10 Most Common Rookie Mistakes in Public Speaking +
March 10, 2014
I subscribe to several mailing lists (and then complain about how email I get!). The upside is that I get to hear about potentially useful resources. Even if you don’t use Prezi, you may find this article 10 Most Common Rookie Mistakes in Public Speaking from the Prezi blog useful. While SlideShare alerted me to: 5 …
RTAD: February’s Highlights
March 6, 2014
As we are experiencing and grappling with the driest weather we have ever seen in Malaysia, we hope the prolonged dry spell will end soon and may the month of March treat us all well. Here are the recaps and highlights of February 2014. Researcher Boot Camp An intensive programme of courses was delivered …
How to be an Effective Researcher
March 4, 2014
To cater to the needs of the PhD students, a new training course ‘How to be an Effective Researcher’ was conducted on Wednesday, 12th February 2014. Having the aim of enhancing the effectiveness of research students by looking at many different aspects of the research degree process, students are expected to achieve the following outcomes, …
U21 Graduate Research Conference on Ageing – 1st to 4th July 2014, New Zealand
February 25, 2014
Graduate Research Conference on Ageing 1st – 4th July 2014, University of Auckland, New Zealand This is an exciting opportunity for up to five research students from the University of Nottingham campuses (UK, Malaysia and China) to attend this conference and present on their research. Funding for registration, travel and subsistence will be provided. There …
Researcher Boot Camp
February 24, 2014
What do PhD students need to help them get started on their research degrees? During the week of February 10-14 Chris, Tissa and Sue delivered an intensive programme of courses to help new postgraduates to get going with their PhDs. The courses offered were: Nature of the PhD and the supervision process Planning research and …
Graduate School Tea & Yee Sang Session
February 14, 2014
In celebration of the Chinese lunar calendar’s most important festival, the Graduate School had organised a Tea & Yee Sang session on 14 February 2014. The session started with a short presentation about Yee Sang, also known as Spring Toss. The Chinese New Year is a time for many things: family, reunion dinner, mandarin orange …
From Tweet to Blog Post to Peer-Reviewed Article: How to be a Scholar Now
February 10, 2014
An interesting article on publishing in the modern world http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2013/09/25/how-to-be-a-scholar-daniels/
Working Trip to Highfield House, University of Nottingham – December 2013
January 15, 2014
I was given the privilege in December to visit the UK Campus and catch up with my other counter parts at the Graduate School in Highfield House. This was an amazing trip and the experience I gained in just these two weeks working and having catch up meetings with all the staff is something very …
RTAD: December’s Highlights
January 9, 2014
Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instil in us. – Hal Borland First and foremost, from everyone at RTAD, we wish you HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Here are the highlights of December 2013. Workshop with Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Teaching and research …
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