Call for participation: U21/PwC Innovation Challenge 2019/20
December 30, 2019
*Updated with additional information Universitas 21 (U21) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) have come together to offer exclusive professional development opportunities for U21’s graduate students through the Innovation Challenge competition. Aims The competition aims to help postgraduate students: develop their academic, critical thinking, presentation, and research communication skills support them to distill and effectively explain their research …
A recap of the Images of Postgraduate Experience photography competition
December 27, 2019
This post is written by Dr Tissa Chandesa, Research Training Development Manager. This year’s Images of Postgraduate Experience photography competition was launched during our annual postgraduate welcome programme on Monday 30 September 2019. The theme was “Endgame” where postgraduate students were asked to answer the following question: “What is your ultimate goal out of this …
A window into the wider world
December 26, 2019
This post is contributed by Kumbirai Ivyne Mateva, winner of the 2019 Images of Postgraduate Experience photography competition and 3rd year PhD student at the School of Biosciences. The desire to communicate has always been one of the most fundamental and highly critical goals of mankind. Not just to communicate but to express oneself with …
See the world through different lenses
December 18, 2019
This post is contributed by Mak Yin Ying, runner up of the 2019 Images of Postgraduate Experience photography competition and 2nd year PhD student at the Department of Biomedical Sciences. A massive thanks to Graduate School for organising the competition and also to the esteemed judges for looking up to my humble entry and appreciated …
Teh Tarik Session 6/2019
December 16, 2019
A sharing session The sixth and final instalment of our Teh Tarik session this year was held on Tuesday 10 December 2019. The session featured a presentation by Wong Zheng Wei, a PhD student at the School of Pharmacy, on his research attachment in a world-leading laboratory within the Department of Material Science and Engineering …
Postgraduate Christmas and Year End Celebration
December 10, 2019
A tradition It became somewhat of a tradition that we host a Christmas gathering for all our postgraduate students every year. Our annual Christmas and Year End celebration was held on Wednesday 4 December 2019. As always, the celebration was very well attended and the postgraduate students seemed to appreciate the opportunity to have an …
Call for participation: U21/PwC Innovation Challenge 2019/20
December 6, 2019
What is it? The U21/PwC Innovation Challenge is a world-class opportunity for students to showcase their skills to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and its client base, via a short 3-minute video clip response to a pre-set challenge. U21/PwC Competition winners will unlock and have access to unique training and professional development opportunities with one of the world’s …
Winners announced in 2019 Images of Postgraduate Experience photography competition
December 4, 2019
Announcement of winners We are pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Images of Postgraduate Experience photography competition. The full results are as follows: Winner Kumbirai Ivyne Mateva, 3rd year PhD student at the School of Biosciences Runner Up Mak Yin Ying, 2nd year PhD student at the Department of Biomedical Sciences People’s Choice …
Managing Complaints
December 3, 2019
A talk on handling complaints The sixth and final instalment of our Supervisory Research Seminar Series this year was held on Wednesday 27 November 2019. This session featured a talk on how to handle complaints from students in accordance to the Student Complaint Procedure of the University. Delivered by Dr Sue-Mian Then, the session was …
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