PST) courses. Simply: collect a reward card from us ask the trainer to initial and date each Graduate School training course you attend Once your card is …

A Rough Guide to Research Supervision at UNM

A session for research supervisors We organised a session for academic staff who are supervising postgraduate research students (PGRs) on 4 September 2019. This inaugural session aimed to provide a broad overview of the main elements of research supervision with a particular focus to University of Nottingham requirements and best practices. It was designed to …

1st part of my journey in Lancaster, UK

This post is contributed by Nur Izzati Ridzuan, recipient of the International Research Collaboration Award 2019 and PhD student from the School of Biosciences.   As one of the recipients of the International Research Collaboration Award (IRCA), I was afforded the opportunity to join the Plant-Soil Interaction Group, leads by Professor Niall McNamara. This research group …

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Networking: Creating a Credible Personal Impact

Workshop on creating a credible personal impact We organised a networking workshop for academic staff on 4 September 2019. This workshop focused on increasing personal impact through citations and social media. The workshop largely drew on the personal experiences of the presenter, Professor Graham Kendall. Apart from the ways how to (legitimately) increase citations when …

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Invitation: Postgraduate Welcome Programme 2019

Welcome Day This programme aims to introduce the scope of the Graduate School to the postgraduate community at University of Nottingham Malaysia, in terms of support and development opportunities. New postgraduate students can take this opportunity to assimilate into the postgraduate community and hit the ground running, socially and academically. The programme will take place …

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Coffee & Cake Session 4/2019

We had our Coffee and Cake session on 30 August 2019. This was the fourth session held this year and it was very well attended by the postgraduates. Prior to this Coffee and Cake session, a mini postgraduate induction was held for the new postgraduates. Read more about the postgraduate induction For the new postgraduates, …

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Postgraduate Induction #3

What is it about? Postgraduate Induction is an opportunity for all new postgraduates to hear about how the Graduate School can support them with training and development opportunities. It also offers a great chance to meet other new postgraduates and establish rapport with senior postgraduates over some light refreshments. Out third mini postgraduate induction Our …

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Graduate School Bulletin, September 2019

Issue 06/19 (18) This bulletin provides monthly updates on upcoming events and activities by the Graduate School. Training Courses & Workshops Postgraduate Student Teachers (PST) Programme We are offering the following PST courses in September 2019. These course are open to postgraduate students. Date Time Course 23 September 2019 10am – 12.30pm Preparing to Teach …

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Supervisory Research Seminar Series #4: Managing the Middle Stage of an Academic Career

The fourth instalment of our Supervisory Research Seminar Series was held on 5 August 2019. This session delved into the topic of managing the middle stage of an academic career. It aimed to support and develop researchers, in particular early career researchers, as they take a critical and strategic view of their research and the …

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How to be an International Researcher

What are the key factors to be a successful researcher? This was the question we delved into during the final session of the Researcher Workshop Series entitled How to be an International Researcher, held on 1 August 2019. In this 3-hour session, Professor Dominic Foo shared tips and traits to becoming an international researcher. Professor …

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