Making Your Mask into a Fashion Statement

November 25, 2020

Today we sat down, virtually with our alumna, Nadia Nadine Binti Mohamed Shaharul, who graduated in July 2020 with a degree in Finance, Accounting and Management. We remember Nadine during her time in UNM for her vibrant sense of fashion, which was her way of expressing herself and someone who had her own graduation fashion shoot. She shared some tips with us on how to look chic and fashionable while wearing …

Productivity During a Pandemic

With the implementation of a new CMCO, discussions about productivity have arisen again. We interviewed Dr Jessica Price, Associate Professor, and Director of Teaching and Learning of the School of Psychology about this topic. A trend in the early stages of the lockdown was a rise in people wanting to use their free time in …

UNM essential and operations staff undergo COVID-19 swab test

November 18, 2020

As part of the effort to ensure UNM community on campus remain safe and healthy, University of Nottingham Malaysia’s (UNM) Human Resources Department arranged for BP Diagnostics, an integrated healthcare provider to conduct a COVID-19 Prihatin Screening Programme (PSP) to all essential and operations staff on 2 November 2020. These essential and operations staff were …

Exciting events in the pipeline by the Nottingham Debate Society

November 11, 2020

The Nottingham Debate Society was established in 2019 and is the newest society on campus. Although still in its infancy, the society has established itself as one of the biggest societies on campus with 106 members. President of the Nottingham Debate Society Vartika Khandelwal said: “We aim to empower students to develop a culture of …

Professor Dominic Foo speaks at two public lectures

November 9, 2020

Professor Ir Dr Dominic Foo, Professor of Process Design and Integration at University of Nottingham Malaysia, was invited to speak at two public lectures on 22 September 2020. During the first lecture, organised by Prasarana, a premier public service provider in Malaysia, Professor Foo spoke about the battle that the world is facing against climate …

Updates from the School of Education

November 3, 2020

A total of three students from the University of Nottingham Malaysia’s School of Education have passed their PhD viva voce examinations in the months of September and October 2020, bringing the total number for the year of 2020 to seven PhD graduates. Dao Nguyen Anh Duc whose thesis title was Critical Success Factors in Learning …

UNM student one of the top five winners at nationwide competition

Third year PhD student, among top five winners at the National Level in the Materials Lecture Competition 2020. Ernest Yong Hsin Nam, beat 15 other finalists on 27 August to emerge in the top fifth position in the competition. The competition is organised annually by the Institute of Materials Malaysia (IMM) and Institute of Materials, Minerals, …

Jan Atkin Prize 2020

October 20, 2020

The Jan Atkin Prize recipients announced The University of Nottingham Malaysia recently announced three recipients of The Jan Atkin Prize 2020. The Jan Atkin Prize was established by Emeritus Professor Brian Atkin, who was the former CEO of the University of Nottingham Malaysia from 2003 to 2008, in memory of his late wife Jan. This …

Food Security in Small Island Developing States – a conference report

October 14, 2020

In the first week of September, the Future Food Beacons at the University of Nottingham’s UK and Malaysia campuses jointly ran an international workshop Food Security in Small Island Developing States (FSSIDS 2020). The workshop brought together more than 30 participants from 10 countries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, in addition to the UK. …

A short interview with Dr Jason Pandya-Wood

October 7, 2020

We had a brief chat with Dr Jason Pandya-Wood to get to know him better. He is the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences which has more than 100 staff. He has been working with the University of Nottingham Malaysia (UNM) since 1st June from the UK and arrived at UNM on …