GE13: Malaysia General Election (2)

Just to add to the post we made last week, I thought I would just disseminate a couple more blog posts, for thouse that are interested. General Election 13 in Malaysia: The view from UNMC, posted by Cultures, Languages and Area Studies GE13: The view from the ground, posted by China Policy Institute Blog  

GE13: Malaysia General Election

On the eve (work day wise) of the Malaysia General Election, I thought it would be interesting and informative to take a look at some of the coverage this has received across the University. Watching the Watchdog: Dr Tessa J. Houghton and Professor Zaharom Nain from the Centre for the Study of Communications and Culture …

Dr Joanne Lim appointed as visiting senior research fellow at the National University of Singapore

Assistant Professor Dr Joanne Lim has been appointed as visiting senior research fellow at the National University of Singapore. The three-month fellowship will commence in October this year. Joanne will join the university’s Asia Research Institute’s Cultural Studies Research Cluster led by Professor Chua Beng Huat. Currently leading a Ministry of Higher Education Fundamental Research …

Renovation: EB36 MBA Workroom

The work that Estates do is important to maintain and improve the campus. I guess we are all aware of the major building projects that get undertaken, with the most recent example being the opening of the new accommodation block by our new chancellor. However, an important part of the work that estates do is …

What is Economic Integration?

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 …

Business School Annual Review

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

The Boustead Annual Globalisation Lecture delivered by His Excellency Simon Featherstone, British High Commissioner to Malaysia

We were fortunate to have the Boustead Annual Globalisation Lecture delivered by His Excellency Simon Featherstone (British High Commissioner to Malaysia) (21st Feb 2013). This is a lecture which is given as part of Nottingham’s Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP) annual conference which has taken place in Malaysia since 2008. This …

Academia is a very well kept secret

Jeannie Holstein, from NUBS in the UK, was recently featured in The Guardian. The piece starts … “Very early in my doctoral journey, I was fortunate to experience that moment when you know the decision you have made was the right one. It came with the realisation that I was being paid, not very much …

The Korean Wave in Southeast Asia: Consumption and Cultural Production

Organised by SMLC Head of Film and TV studies Dr. Mary J. Ainslie, The UNMC international symposium “The Korean Wave in Southeast Asia: Consumption and Cultural Production” was held on January 10th at the Royal Commonwealth Club in Kuala Lumpur. The event was a huge success and included presentations by delegates from across Southeast Asia, including …

Want to get a product to market? Do it quickly!

In case you missed it (which would be surprising I know :-)), there was an interesting and informative post from the Ingenuity Business Network blog. The post gives details of a joint talk by Dr Deborah Roberts (NUBS) and Matt Hague (Microlise). They share The Pentathlon Model of bringing products to market, along with the …