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UNMC hosts a Technical Visit of Delegates from Myanmar

On 3 to 5 April 2017, The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) hosted a technical visit for a group of delegates from Myanmar as a collaboration project with World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Myanmar. The delegates were high ranking officers from the Environmental Conservation Department, universities, industry owners and committee members of the Shwe Pyi …

UNMC co- organises training session for architect and building experts

The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) and its partner, MES Asia, organised a 2-day course entitled ‘Building Information Modelling (BIM) Implementation’ on 3-4 May 2017 at UNMC’s Kuala Lumpur Teaching Centre. The course is supported by Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia (DSMM), Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM), Master …

UNMC at Daily Star Awards 2017 in Bangladesh

The Daily Star, a major daily in Bangladesh, hosted its 18th awards ceremony on 18 March 2017, at the Shaheed Suhrawardy National Indoor Stadium in Dhaka to honour outstanding O Level and A Level students. Nearly 2000 students qualified to receive the recognition this year, earning the minimum requirement of 6As in O Levels or …

New technology at the library

It does not come as a surprise when we receive an email from library on new books as the library is constantly upgrading with stock of books to stay with the current needs of the courses we offer. All these books at the library need proper storage which requires extensive space and the university recently …

Masterclass with Andreas Dresen

SEMENYIH: On 27 February, staff and students joined a masterclass on film directing conducted by Andreas Dresen, an award-winning German director. He was in Malaysia to serve as a jury member of the Malaysian International Film Festival (MIFFEST). This masterclass was the second part of the Andreas Dresen programme organised by the School of Modern …

UNMC student stood third at the Asian English Olympics

On 8-13 February 2017, more than 500 students from across Asia flew into Jakarta for the very prestigious tournament called Asian English Olympics. One of our students, Dinesh Jayabalan from the School of English, was one of those who ambitiously took part in the speech contest. After going through two preliminary rounds, Dinesh managed to …

‘The Christmas Tree Project’ Cheque Presentation

  The Christmas Tree Project led by Carol D’Cruz and officiated by Provost and CEO Professor Graham Kendall extended its proceeds in a mock cheque ceremony on the 23rd of February 2017. The recipients of the cheques were representatives from Persatuan Kebajikan Kasih, Yayasan UNMC and the Student Association of UNMC. Among those present were …

Reading at Malchin Testament Launch

Prior to last Friday’s launch of Malchin Testament, Professor Malachi invited my coursemates and I to read works of late Malaysian poets Hilary Tham, Ee Tiang Hong and Omar Mohd. Nor. Since Michelle Beth and I have been studying the works of Malaysian poets closely as part of our course, we were elated and honoured …