TheConversation: Pull up a chair, we need to talk about sexist language at work
October 11, 2014
“With the arrival of the first woman to head the BBC Trust, a perennially tricky question is once again causing awkwardness. Rona Fairhead took the helm of the trust on October 9, but is she be a chairwoman, a chair or a chairman? It might seem like a secondary concern – the head of the …
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 …
Inaugural NUBS Malaysia Research Awards for academic staff
This post was contributed by Win Li Nottingham University Business School Malaysia presented Research Awards to top contributors to research amongst the School’s academic staff. The inaugural awards, for the School’s 2011-2013 research cycle, were presented during the NUBS Malaysia Staff Away Day on August 8, 2014. The recipients are Dr Nafis Alam (Associate Professor …
Malaysia: The Financial Powerhouse of ASEAN?
August 22, 2014
“Malaysia has come a long way in its economic development. It has transitioned from an economy purely dependent on agriculture and primary commodities to a manufacturing-based economy driven by rising exports and knowledge-based and capital-intensive industries. With the goal of moving the country forward to achieve the status of developed nation by year 2020, the …
Take a look at the CELE blog
August 8, 2014
A teletively new blog is well worth taking look at. Learning English is is produced by the Centre for nglish Language Education (CELE) in order to share and discuss issues related to teaching, and more importantly, learning English for Academic Purposes. If you have any interaest in the English language (and you should, as this …
TheConversation: Ignore John Humphrys when he rants about grammar, he just wants attention
August 7, 2014
“It’s not often that grammar makes the news, but there’s currently a good natured spat going on between Melvyn Bragg and John Humphrys. Bragg hosts a long running BBC Radio discussion show called In Our Time, which is a fairly high-brow discussion in which he invites academics to discuss the intellectual legacy of certain ideas. …
School of Education starts a year-long collaboration with the Hong Leong Foundation
August 5, 2014
The School of Education starts a year-long collaboration with the Hong Leong Foundation this month, as it undertakes a comprehensive evaluation of their educational projects. Drawing on expertise from UNMC and UNUK, the team will examine the scholarships programme and the after-school care programmes funded by the Foundation. “The Hong Leong Foundation is at the …
TheConversation: Love, peace and the plight of the air hostess: Google opens its brain to armchair linguists
June 23, 2014
“I downloaded a new keyboard onto my phone yesterday and was pleasantly surprised to see it suggesting the word “to” after I had typed “going”. It “knew” that the phrase “going to” was a very common pair of words and managed to use this in order to speed up the message I was sending. The …
The Tourists’ Entitlement to Knowledge
June 18, 2014
This post was contributed by Douglas Teoh Shang En (MA Cultural Studies) In postcolonial studies, we are invariably drawn towards the familiar Foucauldian knowledge-power nexus: to see is to know. To know is to dominate. Not unlike Edward Said’s conception of Orientalism – it is under such a similar spectacle that the tourist gaze exoticizes …
Human Life Advancement Workshop: Presentation by Dr Angelina Yee
June 12, 2014
Dr Angelina Yee presented a talk at the HLAF Annual Award and Workshop on 9 June 2014. The workshop is organised by Human Life Advancement Foundation, with the theme being Technology Transfer Experience: Success and Failure. The workshop was held in PWTC Kuala Lumpur. Angelina received a token of appreciation from Tun Mahathir Mohamed, the …
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