Mastering your interview skills and mock interview

PhD Careers Series In collaboration with Careers Advisory Service, we partnered up with Dyson for another instalment of virtual PhD Careers Series on Wednesday 16 June 2021. This webinar featured an informative and insightful presentation by Dr Kelvin Ho who is a Senior Engineering Manager at Dyson. In the webinar, Dr Ho talked about the …

Getting to grips with literature review

A pilot course  “If you are at the early stage of your PhD, writing your literature review can be a great challenge,” said Dr Revathy Sankaran, Research Training Development Assistant Manager at the Graduate School. So why is writing a literature review such a daunting work? And how you can tackle it? A pilot course …

COVID-19: Graduate School updates (14 June 2021)

Ref. UNM/GS/COVID-19/57/14/06/21 In light of the movement control order (MCO) extension till 28 June 2021, 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 …

Connecting with new postgraduate students

Our commitment  We appreciate that this is an unusual time for our postgraduate students, even more so for those who have just joined us. In our continuous effort to mitigate the impact of this prolonged period of restricted circumstances and allow our new postgraduate students to have the communal feel of a real university environment, …

COVID-19: Graduate School updates (2 June 2021)

Ref. UNM/GS/COVID-19/56/02/06/21 In light of the full movement control order (FMCO) nationwide and campus closure from 1 to 14 June 2021, 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 …

Winners announced in UoN Tri-Campus Awards 2020/21

This post is contributed by Ms Vimaleswari Danapal, Assistant Manager at the Graduate School.  The Tri-Campus Awards, which traditionally recognised and celebrated the achievements of postgraduate researchers took an interesting turn this year when outstanding postdoctoral researchers, research staff and research supervisors across all faculties were also celebrated for their outstanding contributions. Background The Postgraduate Prize …

Graduate School Bulletin, June 2021

Bulletin Issue 04/21 (32) The needs of the postgraduate and early career researcher community are at the heart of what we do at the Graduate School. Read on for all the latest news from us. Postgraduate Awards 2021 Live! Join us at the Tri-Campus Awards presentation ceremony These prestigious awards celebrate outstanding postgraduate researchers, research supervisors …

Invitation: Postgraduate Awards 2021 Live!

Join us at the virtual Tri-Campus Awards presentation ceremony  These prestigious awards celebrate outstanding postgraduate researchers, research supervisors and postdoctoral researchers across University of Nottingham’s three international campuses. This live event is open, for the first time, to all our postgraduate students and UNM community. In addition to showing support to your peers, you will …

COVID-19: Graduate School updates (17 May 2021)

Ref. UNM/GS/COVID-19/55/17/05/21 In light of the movement control order (MCO) till 7 June 2021, 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 …

Exploring & examining research supervision

*This post is written by Dr Tissa Chandesa, Research Training Development Manager at the Graduate School. 2021 marks the third-year anniversary of the Supervisory Research Seminar Series. Unlike previous years, this year symbolises a new beginning for the series as the series is now benchmark against the UK Council for Graduate Education’s Good Supervisory Practice …