Competition: Postgraduate Showcase 2019

We are proud of the impact of our world-class postgraduate research and we enjoy gathering together some of our most engaging researchers to share their work with members of the public. The Postgraduate Showcase provides a great opportunity to promote the up and coming talent of Nottingham’s postgraduate researchers to develop their written, verbal and …

Graduate School Bulletin, February 2019

Issue 01/19 (13) This bulletin provides monthly updates on upcoming events and activities by the Graduate School. Training Courses Researcher Development Programme (RDP) We are offering the following RDP courses in February. Date Time Course 1 February 2019 10am – 3pm Presentation Skills 11 February 2019 10am – 1pm Further Presentation Skills 13 February 2019 …

Celebrating Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is just around the corner and many of us are gearing up to prepare for the annual celebration. For the Chinese, it is a celebration deeply rooted in culture and tradition. Chinese New Year is based on the traditional Chinese calendar which revolves around the lunar cycle. It is also known as …

Call for Nominations: Postgraduate Awards 2019

Postgraduate Awards The nomination call for our annual Postgraduate Awards is now open. The awards recognise accomplishments in research, publications, conferences and contributions to the postgraduate community. Each award has a value of RM750. Nomination is done through Head of School (HOS) / Head of Department (HOD) and each school/department can only nominate one student. …

Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES) 2019

Coming soon: PRES 2019 We’re keen to make sure postgraduate research students have the best possible experience while studying at University of Nottingham. To do that we need to know what you think we are doing well and what we can do better. What? PRES is a national survey run every other year in partnership …

[Reminder] U21 PwC Innovation Challenge 2019

This is posted on behalf of Dr Tissa Chandesa, Research Training Development Manager.  Are you an Innovator? Are you looking for a chance to prove yourself on an international scale? As a Postgraduate, you should be looking for all opportunities to make an impact with your research and ideas and widen your reach. You just …

Images of Postgraduate Experience 2018: Runner Up

Experience sharing #3 This post is contributed by Mohammad Saad, runner up of the Images of Postgraduate Experience Photography Competition 2018 and PhD student from the Department of Mechanical, Materials & Manufacturing Engineering.  PhD is a roller-coaster experience. Some days are filled with exponential accomplishments and on some days, the progress is small. Time becomes …

Graduate School Newsletter, January 2019

Nucleus Issue 01/19 (33) This newsletter provides quarterly updates on recent events and activities by the Graduate School. Highlights Images of Postgraduate Experience First started in 2014, our annual photography competition challenges postgraduate students to capture people’s attention and enthuse them about their postgraduate experience at University of Nottingham Malaysia (UNM). The Images of Postgraduate …

Statistics Workshop

This post is written by Dr Tissa Chandesa, Research Training Development Manager. Graduate School is into the habit of going far and beyond to make true on some of our young researchers’ wishes. This year (2018), we granted the wish of a young researcher who wished for a Statistics workshop for herself and her fellow …

Images of Postgraduate Experience 2018: Overall Winner

Experience sharing #2 This post is contributed by Hsin-Yuan Chen, overall winner of the Images of Postgraduate Experience Photography Competition 2018 and PhD student from the School of Psychology. It was a truly rewarding experience in participating in the photography competition this year. I would like to thank the Graduate School for organising this competition, allowing …