Commonwealth Summer School 2014 – Official Opening, Lectures, Field Trips & More…

The 4th Commonwealth Summer School was held in the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) on 17 – 24 August 2014. It brought together a total of 34 delegates from 18 commonwealth countries. Many exciting and stimulating activities were arranged for the delegates to experience Malaysia in addition to a series of lectures, workshops, group work …

Commonwealth Summer School 2014

The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) is pleased to partner with the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) in hosting the 4th Commonwealth Summer School on 17 – 24 August 2014. The ACU is the world’s first and oldest international university network, established in 1913. A UK-registered charity, the ACU has over 500 member institutions in …

RTAD: External Involvement

External Training by Dr Christopher Hill Research Training and Academic Development (RTAD) at UNMC offers a range of training courses, programmes and activities for the postgraduate community not only internally, but externally to other institutions. RTAD offers a series of international workshops, research training courses and continual professional development opportunities that focus on student and …

U21 Graduate Research Conference on Ageing – 1st to 4th July 2014, New Zealand

Graduate Research Conference on Ageing 1st – 4th July 2014, University of Auckland, New Zealand This is an exciting opportunity for up to five research students from the University of Nottingham campuses (UK, Malaysia and China) to attend this conference and present on their research. Funding for registration, travel and subsistence will be provided. There …

RTAD: October’s Highlights

The Research Training & Academic Development (RTAD) organised its annual Postgraduate Welcome Week, from 1st until 4th October 2013. The programme was designed to cater to the needs of new postgraduate students including finding their way around the University, meeting new people and settling into their new life on the campus. These are the sneak …

RDP for the month of October 2013 – Boot Camp and Writing Courses

Graduate School Research Development Programme 2013/2014 started with the running of its five day boot camp last week (October 7th– October 11th, 2013). The programme that was conducted during the boot camp was: Nature of the PhD and the Supervision Process Planning Research and Time Management Working effectively in research Creative Thinking Getting into the …

Conference Activity and Opportunities

Observatory Conference: The International Higher Education Revolution: Impacts on Mobility, qualifications, networks. London, 11-12 December 2013 Call for papers: in addition to invited speakers, we wish to provide a platform for cutting-edge practice and research around the conference themes. Proposals in the form of abstracts for presentations should be sent to info@obhe.ac.uk by Wednesday 9 …