What is Autism?
April 12, 2013
In this What is? series, we invite experienced researchers to write about their area of research, but in more general terms than they might normally do. This article, entitled What is Autism?, is written by Prof. Peter Mitchell If you would like to contribute, then please let me know (Graham.Kendall@nottingham.edu.my) and we can discuss how …
Can branch campuses, and education hubs, compete in a global market? Have your say!
April 9, 2013
While working on another project (and doing the always required literature review) I came across the two papers shown at the end of this post. I have shown the abstracts, and you can access the full papers via the DOI link (I can’t post full copies of the paper for reasons of copyright). It seems …
What is Economic Integration?
April 5, 2013
In this What is? series, we invite experienced researchers to write about their area of research, but in more general terms than they might normally do. This article, entitled What is Economic Integration?, is written by Dr Camilla Jensen, who is an Associate Professor and Head of School (UNMC) in The School of Economics. Camilla …
How would you like to promote your paper in a five minute video
March 28, 2013
Many thanks to Mike Steven, who forwarded me this. I am delighted to introduce a new complimentary service that we are offering to authors and readers of Remote Sensing of Environment: AudioSlides. AudioSlides are short, webcast-style presentations that are shown next to your article on ScienceDirect. This new format provides you with the opportunity to …
How academics can engage with policy
March 27, 2013
How academics can engage with policy: 10 tips for a better conversation Academics need to look at different ways they can communicate their research to policymakers, says Matthew Goodwin – here’s his advice on not wasting their time, or yours. [read more] This is how a recent article started in The Guradian Higher Education Network. …
What is Operations Research?
March 25, 2013
In this What is? series, we invite experienced researchers to write about their area of research, but in more general terms than they might normally do. As this is the first one, I thought I would go first, just to show willing. If you would like to contribute, then please let me know (Graham.Kendall@nottingham.edu.my) and …
Open Access Publishing
March 22, 2013
This week, we were fortunate enough to have a visit by Jenny Coombs who is one of the Faculty Team Leaders from the UK, who is responsible for a team of people within the library (Jenny is actually based in the George Green Library, for those of you that have visited the UK campus). Part …
Business School Annual Review
March 15, 2013
The Business School Annual Review 2012 is now available. It makes interesting, and informative, reading with the Malaysia campus being featured quite heavily. It is well worth a read. Header image: Business School, North Building, Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham
Drone demonstration over campus
March 6, 2013
The MEME project demonstrated one of their drones to the Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia recently (1st Mar 2013). We were privileged to have four people from the Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia attend the demonstration, these being Dato’ Abd Rasid Samsudi – Director General, Department of Wildlife and National …
What is your research all about?
March 1, 2013
We plan to launch an occasional series (called What is? – this is a category link, so it will gradually get populated as people post about their research areas) where we will ask experienced researchers to briefly describe their research discipline, not from the point of view of their particular (focused) research area, but in …