Smart City Banking Hackathon

July 19, 2018

Smart City Banking Hackathon was a three-day competition from 13 to 15 July organised by Maybank and Cyberview Sdn. Bhd. The event aimed to foster progressive and constructive brainstorming among a vibrant and innovative group of people and subsequently come up with proposed solutions to how should banking be in a smart city. A joint-force …

Tri Campus Games 2018

July 16, 2018

In one of the competitive and thrilling week in Nottingham Tri Campus Games, what was considered a very close competition, Malaysia Campus managed to snag the title for themselves with 21-points, Ningbo Campus came in as a close second with 20 points and lastly UK Campus with 19 points. This is the second time our …

Wish list for the new Minister of Education

July 3, 2018

Following Malaysia’s 14th General Election, various ministers were announced, which included a newly appointed Minister of Education. We spoke to some staff and students at the University of Nottingham Malaysia to share their hopes and vision for the newly appointed Malaysian Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik. Head of School of Education Professor Ganakumaran Subramaniam “We …

Vice-Chancellors Global Graduate Prize Winner

June 29, 2018

Final year Finance, Accounting and Management student Falonnie Chin Pei Lin successfully completed her Nottingham advantage award (NAA) and is the winner of the Vice Chancellor’s Global Graduate Prize for the year of 2017/18.  As part of the NAA awards, Falonnie undertook modules such as Introduction to British Parliamentary Debate, Volunteering in the Academic Literacy …

That Dive Life: Asia Business Prize winner

May 21, 2018

Alumni from the University of Nottingham Malaysia, Shahbaaz Siamwala (BEng Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2015) and May Thawdar Oo (Biomedical Sciences, 2017) claimed £5,000 for Asia Business Prize category at Ingenuity18. That Dive Life believes all divers deserve a seamless booking process for their next diving escape. To help make this a reality, the team …

Researching to clean up palm oil waste

As UK frozen food retailer Iceland vows to ban palm oil from all its products, Professor Denny Ng, from the University of Nottingham Malaysia, explains why we don’t need to stop using this controversial vegetable oil if it is produced sustainably, and how his research supports this greener approach. Why is palm oil in so …

Coping with Dengue – A Stinging Experience

May 17, 2018

In this blog, our University’s Provost and CEO, Professor Graham Kendall recounts his experience of coping with Dengue.   In July 2014, I attended a conference in Beijing. It was after the second day that I began to feel flu-like symptoms and I took myself to bed for a while. I did not tell anybody …

Transforming Sustainable Oil Palm Research into Reality

May 16, 2018

A group of researchers from Centre of Sustainable Palm Oil Research (CESPOR), University of Nottingham Malaysia together with industrial partners have successfully built a working Integrated Anaerobic Aerobic Bioreactor (IAAB) system to transform palm oil mill effluent (POME) into biogas and clean water.   The system is built at an existing commercial palm oil mill treating …

L’Oréal Brandstorm 2018

May 7, 2018

The team from the University of Nottingham Malaysia comprising of Jessica Neoh Jie Qi (Chemical and Environmental Engineering), Kate Lee Chia Min (Computer Science), and Rynn Leow Chok Nam (Economics) emerged as the first runner-up from 73 participating teams in the recent L’Oréal Brandstorm 2018 Malaysia National Finals. This year, the teams were challenged to …

Ingenuity18 Boot Camp

April 23, 2018

The Ingenuity18 Boot Camp was held from 10 to 11 March 2018. This year there were 30 teams from the University of Nottingham Malaysia which comprised of 67 students and alumni who qualified for Ingenuity18. Sessions that were thought-provoking and had hands-on skill development were carried out on both days to not only inspire students but to …