Networking: Creating a Credible Personal Impact

Workshop on creating a credible personal impact We organised a networking workshop for academic staff on 4 September 2019. This workshop focused on increasing personal impact through citations and social media. The workshop largely drew on the personal experiences of the presenter, Professor Graham Kendall. Apart from the ways how to (legitimately) increase citations when …

Invitation: Postgraduate Welcome Programme 2019

Welcome Day This programme aims to introduce the scope of the Graduate School to the postgraduate community at University of Nottingham Malaysia, in terms of support and development opportunities. New postgraduate students can take this opportunity to assimilate into the postgraduate community and hit the ground running, socially and academically. The programme will take place …

Coffee & Cake Session 4/2019

We had our Coffee and Cake session on 30 August 2019. This was the fourth session held this year and it was very well attended by the postgraduates. Prior to this Coffee and Cake session, a mini postgraduate induction was held for the new postgraduates. Read more about the postgraduate induction For the new postgraduates, …

Postgraduate Induction #3

What is it about? Postgraduate Induction is an opportunity for all new postgraduates to hear about how the Graduate School can support them with training and development opportunities. It also offers a great chance to meet other new postgraduates and establish rapport with senior postgraduates over some light refreshments. Out third mini postgraduate induction Our …

Graduate School Bulletin, September 2019

Issue 06/19 (18) This bulletin provides monthly updates on upcoming events and activities by the Graduate School. Training Courses & Workshops Postgraduate Student Teachers (PST) Programme We are offering the following PST courses in September 2019. These course are open to postgraduate students. Date Time Course 23 September 2019 10am – 12.30pm Preparing to Teach …

Supervisory Research Seminar Series #4: Managing the Middle Stage of an Academic Career

The fourth instalment of our Supervisory Research Seminar Series was held on 5 August 2019. This session delved into the topic of managing the middle stage of an academic career. It aimed to support and develop researchers, in particular early career researchers, as they take a critical and strategic view of their research and the …

How to be an International Researcher

What are the key factors to be a successful researcher? This was the question we delved into during the final session of the Researcher Workshop Series entitled How to be an International Researcher, held on 1 August 2019. In this 3-hour session, Professor Dominic Foo shared tips and traits to becoming an international researcher. Professor …

Professional Networking for Researchers

This post is written by Dr Tissa Chandesa, Research Training Development Manager. We conducted our Researcher Workshop Series throughout the month of July 2019. This series of workshops cover topics that have been highlighted by early career researchers as areas where they would like more advice and practice-sharing opportunities. On 9 July 2019, Professor Dominic …

Authorship vs Acknowledgements Demystified

This post is written by Dr Tissa Chandesa, Research Training Development Manager. We conducted our Researcher Workshop Series throughout the month of July 2019. This series of workshops cover topics that have been highlighted by early career researchers as areas where they would like more advice and practice-sharing opportunities. Professor Deborah Hall conducted the Authorship …

Constructing Your Argument – An Essential Skill

This post is written by Dr Tissa Chandesa, Research Training Development Manager. We conducted a Researcher Workshop Series throughout the month of July 2019. This series of workshops covered topics that had been highlighted by early career researchers as area where they would like more advice and practice-sharing opportunities. On 4 July 2019, Professor Deborah …