Alumni Testimonial: Asyraf Samsudin (2018)

I graduated with a First Class BSc. (Hons.) in Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences from University of Nottingham Malaysia (UNM). The three-year program has equipped me with a lot of necessary erudition to survive in a post-undergraduate world. I have developed multiple soft skills, including critical thinking, problem solving and effective communications which helped build my …

Alumni Testimonial: Diyana Azmy (2017)

I graduated with BSc (Hons) Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences in 2017. I have always thought I would be in a lab doing research up until my 3-month summer internship with one of Malaysia’s largest listed integrated pharmaceutical group, Pharmaniaga Berhad. They placed me at one of their retail pharmacies during the internship and I was …

Alumni Testimonial: Teo Yeung Yeu (2018)

Pre-registration training Community pharmacy at Nottingham, UK (Editor: At the moment of writing Yeong Yeu was also busy preparing for pre-reg exams). Favourite moments doing 2+2 MPharm We were given the opportunities to attend both independent pharmacy and hospital placements in Malaysia – these experiences allowed us to gain important insights in the local pharmacy …

Alumni Testimonial: Dr Valerie Shang (2016)

I shared stories to students at random corridors, that my young self was not at all fond of the idea of becoming a pharmacist. I might have just did a tick on my UCAS form blindfolded. To date, I still struggle to justify reasons in joining the profession. I cringe at the typical reason that …

Alumni Testimonial: Dr Lee Mei Kee (2019)

Brief introduction I can say without exaggeration that almost one third of my life was spent in the UoN (Malaysia and UK campus) so far! It is the ‘altruistic’ and ‘typical’ reasons that made me wanted to become a pharmacist– the intention to help others, the job trend a decade ago (pharmacy graduates were among …

Alumni Testimonial: Kong Shin Wei (2018)

Pre-registration training Kings Mill Hospital, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. I have been actively fulfilling training requirements across different rotations including dispensary, clinical rotations, procurement and distribution, medicines information etc (Editor: At the moment of writing Shin Wei was also busy preparing for pre-reg exams). Favourite moments doing 2+2 MPharm One of my fondest …

Alumni Testimonial: Gwee Zhong Li (2019)

Pre-reg training Daveys Chemist, a retail pharmacy in Liverpool, UK. I will be working with my tutor through 52 weeks of training and I am excited about it! Favourite moment (s) doing 2+2 MPharm During MPharm 2 in UNM, my classmate Eugene and I were the class representatives for our cohort. We successfully organised a …

Alumni Testimonial: Huan Cherng Jia (2019)

Pre-reg training Boots community pharmacy in Scotland Favourite moment (s) doing 2+2 MPharm I really enjoy the time spent with friends throughout the 2+2 MPharm course. There were tonnes of memories with them – these I shall cherish always, those wonderful moments include preparation for exams and the good times we had travelling together during …

Alumni Testimonial: Olivia Chung Jia Ying (2019)

Pre-reg training Abbey Pharmacy, a small chain community pharmacy in Nottingham. Favourite moment(s) doing 2+2 MPharm Travelling around Europe with friends during study break and also working with local students during the MPharm 4 Pharmacy Leadership and Management module (B34PLM) – in this module we need to work together as a team to manage a …

Placement: Derick Ngai Chi Hing, MPharm Year 3

  Favourite moment(s) doing 2+2 MPharm ·       Organising PharmNotts events with my friends at UNM have definitely enriched my student life besides academic studies. ·       Year 3 Research Project at UoN – being able to choose the research topic and the unparalleled sense of accomplishment after months of hard work (lab-based research, poster presentation and …