Study Abroad Experience in the UK Campus: Rachel Yeoh (MPharm)

    Being an undergraduate student amidst the unfamiliarity of COVID-19 was definitely a challenge. With the direness of the situation and everyone filled with anxiety and fear from uncertainty, I am beyond grateful for the staff and friends I made through the 2 + 2 Master of Pharmacy programme.  For the 19/20 batch, we …

Student Research Internship Experience – School of Pharmacy

During the summer break in 2021, I was planning a pharmacy placement in a hospital or a community pharmacy, but they were not feasible due to transportation and COVID-19 pandemic. To utilise my long summer break and not to miss the summer internship opportunities provided by the University of Nottingham Malaysia School of Pharmacy, I …

MPharm Student Wins Top 25 Talentbank Future Leader Award

MPharm Year 2 Student from the University of Nottingham Malaysia (UNM), Mabeth Tan Oon Ling, has won the “Top 25 Future Leader Award” by Talentbank. The Future Leader Award aims to recognise top university students who excel in both academics and extracurricular activities.   What is Future Leader Awards? Future Leader Awards is a programme …

Student Sharing: My Hospital Attachment during Summer Break

Article written by Tan Yi Yan, MPharm 2+2 Year 2 student. She did her internship at Gleneagles Hospital during summer break 2021.       How did I find the intern position? When I was considering what to do with my three-month summer break, I chose to locate an intern to widen my perspective on …

Student Sharing: My Industrial Internship Experience at Kotra Pharma

Article written by Tan Zhi Xuan, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences Year 3 student. He worked as R&D Formulation Intern with Kotra Pharma (M) Sdn. Bhd for 3 months during the summer break this year. What did I do? I get to understand and experience the in-process of a generic drug product development, from desktop research, carrying …

Student Sharing: University Life and Preparing for Exchange Programme

This article is written by Tan Swee Ching, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences Year 2 student. Swee Ching is one of the students who got selected to go on the exchange programme for Year 3 Semester 2 in the UK campus.   How did you enjoy the student life in year 1 and 2? I would …

First-Year International Student: Embracing Online Learning

This article is written by Anas Samy Abdelhamed Abusikken, MPharm 2+2 Year 1 student (moving to Year 2).   I think we all have to agree that throughout our life spans, the past couple of years have been the most unique, since no recent pandemic had the same effect as this one. For me personally, …

My Experience as a Covid-19 Vaccination Centre Volunteer

In January 2020, the first COVID-19 case was reported in Malaysia marking the beginning of the devastating virus outbreak in the country. Now, a year later, a massive vaccine rollout is being carried out nationwide under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK). On the 15th and 16th May 2021, I volunteered as part of BP …

Participation in Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) as A Final Year Project Student

Featured group photo with Dr New (middle), Yee Wei, Jessica, Zheng Wei, and Jing Luen (left to right). Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) is an annual event aimed to provide inventors and innovators with a platform to promote their inventions and establish their identity to industries and investors. MTE 2020 was held at World Trade Centre …

Experience Sharing: Teoh Jia Wei (Year 3)

I have joined PharmNotts (a pharmacy society in University of Nottingham, Malaysia, UNM) since my first year, and met an exciting group of committee members. Without them, my university life would have been very dull and boring. Organising events could be tough and challenging. However, I believe that the university is the place for us …