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About UPgrade
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UPgrade Vision - To be the most competitive and admired postgraduate association in Malaysia.
UPgrade Mission - Helps to provide a platform to be publishing in high indexed journal for postgraduate students. - Organize motivational and academic programs to produce Graduate On Time (GOT) students. - Helps to promote the University through International and National programs such as: 1) Postgraduate Conference and Symposium. 2) Postgraduate Student Forum. 3) Industrial visits. 4) MoU. -
UPgrade Objective - To integrate all UTeM Postgraduate students under one association by implementing intellectual and academic programs. - To produce a competitive Postgraduate students at National and Global levels. - To increase the level of communication between Local and International Postgraduate students. - To produce an outstanding Postgraduate students who are highly confident and able to communicate effectively. -
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UTeM POSTGRADUATE ASSOCIATION (UPgrade)
PROGRAM / ACTIVITY PLANNING
2021/2022
| No | Program/Activity | Module Outcome | Date | Venue |
| 1 | Annual Grand Meeting 2021/2022 | Non-Academic | December 2021 | Auditorium PPS |
| 2 | Workshop of Qualitative & Quantitative Methods | Evaluating research output | January 2022 | Auditorium PPS |
| 3 | Workshop of 3D drawing and Illustration | Effective use of technology | March 2022 | BK 5, PPS |
| 4 | Workshop of “Plagiarism and Grammar” | Enhancing Academic Writing | March 2022 | BK 5, PPS |
| 5 | 3M Thesis Competition Inter UTeM | Presentation and communication skills | March 2022 | Auditorium PPS |
| 6 | Workshop on Research Proposal Defence & Research Tools. | Evaluating research output | June 2022 | BK 5, PPS |
| 7 | Workshop on Effective Journal Publishing | Enhancing Academic Writing | June 2022 | Auditorium PPS |
| 8 | Academic Visit to UUM and UTP | Presentation and communication skills | August 2022 | UTP |
| 9 | Industrial Visit to Akademik Laut Malaysia (ALAM) | Presentation and communication skills | August 2022 | ALAM, Sungai Baru, Melaka |
| 10 | 3M Thesis Competition - National | Presentation and communication skills | September 2022 | National |
| 11 | Workshop on Formatting Thesis | Enhancing Writing skills | October 2022 | BK 5, PPS |
| 12 | Workshop on Systematic Literature Review | Evaluating research output | November 2022 | BK 5, PPS |
NOTE: DATE AND VENUE OF THE EVENT ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
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RESEARCHER TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
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Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka-PPS offers a range of training and development workshops and opportunities for postgraduate students.
At PPS@UTeM, we try our best to give and helps your progress through your research studies by providing opportunities to enhance your existing skills and to acquire new skills and experience. This training may be provided through attending workshops / events offered @PPS and online modules.
Our workshops and events are planned to develop your research skills. These events are focusing on Five (5) major outcomes; a) Enhancing Academic Writing; b) Enhancing Publication Skills; c) Evaluating Research Outputs; d) Presentation & Communication Skills and e) Effective use of Technology. Examples of the Events are as follows:
No Training Workshop / Event 1. Academic and library skills. You could learn how to carry out literature searches, write your literature review, manage your research data and keep up-to-date with research in your subject area. Year 1 – Library research support Or Refer: http://library.utem.edu.my/en/ http://library.utem.edu.my/en/research-resources.html http://library.utem.edu.my/en/user-education-program.html 2. Career development. You could learn inside or outside of academia and useful advice on preparing youself for jobs after your study. Career Fair Year 2 – Preparing for an academic career Preparing for career outside of academia Career stories / routes / opportunities Or Refer: http://pjim.utem.edu.my/ms/ 3. a) Enhancing Academic Writing
Year 1 – Efficient Reading and Preparing for Your Literature Review Year 1 – Workshop of "Plagiarism and Grammar" Year 2 – Writing Your Thesis / What do I need to do ahead of thesis submission b) Enhancing Publication Skills You could learn how to plan your research, know appropriate procedure and regulations. Year 1 – Project Management (University's Compulsory Course) Year 1 – Effective Journal Publishing Strategies
c) Evaluating Research Outputs
Year 1 – Research Methodology (University's Compulsory Course) Year 1 – Project Management (University's Compulsory Course) Year 2 – Workshop of Design of Experiment Year 2 – Workshop of Qualitative and Quantitative Methods d) Presentation and Communication Skills You could develop your presentation skills; such as learn how to create a research poster You could also actively engage your findings or communicate yourself with Society, Industrial Partners or any other relevant Stakeholders. Year 2 – 3 Minute(3M) Thesis Competition Year 3 – Preparing for Your Viva Academic Visit Visit to MIHAS event / Academic Visit to Local / International Institution Making the Most of the Relationship with Your Supervisor / Getting the most out of doctoral supervision Communicating Your Research to the Media / Public / Online: Conferences / Blogging / Tweeting Postgraduate Sport Activities Postgraduate Annual Dinner c) Effective use of Technology / Technology for research. You could yourself to manage your research and learn practical skills in using current research tools. Year 1 – Workshop of 3D drawing and illustration Year 2 – SPSS and statistical Tools Year 1 – Data Visualisation Year 2 – Nviv / R-analysis / etc We also offer research skills training through a series of online modules, so you can access what you need in a format that works for you, wherever you are. Our online modules include: Information and data security for Research Data Research Integrity Health and Safety Issues Fire safety and risk assessment 2019/2020 Researcher Training and Development NO. PROGRAMS CONDUCTED DATE OF EVENT MODULE OUTCOME PLACE PIC 1. WORKSHOP OF DESIGN OF EXPERIMENT 16 JANUARY 2020 EVALUATING RESEARCH OUTPUT AUDITORIUM PPS KASHA & ANIS 2. EFFECTIVE JOURNAL PUBLISHING STRATEGIES 17 FEBRUARY 2020 ENHANCING PUBLICATION SKILLS AUDITORIUM PPS FADHLUR 3. 3M THESIS COMPETITION INTER UTeM 12 MARCH 2020 PRESENTATION AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS UTeM MAS & MAILASAN 4. ACADEMIC VISIT TO MIHAS EVENT 3 APRIL 2020 PRESENTATION AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS KUALA LUMPUR MAS & MAILASAN 5. WORKSHOP OF QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS APRIL 2020 EVALUATING RESEARCH OUTPUT AUDITORIUM PPS FARAH & GANDI 6. WORKSHOP OF "PLAGIARISM AND GRAMMAR" 8 APRIL 2020 ENHANCING ACADEMIC WRITING UTeM YAN QI 7. EFFECTIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY MAY 2020 EFFECTIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY UTeM CHONG 8. 3M THESIS COMPETITION - NATIONAL 23 JUNE 2020 PRESENTATION AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS IIUM ( CAMPUS GOMBAK) UPGRADE 9. PG SPORT ACTIVITIES 29 JUNE 2020 TO 3 JULY 2020 PRESENTATION AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS KAMPUS TEKNOLOGI DAN PUSAT SUKAN SOLEHAH 10. ACADEMIC VISIT TO UUM AND UTP AUGUST 2020 PRESENTATION AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS UTP MAS & ANIS 11. POSTGRADUATE DINNER NOVEMBER 2020 PRESENTATION COMMUNICATION SKILLS KIV KIV Note: Name and date of event are subject to change
Workshops and events
Online training
Training
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How to start your research program
TBA
Writing tips for researchers
TBA
How to develop your online profile
TBA
How to manage your bibliographical references
TBA
How to prepare for your viva
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2019/2020 Researcher Training and Development
University Teknikal Malaysia Melaka wants to ensure that all doctoral and master researchers receive the highest quality of training. We also expect all researchers to acquire the necessary skills especially in developing your research, personal and professional skills to become world-class researchers.
We also welcome feedback on this section and anything relating to postgraduate training and development. Please email feedback to [email protected].