Graduate School Newsletter, April 2019
March 29, 2019
Nucleus Issue 02/19 (34) 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 Shaping UNM’s Graduate School for research leaders of the future In VPRKE blog post 6, Professor Deborah Hall gives an update on initiatives …
1st Call: 3 Minute Thesis Competition
March 26, 2019
This is posted on behalf of Dr Jiin Woei Lee and Dr Tissa Chandesa, Research Training Development Managers. An 80,000 word PhD thesis would take 9 hours to present. Their time limit… 3 minutes. First developed by the University of Queensland in 2008, the Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT®) challenges research students to communicate the …
Getting Started! Workshop for Part-Time PGTs
March 6, 2019
This post is written by Dr Tissa Chandesa, Research Training Development Manager. Since January 2018, Graduate School has extended its support to Postgraduate Taught (PGT) students on campus. Since most workshops that we deliver takes place at our Semenyih campus, therefore, many part-time PGT students are unable to attend them. On Saturday (23rd February 2019), …
Research @ UNM & Research Supervisory Seminar Series: An Introduction
March 1, 2019
This post is written by Dr Tissa Chandesa, Research Training Development Manager. 2019 has started off on the right foot! As Graduate School continues to establish a strong foot hold in developing its Early Career Researchers’ (ECRs) programme, we ran two back-to-back workshops aimed at ECRs on January 23rd and 24th 2019 respectively. The first …
Graduate School Bulletin, March 2019
February 28, 2019
Issue 02/19 (14) 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 March. Date Time Course 4 March 2019 10am – 12noon Nature of the PhD and the Supervision Process 4 March 2019 2pm – 4pm …
Coffee & Cake Session 1/2019
February 26, 2019
The first Coffee and Cake session this year was held on 22 February 2019. We are pleased to see a great turnout comprising of new and senior postgraduates! Prior to this Coffee and Cake session, a mini postgraduate induction was held for new postgraduates. Unlike the previous years where we only offer one main Postgraduate …
Mini Induction for New Postgraduates
February 25, 2019
New & revamped initiative Postgraduate Induction programmes are an opportunity for all postgraduates to hear about how the Graduate School can support you with training and development opportunities. The programmes also offer a great chance to meet other new postgraduates and establish rapport with senior postgraduates over coffee and cake. Welcome presentations are delivered by …
Invitation: Postgraduate Induction
February 14, 2019
Induction We provide induction programmes that highlight the skills needed to be an effective researcher, as well as introducing you to the facilities and resources available to postgraduate researchers and how we can support you in your studies. The induction offers a great chance to meet other new postgraduate researchers as well as to network …
Invitation: Induction & Research Boot Camp
February 12, 2019
This post is written by Dr Jiin Woei Lee, Research Training Development Manager. Induction In conjunction with our monthly Coffee & Cake session, the Graduate School will be holding an induction for our new postgraduates on Friday 22 February 2019 from 2pm-3pm in H1B13. To the new postgraduate students – come along to the venue, help …
Competition: Postgraduate Showcase 2019
February 1, 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 …
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