Posts by Graham Kendall
EURAXESS – RISE programme
February 3, 2015
I would like to alert you to an opportunity for Malaysian research institutions under the Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) The RISE aims at international and inter-sector collaboration through promoting research and innovation exchanges of staff. RISE will support short-term mobility of research and innovation staff at all career levels, from the most junior …
How to get published in an academic journal: top tips from editors
January 3, 2015
This piece recently appeared in the Higher Education section of the Guardian newspaper. We thought that it was worth sharing.
Faculty of Engineering Employer Appreciation Awards
December 23, 2014
I was very pleased, and honored, to recently (08 Dec 2014) be asked to say a few words about UNMC research as one of the opening speakers at the Faculty of Engineering Employer Appreciation Awards. Collaboration with employers is very important for UNMC, particularly in Engineering, where we are required to work with external partners …
UNNC BEIS visit UNMC
December 20, 2014
We were delighted to host a visit by members of the UNNC Business Engagement team (Ian Dwyer, Kelly Yao and Du) in December 2014 (15-19 Dec 2014). This was a follow up to the visit the UNMC’s team made to Ningbo in Oct 2014. It was a packed program, including a visit to Penang: Date …
DuPont Young Professor Program
December 16, 2014
We have just received this email, which might be of interest to some of our academic staff. The attachments that you might be interested are accessible below: DuPont Young Professor Program_details 2015 DuPont Young Professor Program 2015 Some particular points of interest: Program will award up to USD$50,000 over 2 years to young faculty Nomination …
The Christmas Present Problem: It’s Hard – NP-Hard
December 7, 2014
This post first appeared at Graham-Kendall.com. For previous posts about Christmas, see here. As Christmas approaches, many of us are faced with the annual problem of who to buy presents for, how much to spend, what presents to buy and how to be fair to everybody. Is this a tough problem to solve? Perhaps some …
These things don’t organise themselves!
November 10, 2014
Tomorrow (11 Nov 2014) MyResearch Sdn Bhd has a very important contract and MOU signing event. Normally when you turn up to these things, everything is ready – but the pictures below show that these things don’t organise themselves and a lot of work, by a lot of people goes on in the background to …
Nottingham Research Leaders Program 2014
November 7, 2014
Following the first Nottingham Research Leaders Program in 2014 (see the blog post here), we had our second cohort visit us this week (03 – 07 Nov 2014). This program is designed to identify and develop promising individuals within the University via a twelve month training programme. As part of that training, they have to …
Irmgard Coninx Prize Fellowship for Transregional Studies 2015/2016 Berlin
November 5, 2014
Call for Applications: Irmgard Coninx Prize Fellowship for Transregional Studies 2015/2016 Berlin The Berlin-based Forum Transregionale Studien and the Irmgard Coninx Foundation invite postdoctoral researchers in the humanities and social sciences to apply for the Irmgard Coninx Prize Fellowship for Transregional Studies.In an age of increasing interconnectedness and globalization, cross-border processes and the mobility of …
Nottingham Celebrates International Trade Award
October 23, 2014
A recent feature in LABMATE Online begins: “The University of Nottingham has won a prestigious award in recognition of the contribution it is making to UK exports and building international links. At the Insider International Trade Awards ceremony in Birmingham, the University was presented with the ….” You can see the full article here.
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