Visit to UMP – 3 Sep 2014

Tim Brailsford and Graham Kendall visited UMP on the 3 Sep, which follwed a visit by UMP (Universiti Malaysia Pahang) to UNMC on the 6 Aug 2014. The meeting at UNMC was very productive, exploring a number of collaborative opportunities. These discussions were further developed during the visit to UMP. Tim gave an overview of …

MyResearch and UNMC Research in the Media

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 …

MyResearch links with Australia strengthened by meeting the Prime Minister

Dr Angelina Yee is a registered member of Malaysia Australia Business Council (MABC) and was recently invited to attend a reception on the occasion of the visit to Malaysia by the Prime Minister of Australia, The Honourable Tony Abbott, MP. It was held in Grand Hyatt Hotel in Kuala Lumpur on 6 September 2014. The …

UNMC invited to NASA-organised 7-SEAS Workshop 2014

This post was contributed by Andy Chan The Seven-Southeast Asian Studies Mission (7-SEAS) is a multi-national project established to conduct interdisciplinary research in the field of aerosol-meteorology and climate interaction in Southeast Asia. Countries with participating scientists include Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, and the USA. The main organisers are the National Aeronautics …

Life Cycle: As one ends, another begins

A couple of weeks ago, we reported on the start of Life Cycle 4. This took a team of 15 riders, 16 days to complete and the Vice-Chancellor maintained a blog, writing an entry at the end of each day. It is well worth a read if you have not seen it, if only to …

MyResearch visit Boustead Shipyard, Lumut

On the 21 Aug 2014, we were fortunate enough to be invited to visit the Boustead Shipyard at Lumut. The reason for the visit was to get to know each other and to investigate if there is any collaborative research that we could do together, particularly through MyResearch. It was a very interesting visit, which …

Malaysia Investment Development Authority (MIDA) visit UNMC

On the 15th Aug 2014, we were delighted to host a visit to UNMC by a team from MIDA (Malaysia Investment Development Authority). The delegation was headed by Dato Azman, MIDA’s CEO. We are very happy to be working with MIDA, who were good enough to grant MyResearch Sdn Bhd MIDA R&D status (the first …

Farewell to UNMC Summer Interns

This post were contributed by: Ong Teck Kang, Year 2, MPharm and See Der Haur, Year 3, BSc (Hons) Economics As the summer winds up, we bid farewell to 11 interns in the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus who spent their summer learning and experiencing strenuous and challenging tasks given by their supervisors. A summer …

Newton Fund Calls

Please see the following calls for funding, which should be of interest to many at UNMC. British Council Travel Grants Open Call – deadline 30 September (details at http://www.britishcouncil.org/education/science/current-opportunities/travel-grants-2014) [This call includes additional countries than those eligible under the Newton Fund] RCUK and the Brazilian Council of State Funding Agencies (CONFAP)Research Partnerships Call – preliminary …