Knowledge Exchange & Innovation Awards 2014
June 10, 2014
Monday 2 June 2014 East Midlands Conference Center, Nottingham, United Kingdom “Celebrating excellence in knowledge exchange and innovation” marked the beginning of inaugural Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Awards by our Vice-Chancellor, Professor David Greenaway in the late evening of the day. The awards were presented in two categories, which were the “Knowledge Exchange Awards” and …
TheConversation: To write English like a professor, don’t rely on Google translate
June 9, 2014
“Thankfully, nobody speaks academic English as a first language. The English of the university is a very particular form that has specific features and conventions. Sometimes, this is just referred to as ‘academic style’. It used to be a matter of instinct – what felt right. But now ….” … so starts a piece written …
IAPS Small Research and Publication Grants
This post was contributed by Michael Connors IAPS Small Research and Publication Grants. Applications for a Small Research and Publication Grant of between 3000 and 5000 ringgit are now invited from members of staff engaged in any aspect of research in the social sciences or arts that has an Asia-Pacific focus . Preference may be …
Grant Writing Workshop (12th June 2014, KLTC)
June 6, 2014
The Research Support Office (RSO) and Research Training and Academic Services (RTAD) are organising a grant writing workshop on the 12th June 2014, 10am to 5pm at KLTC. This workshop follows a series of other successful workshops, which have been aimed at developing research proposals in a supportive, collaborative environment. The workshop will be supported …
UNMC Publications 2014: How are we doing?
June 5, 2014
In our irregular review of UNMC’s publication record, below are the Web of Science and Scopus publications that we have recorded for 2014. As we approach the half way point of the year, it seemed a good time to take stock. As part of trying to streamline the MyRA data collection we will be working …
Success for UNMC at the Inaugural Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Awards
June 4, 2014
On the 2 Jun 2014, the university held its inaugural Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Awards at East Midlands Conference Centre, UK. Awards were made to people from all three of our campuses (UK, China and Malaysia). From the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Lim Jaan Cherng, who created a virtual reality prosthetic arm to help amputees …
E-Staff Profile: PLEASE update
June 3, 2014
When we do our MyRA return, we now take the ISI/Scopus publications from those bibliographic search engines. For our other pubications (e.g. most conference proceedings, most book chapters, non-ISI/Scopus publications etc.) we rely on you entering this data into your E-Staff Profile (ESP). In fact, you should enter all your publications into ESP as, although …
MyResearch: Networking event for UK companies based in Malaysia
June 2, 2014
On the 27th May 2014, MyResearch held a networking event that was aimed at UK based companies that are based in Malaysia. MyResearch is a MIDA R&D status company and offers Malaysian companies a tax efficient way to invest in Research and Development. The event was hosted by the acting British High Commissioner to Malaysia …
Document Object Identifier: Explained
May 30, 2014
When we collect data for our MyRA return we require you to update your e-staff profile and we ask (insist even) that you supply a Document Object Identifier (DOI). We also ask you to supply an ISSN. But what is this, and why do we need it? You can think of a DOI as a …
Geoblog @ UNMC
May 29, 2014
A new blog has recently been introduced from the School of Geography at the University of Nottingham Malaysia campus. Recent posts include: New research collaboration in the Philippines International Day for Biological Diversity Elephant collaring It’s well worth a read, and well worth looking at regularly.
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