August 20, 2021, by Lisa Chin
COVID-19: Graduate School updates (20 August 2021)
Ref. UNM/GS/COVID-19/61/20/08/21
COVID-19: Graduate School updates (20 August 2021)
As the National Recovery Plan (NRP) Phase I continues, we are providing this update to our postgraduate community outlining latest news and information from us at the Graduate School.
The University is regularly updating advice and general FAQs on COVID-19 on its web page. See more
More detailed guidance for postgraduate research students and research staff is available on SharePoint. See more
Highlights
Our 3MT® winners
10 of our doctoral researchers from a range of disciplines competed in our annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition on Thursday 12 August 2021. Each researcher had just 3 minutes to present their research in a concise and engaging way.
Many congratulations once again to our:
Winner
Chong Yuet Tian
School of Biosciences
Yuet Tian won with a presentation of her PhD thesis Winged Bean: The World Within, which aims at developing improved varieties of winged bean with increased nutritional value and crop yield. This crop development offers significant potential in tackling the global food security and nutrition challenges.
Yuet Tian will now progress to the video round to compete against the other Nottingham campuses. The overall winner will represent the entire University of Nottingham at the Universitas 21 (U21) Final, also via video, which will be judged by an international panel of industry and academic professionals.
1st Runner Up & People’s Choice
Angela Paul Peter
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
In her presentation Digital Algae Growth Monitoring, Angela described her research using algae to produce sustainable fuel and renewable energy. She envisioned the outcome from her research will open a new frontier of cultivating eco-friendly technologies in producing an affordable and sustainable source of energy without compromising global environment.
2nd Runner Up
Nurul Syahirah Mat Aron
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
In her presentation Microalgae: Future Food and Biofuel, Nurul Syahirah described her research on microalgae as an alternative source of food and energy. Her research offers promising breakthroughs in downstream processing of microalgae for lipid and protein recovery while minimising environmental impacts.
Last call
Participation is still being welcomed for our Postgraduate Showcase
Present a poster that clearly describes your work to a wider audience. You may stand a chance to win conference funds worth RM 6,000!
Submit your poster, in both PDF and PPT formats, to graduateschool@nottingham.edu.my by Friday 20 August 2021 (12noon) to confirm your participation in this year’s competition.
Our e-Certificate
Clarification on our certificate of attendance
Over the past month, we received several requests for academic degree certificate and transcript. We wish to clarify that we at the Graduate School only produce our training attendance certification which includes courses under our Researcher Development Programme (RDP) and Postgraduate Student Teachers (PST) programme.
For requests relating to your academic degree certificate and transcript, please contact the Student Registry Office at: student_registry@nottingham.edu.my.
Training and development
Supplementary workshop
Time to write
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Tuesday 24 August 2021, 2pm – 4pm
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This course will assist in structuring period of writing and limiting distractions while providing the necessary guidance and motivation to write efficiently and effectively.
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Join now
Support our researchers in the U21/PwC Innovation Challenge
Voting opens till Friday 20 August 2021
Each year, U21 and PwC invites researchers from across the network to submit 3-minute videos proposing their solutions to globally important challenges. Support our researchers and vote for your favourite in the People’s Choice Award. Every vote counts and will go towards determining one of the three overall winners.
Our finalists are:
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Phoebe Miles, Ningbo China Campus
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Camen Teh, Ningbo China Campus
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Achinese Warusevitane, UK Campus
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Yue Zhao, Ningbo China Campus
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Career events
Recordings are now available
Over the past months, the Careers Advisory Service (CAS) held a multiple series of careers events. Now you can access a whole range of their event recordings and gain career insights!
Job posting
Student writer
A position as student writer under PR & Communications is available for our postgraduate students to apply.
Send in your application with sample of article to communication@nottingham.edu.my by Wednesday 25 August 2021.
Research spotlight
The clever roots of bambara groundnut
In this blog post, one of our PhD students, Kumbirai Ivyne Mateva from the School of Biosciences was interviewed about his research which focuses on improving productivity, quality and value of food crops, especially underutilised species.
Bambara groundnut for food and nutritional security
In another blog post, another one of our PhD students, Tan Xin Lin, also from the School of Biosciences, writes about her research which aims to explore the hard-to-cook phenomenon of Bambara groundnut through the evaluation of physical, hydration, microstructural and compositional characteristics associated with various Bambara groundnut genotypes.
National Day greetings
Selamat Hari Merdeka
As we celebrate our country’s 64th Independence Day on Tuesday 31 August 2021, we would like to greet all our fellow Malaysians Selamat menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan.
Next update from us
Look out for our next edition of e-newsletter
We will continue to provide succinct news, information and updates on our training and development opportunities for our postgraduate community through our monthly e-newsletter. The next one will be delivered to your inbox before the end of this month where you can find out more about our training and development provision for the whole of next month.
Please do not hesitate to reach out if you need any other clarifications or support from us via email to graduateschool@nottingham.edu.my. You can also engage with us via Facebook and Graduate School Blog.
In the meantime, please continue to observe and follow the safety advice and precautionary measures by our local authorities and University. Stay safe!
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