Graduate School Newsletter, April 2021

Nucleus Issue 02/21 (42) The needs of the postgraduate and early career researcher community are at the heart of what we do at the Graduate School. Read on for all the latest news from us. U21 PwC Innovation Challenge Showcase your critical thinking and share your ideas with PwC and their clients to win a …

COVID-19: Graduate School updates (31 March 2021)

Ref. UNM/GS/COVID-19/51/31/03/21 In light of the conditional movement control order (CMCO) extension till 14 April 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 …

Writing and editing

Despite attending courses and workshops about academic writing and editing, some might still don’t find them easy. And in some instances, we either seek inspiration on the web or use the opportunity for procrastination. In this blog post, we would like to share some blogs with several relevant articles and we hope you will find …

COVID-19: Graduate School updates (17 March 2021)

Ref. UNM/GS/COVID-19/50/17/03/21 In light of the conditional movement control order (CMCO) extension till 31 March 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 …

U21 Images of Hope Competition

*This post advertises a new competition by U21. It is open to all our students and staff as the University is a member of U21. We are pleased to circulate the advertisement of U21 Images of Hope Competition and would like to further encourage participation from all our students and staff, in particular postgraduate students …

A network by Students’ Association for postgraduate students

This blogpost is written in collaboration with Kelvin Tan Sim Zhen, Students’ Association (SA) Postgraduate Officer.  No doubt, postgraduate students are busy people as they have to juggle between study, research, work (for some), a social life and other commitments. So why would we want to recommend you to get engaged with the postgraduate community? …

Welcoming new postgraduate students

An introduction to the Graduate School Our first postgraduate induction this year was held virtually on Friday 26 February 2021. This induction was specifically targeted at new postgraduate research students who were not able to attend our previous induction in October last year or had joined the University thereafter. Approximately 20 newcomers joined us at …

COVID-19: Graduate School updates (3 March 2021)

Ref. UNM/GS/COVID-19/49/03/03/21 In light of the reimplementation of conditional movement control order (CMCO) from 5 till 18 March 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 …

Online course: An introduction to Hearing Science

This post is advertised on behalf of Lauren V Hadley, Senior Research Fellow – UKRI Future Leader Fellow, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham (UoN).  This online course is an introduction to hearing science, and is open to anybody across the UoN campuses who is interested (including people from within hearing science, but also those …

Graduate School Bulletin, March 2021

Issue 02/21 (30) This bulletin provides monthly updates on upcoming events and activities by the Graduate School. Researcher training courses Researcher Development Programme (RDP) We are offering the following RDP courses in March 2021 via Microsoft Teams. Date Time Course Monday 1 March 2021 10am – 12nn Nature of the PhD and the Supervision Process Tuesday …