CFFRC domes are beginning to look like domes
September 27, 2014
On the recent on location visit, when the Vice-chancellor accompanies a number of VIPs to our international campuses in China and Malaysia, we were able to show the progress that CFFRC (Crops for the Future Research Centre) has made with regard to the iconic domes that are being built. We showed an artist’s impression of …
MyResearch and UNMC Research in the Media
September 10, 2014
MyResearch was featured in The Star newspaper on the 03 Sep 2014, in a special suppement entitled INNOVATIONS MALAYSIA. The article starts: “The Centre for Islamic Business and Finance Research (CIBFR) is based in the Nottingham University Business School of The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) and brings together experts from a range of …
Taking in nature’s gifts: Kimberley students visit CFFRC/UNMC
September 20, 2013
“THE mission was to carry out marine biodiversity surveys and investigate “foods of the future” at the Crops for the Future Research Centre (CFFRC) in Semenyih. But these 15 biology students from Kimberley School in Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, accomplished more than just that….” This is the start of a piece that recently appeared in The …
CFFRC: Welcome to the first DTC students
July 30, 2013
In a recent post, we announcd the launch of the CRRFC DTC. We are now very pleased to welcome the first eight students to the DTC. A short meeting on the 22nd July formally welcomed those students and, hopefully, we now all know each other before the real business of research begins! Hopefully, we’ll get …
CFFRC Doctoral Training Centre: Update
July 16, 2013
We are pleased to announce the establishment of the CFFRC Doctoral Training Centre (CFFRC DTC), which is a partnership between the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) and Crops for the Future Research Centre (CFFRC). The DTC will bring together all the students funded under CFFRCPLUS Scholarship Scheme (http://www.nottingham.edu.my/CFFRC/Projects/index.aspx), which is a major initiative announced …
Horizon Digital Nutrition Sandpit … and the winners are ….
February 28, 2013
Last week we reported on the Horizon Digital Nutrition Workshop. We said that we would would report the outcome of the event, as the results were not known at the time. We are very pleased to announce that the winning team’s project is called Understanding Underutilisation. The members of the team are shown in the …
Horizon Digital Nutrition Workshop
February 22, 2013
On the 21-22 Feb 2013, we hosted a Horizon Digital Nutrition Sandpit, held in collaboration with UNMC and CFFRC. The aim of the sandpit (which was run similar to a UK EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) Sandpit) is to generate ideas from all the participants, which the aim of arriving at a project …
CFFRC: Let’s remind ourselves what it’s all about
December 19, 2012
The Service Level Agreement between UNMC and CFFRC has recently been signed and the first set of postgraduate students being funded by CFFRC will be starting very soon. It is probably a good time to just take a step back and reflect on what CFFRC is all about. This University of Nottingham youtube video, although …
CFFRC Service Level Agreement has been signed
November 28, 2012
The Service Level Agreement (SLA) with CFFRC (Crops for the Future Research Centre) was signed last Thursday (22nd Nov 2012). This is an important step in the development of this exciting initiative and enables us to progress with the first set of PhD students. As you may know, the projects have all been agreed and …
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