Coffee and Cake Session: SWIRL – So What’s It Really Like?

A Coffee and Cake Session was held on Wednesday, 28th October 2015. The session featured a forum called So What’s It Really Like?, better known as SWIRL. It was a platform for an informal forum for all new and old postgraduate students to find out about life at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) from …

Essence of Postgraduate Life – Part XIII (final)

The Graduate School at UK Campus held a Twitter photo competition called “Essence of Postgraduate Life”. last year. The competition challenged the postgraduate students to capture the essence of their lives as postgraduate students at The University of Nottingham. This year, we are organising a similar competition. Click here to know more about the photography …

[Invitation] Coffee and Cake Session: SWIRL – So What’s It Really Like?

We are pleased to invite all our postgraduate students to attend a Coffee and Cake Session: SWIRL – So What’s It Really Like? scheduled on Wednesday 28th October 2015, 12pm @ Postgraduate Training Room, H1B13. For full details, please refer to the flyer appended herewith. For any queries, please email us at Amirah.Zin@nottingham.edu.my or Lisa.Chin@nottingham.edu.my.

How to survive your PhD

Click here to access a handbook entitled “How to survive your PhD” which might be useful especially for the new postgraduate students. Feature image from “PhD Balance & Support: Life as a Doctoral Researcher and Higher Ed Professional” posted in Laura A. Pasquini Blog.

Essence of Postgraduate Life – Part XII

The Graduate School at UK Campus held a Twitter photo competition called “Essence of Postgraduate Life”, last year. The competition challenged the postgraduate students to capture the essence of their lives as postgraduate students at The University of Nottingham. This year, we are organising a similar competition. Click here to know more about the recently …

Vote for our 3MT® candidate

This post is written by Dr Jiin Woei Lee, Research Training Development Manager. UNMC has won the inter-campus round of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition! Our very own Bhamini Bhujun (a PhD student from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering) is now the entire University’s representative at the U21 final round. Her video (embedded …

Research Boot Camp

What do PhD students need to help them get started on their research degrees? The offering of the Researcher Development Programme (RDP) courses in the new academic year 2015/2016 kick-started with a Research Boot Camp from 28th September 2015 to 2nd October 2015. The boot camp, which was delivered by Dr Christopher Hill and Dr Tissa Chandesa, …

The Doctoral Research Journey: Towards Success

A talk entitled “The Doctoral Research Journey: Towards Success” was organised as part of this year’s Postgraduate Welcome Programme. The talk, presented by Tony Bush, Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Nottingham, addressed the following key aspects of the doctoral journey: Research focus Aims and research questions Research method Sampling Instrument design and …

Nucleus, October Issue

Nucleus is a monthly newsletter of Research Training and Academic Development (RTAD). It provides monthly updates on recent and upcoming activities by RTAD. October issue of Nucleus is appended herewith, for your viewing and reading pleasure. We welcome you to write to us at rtad@nottingham.edu.my or graduateschool@nottingham.edu.my with any suggestions and ideas that you would …

Essence of Postgraduate Life – Part XI

The Graduate School at UK Campus held a Twitter photo competition called “Essence of Postgraduate Life”, last year. The competition challenged the postgraduate students to capture the essence of their lives as postgraduate students at The University of Nottingham. This year, we are organising a similar competition. Click here to know more about the recently …