Psychnight 2013 – H.O.P.E.
April 3, 2013
It had been around two weeks since Psychnight 2013 ended. All I could remember were the busy days, filled with countless memorable moments. The theme for this year’s Psychnight was Depression with the tagline, “Have H.O.P.E. (Hold. On. Pain. Ends). Keep Smiling. Let’s fight depression!” All the proceeds from the ticket sales were donated to …
Life of an Intern – Research in Memory & Attention
March 27, 2013
What started off as a productive way of spending the summer holidays turned out to be exactly that and also an opportunity to learn more about what research really is, outside the context of a classroom and in the seriousness of a full-fledged, ongoing research work. This gave me an exclusive peek into the amount …
Life of an Intern – Active Vision Research
March 22, 2013
As one of the first year students, I was delighted to be given such a wonderful opportunity to join the 3-months summer internship on campus. The research – a collaboration between UNMC and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) – that I was working on, aimed to explore the anticipatory eye movements of children with clinical nystagmus …
Differences as a Reminder
March 19, 2013
Putting on winter socks, shoes, scarf, and winter coat, then taking about a half-hour walk to the opposite end of the campus, taking off scarf and winter coat after getting a seat in class, sitting in a lecture with about 200 other students, then putting on scarf and winter coat again at the end of …
Life of an Intern – Human Resources
March 15, 2013
Every year, a Careers Fair is held at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, where dozens of corporations offer internship and job opportunities to the students. In 2012, I dropped off a copy of my resume at the IBM booth, and was fortunate enough to receive a call from them roughly three weeks into the …
The Beginnings and the Ever Growing of UNMC’s Psychology Society
March 8, 2013
Since the birth of UNMC’s Psychology Society back in 2010, the bricks had been laid, and lots had happened since then. Here’s a glimpse into the minds of the three leaders of the society… I could still remember when I first stepped into this university, the course – BSc (Hons) Psychology – had …