Invitation: Pecha Kucha Competition Live!

Join us at our inaugural Pecha Kucha Competition Live! Wednesday 17 July 2019 10.30am – 2pm Great Hall A challenge for early career researchers to creatively communicate their research work with 20 slides, 20 seconds each At Pecha Kucha Live! you will hear about the world-changing research happening at the University directly from the researchers. …

Graduate School Newsletter, July 2019

Nucleus Issue 03/19 (35) Read on for all the latest news from the Graduate School. Don’t forget you can get in touch with us via Facebook or by email at graduateschool@nottingham.edu.my. Highlights Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®) 3MT® challenges research students to communicate the significance of their research to a non-specialist audience in just 3 minutes. Our annual …

Winners announced in UNM 2019 3MT® Competition

We are pleased to announce that Mitchell Lim Shyan Wei from the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering is the 2019 Winner of the UNM Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®). Mitchell won with a presentation of his PhD thesis Power ultrasound: A sound solution for a greener environment, which study the utilisation of ultrasound in …

Invitation: 3MT® Live!

Join us at Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®) Live!  Wednesday 26 June 2019 10.30am – 2pm Great Hall This live event is open to everyone (undergraduates, postgraduates and staff). The average doctoral thesis would take 9 hours to present. They only have 3 minutes! At 3MT® Live! you will hear about the world-changing research happening …

Call for Participations: Pecha Kucha 2019

This post is intended for early career researchers (academic staff). It is posted on behalf of Dr Tissa Chandesa, Research Training Development Manager. Introduction Challenge yourself to showcase your research work in 6 minutes and 40 seconds! Pecha Kucha is a form of presentation where the presenter presents in 6 minutes and 40 seconds, designed by Astrid Klein and Mark …

Call for Applications: Career Development Initiative Fund 2019

This post is intended for early career researchers and postgraduate research students. It is posted on behalf of Dr Tissa Chandesa, Research Training Development Manager. Introduction The Career Development Initiative Fund offers an opportunity for postgraduate research students and early career researchers (academic staff) to take control in managing their own personal career development and that their …

Postgraduate Induction #2

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. Our second mini postgraduate induction  Our …

Graduate School Bulletin, June 2019

Issue 04/19 (16) This bulletin provides monthly updates on upcoming events and activities by the Graduate School. Training Course & Workshop Researcher Development Programme (RDP)  We are offering the following RDP course in June 2019. Date Time Course Wednesday 12 June 2019 10am – 12noon Writing Research Proposals Research and Academic Development (RAD) We are …

Supervisory Research Seminar Series #2: The Role of the Internal Examiner

This post is written by Dr Tissa Chandesa, Research Training Development Manager. In early 2019, Graduate School introduced its Supervisory Research Seminar Series, as part of our ongoing efforts to better support PhD supervisor (especially Early Career Researchers (ECRs) who are new to PhD supervision). This seminar series aim to support a culture of the …

Postgraduate Prize Awards Presentation 2019

Postgraduate Prize Awards  The University of Nottingham Postgraduate Prize Awards recognise accomplishments in research, publications, conferences and contribution to the postgraduate community. Postgraduate students were nominated by their Schools/Departments for excellence across a number of areas. Tri-campus Awards Presentation Ceremony On 15 May 2019, prize winners and their guests were invited to a tri-campus awards …