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- The University of Nottingham Malaysia recently held its first Hybrid International Performing Arts Festival, featuring a series of onsite and hybrid performances and workshops showcasing a unique mixture of local and international talents.
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- 16/02/2023
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- The introduction of the BPharm programme follows the success of UNM's Master of Pharmacy (MPharm), Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences, and Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences degree programmes. BPharm registration opens in September 2023 and is now accepting applications from prospective students.
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- 16/02/2023
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- Prioritisation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) positive behaviour in business offers an opportunity to tap into the multi-trillion green economy and is a risk mitigation measure. Yet according to the 'Malaysia Businesses Sustainability Pulse Report 2022', an alarming 45% of Malaysian companies did not allocate a budget for sustainability initiatives.
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- 16/02/2023
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- UNM academic, the late Dr Aini Hamid is a scientist who wrote a play on cancer awareness with Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (Klpac) The play titled, You, Me and the Big C, is a theatre production written by the late Dr Aini Hamid, an academic at the University of Nottingham Malaysia (UNM) premiered on 17 September 2022 and ran until 25 September 2022 at Klpac.
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- 30/11/2022
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- Water is the source of life. Listed sixth on the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), SDG6 - 'Clean Water and Sanitation', ensuring a clean water supply for all is crucial in achieving a sustainable future. Rivers specifically, are vital bodies of water that can influence a nation's environmental, social and economic development, with the ability to directly impact those in its surrounding communities.
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- 10/11/2022
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- In the 21st century, it is expected that a student and future graduate is equipped with transferable skills. The best educational experiences prepare learners for the real-world, providing them the skills and knowledge to adapt to complex situations they may face later in life. Learners should be taught to think not only critically, but creatively too. Even history's greatest inventors would not have accomplished what they had without their less-than-conventional ideas.
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- 28/10/2022
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- Todd Landman, Professor of Political Science and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Social Sciences at The University of Nottingham in the UK hosted a networking session on human rights on 6 October at the University of Nottingham Kuala Lumpur Teaching Centre.
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- 17/10/2022
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- With #WorldFoodDay 2022 just around the corner, on 16 October, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) is demanding we 'leave no one behind'. According to the FAO the domino effect caused by the pandemic, climate change, rising prices and international tensions is impacting food systems across the globe.
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- 14/10/2022
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- Happy World Habitat Day! The United Nations (UN) designated the first Monday of October of every year as World Habitat Day to reflect on the state of our habitats, and the basic right of all to adequate shelter. It is also a day intended to remind the world that we all have the power and responsibility to shape the future of our cities and towns.
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- 07/10/2022
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- Budget 2023, scheduled to be tabled on 7 October, outlines numerous priorities, one of which focuses on the recovery of job and income for all Malaysians and businesses. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have faced numerous challenges and a Pre-Budget Statement mentioned that Budget 2023 would implement comprehensive reforms to address this issue, to boost Malaysia's competitiveness and resilience.
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- 29/09/2022
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- Freedom of the press and media ethics have long been topics of discussion not only in Malaysia, but around the globe. Journalists act as gatekeepers in the mass communication process, and the trust between writer and reader hinges on accuracy of facts, ethical behaviour and a lack of bias.
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- 26/09/2022