Postgraduate Welcome Programme 2018

October 17, 2018

Our annual welcome event for all new and returning postgraduate students was held on 1 October 2018. The Postgraduate Welcome Programme featured a series of introductory presentations as well as social and educational activities, aimed to get the new postgraduate students started with their postgraduate life at the University and subsequently develop their network of …

A Session with Supervisors

October 12, 2018

What are the expectations of postgraduate research supervisors? This was the question we delved into during a session with supervisors held on 1 October 2018. The session was organised as part of the Postgraduate Welcome Programme for new postgraduate students. The panel of supervisors was made up of experienced PhD supervisors which included Professor Nashiru …

U21 3MT® People’s Choice – VOTING NOW OPEN!

October 9, 2018

This is posted on behalf of Dr Jiin Woei Lee, Research Training Development Manager. The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a competition where PhD students are tasked to talk about their research in no more than 3 minutes to a non-research audience. Every year we hold a local round at each campus. The winner competes against …

SWIRL – So What’s It Really Like?

October 8, 2018

We had organised another round of SWIRL (So What’s It Really Like?) session on 1 October 2018 as part of the Postgraduate Welcome Programme. The informal sharing session and forum was aimed for new postgraduate students to find out about life at the University of Nottingham Malaysia from a panel of three senior postgraduate students. The …

Graduate School Newsletter, October 2018

October 2, 2018

Nucleus Issue 04/18 (32) This newsletter provides quarterly updates on recent events and activities by the Graduate School. Highlights Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®) First developed by the University of Queensland in 2008, the 3MT® competition challenges research students to communicate the significance of their projects to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes. We …

3MT®: Sharing of Experience by the Winner

September 30, 2018

This post is written by Anusha Devi Nawoor, UNM 2018 3MT® Winner and PhD student from the School of Biomedical Sciences. Have you heard of the disease gout? I’m sure many of you have heard about it somewhere! Your own grandparents or relatives may have this disease. It’s a type of arthritis which affects millions of people …

Call for Entries: Images of Postgraduate Experience Photography Competition

Can you creatively capture the essence of your postgraduate experience with just one photographic image and a short caption? The Images of Postgraduate Experience Photography Competition, organised by the Graduate School, challenges you to capture people’s interest and enthuse them about your postgraduate experience at the University of Nottingham Malaysia (UNM). Theme Motivation – What does …

Coffee & Cake Session 5/2018

September 28, 2018

We recently hosted our postgraduate students on another round of Coffee and Cake session held on 28 September 2018. This was the fifth session for this year and we were indeed very pleased to see a great turnout! The session started off with a welcome note by Ms Deepa Kumari Veerasingam, Head of Graduate School. It was followed …

3MT®: Sharing of Experience by the Runner Up

September 27, 2018

This post is written by Jing Ying Yap, UNM 2018 3MT® Runner Up and PhD student from the Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering.  On 5 September 2018, I participated in UNM 2018 Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®). I presented my research topic entitled “Papaya Leaf for Dengue?”. Effective communication is so important especially to researchers because …

UNM 2018 3MT® Competition

September 26, 2018

This post is written by Dr Jiin Woei Lee, Research Training Development Manager. The University of Nottingham Malaysia (UNM) organised its annual 3 Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition on Wednesday, 5 September this year. The judges were Prof Deborah Hall, Vice Provost of Research and Knowledge Exchange and Professor of Hearing Sciences in the UK campus, …