Dr Nafis Alam, Associate Professor at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC), won an award in the International category at The University of Nottingham’s Knowledge Exchange and Impact Awards 2016.
The University’s Knowledge Exchange and Impact Awards held at The University of Nottingham UK recently, recognised new ideas and technologies being developed in collaboration with industry and commerce, and the work done in communicating science across all media platforms.
The aim of the Awards is to recognise outstanding knowledge exchange activities amongst academic staff across The University of Nottingham. The ‘International’ category is for academic staff at The University of Nottingham Ningbo China and UNMC who has undertaken significant knowledge exchange work, and the award is given to the academic from each campus who has made the biggest contribution to building the reputation for knowledge exchange at UNNC and UNMC respectively during the last year. There was one award winner per campus from a final shortlist of five.
Another winner in the International category is the Executive Education team from The University of Nottingham Business School Ningbo for their China Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) International Talent Development Programme.
Dr Nafis Alam from Nottingham University Business School at UNMC has led the development of Islamic finance as a new business discipline at UNMC where the MSc Investment and Islamic Finance programme was launched in 2013, and a research centre focusing on Islamic business and finance, The Centre for Islamic Business and Finance Research (CIBFR) was established in 2014.
The CIBFR, led by Dr Nafis, brought in CEOs from local and international Islamic banks, think tanks and also from the World Bank to engage with The University of Nottingham.
“I am very humbled to receive this award after all the hard work from my colleagues as well, into the development of Islamic finance as a new discipline, and its positive impact towards the financial services sector, researchers in this field as well as students,” said Dr Nafis.
“Research on Islamic banking and finance is highly relevant in Malaysia as it aims to be a leading global hub for Islamic finance and at UNMC, it is one of the key research priority areas,” he said. Additionally, Dr Nafis noted that, from a Malaysian perspective, Islamic finance is one of the sectors that not only adds value to the economy but offers an alternative to both businesses and the public. In this regard, CIBFR is working closely with industry stakeholders to spearhead research and education in the Islamic finance sector. CIBFR’s success at a global level has been a testimony to this.
“The breadth of work undertaken by our researchers across campuses and the impact of their work is truly astounding. We are particularly proud of the award clinched by Nafis in his efforts to foster high level industry collaboration in the global financial services sector,” said Professor Christine Ennew, CEO and Provost at UNMC.
Winners of the Knowledge Exchange and Impact Awards
Professor of Clinical Nursing Research at The University of Nottingham UK, Christine Moffatt CBE, won the Vice-Chancellor’s lifetime achievement award. Professor Moffatt has been involved in wound healing research and practice for 25 years and lymphedema for 10 years.
Professor Christine Moffatt was also awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Knowledge Exchange for her efforts in engaging multiple commercial partners to develop and drive awareness of compression therapy systems.
Another category of the Awards is that of News and Current Affairs, won by Professor Jonathan Ball for his use of media to inform the public about risks of outbreaks such as Ebola and Zika. The Digital Media Award was presented to the team behind the Periodic Table of Videos, Computerphile and Sixty Symbols for successfully using digital media to present advanced topics in science and computing to their global audience, boasting 1.9m subscribers and over 100m views.
More information can be obtained on the Knowledge Exchange and Impact Awards 2016
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More information is available from Chan Wen Li, Director of Information and Communications of Nottingham University Business School at wenli.chan@nottingham.edu.my; Josephine Dionisappu, PR & Communications Manager at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus on +603 8924 8746, josephine.dionisappu@nottingham.edu.my.
Notes to editors: The University of Nottingham has 43,000 students and is ‘the nearest Britain has to a truly global university, with a “distinct” approach to internationalisation, which rests on those full-scale campuses in China and Malaysia, as well as a large presence in its home city.’ (Times Good University Guide 2016). It is also one of the most popular universities in the UK among graduate employers and the winner of ‘Outstanding Support for Early Career Researchers’ at the Times Higher Education Awards 2015. It is ranked in the world’s top 75 by the QS World University Rankings 2015/16, and 8th in the UK by research power according to the Research Excellence Framework 2014. It has been voted the world’s greenest campus for four years running, according to Greenmetrics Ranking of World Universities.
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Posted on 24th May 2016