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18th. March 2009

Tour of NUMed Campus

by Professor Reg Jordan

Venue: Johor (Malaysia)

Date/Time: 17th May 2009, 10:00 - 15:00

This will be an opportunity to visit the Newcastle University Medical Campus in Johor (Malaysia). All alumni are welcome to join us.

17th. March 2009

Dear Graduate,

We would like to inform you about Newcastle University's forthcoming Alumni Event in South East Asia:

15 - 17th May 2009

We plan to hold a series of events in Singapore including:

An international conference hosted by Professor Paul Younger, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Engagement, along with a panel of experts from the Marine School, Medical School and Business School .

There will be a launch of the Voluntary Marine Alumni Branch and the opporrtunity to visit Newcastle University's Medical Campus in Johor (Malaysia).

21st.December 2008

JOHOR BARU: Even if you're way past your university-going days, there could be one thing which could inspire you to go back to school.

The problem is that the "one thing" will only be ready in about 10 years so you'll just have to wait, or send your children there instead.

Education is set to go truly international once EduCity, Iskandar Malaysia's exciting educational hub, is completed by 2018.

We made our second trip back to Uni Newcastle Upon Tyne in 2006.
Manage also to get our old residence, Garnet House, Castle Leazes
Hall and the memorable Richardson Road flat!! Photos enclosed as
proof.

Maybe organise a trip back and have a disco party in the flats! I
think the Chancellor is the previous last Governor of HK.

Time flies and it is interesting to read about Dr. Mike Lim in a recent Newcastle Alum News email. He is now working as a practising dentist in Singapore.

Mike and I used to stay in Freeman's Hall from 1976 to 1977. Quite a character if you know him or do not him but both of us got on well. Maybe we share some "odd" traits that we got along together. Imagine we have not seen or heard from one another since we left our Alma Mater in 1979!! That's 29 years ago and going to 30 next year.

Malaysian Alumni Branch

Contact

Dato' Mohamed Ishak Bin Haji Mohamed Ariff (Diploma Town & Country Planning 1964)
Honorary Life President, Malaysia Branch
Tingkat 19, Menara 2
Faber Towers
Jalan Desa Bahagia, Taman Desa
58100 Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA

Subramaniam Singaram
International Officer
International Office (SE Asia Regional Office) Newcastle University
E-1-3 Mezzanine Level Plaza Damas

Graduate becomes Malaysia's youngest-ever VC

A Newcastle graduate has become the youngest person ever to head a public university in Malaysia.

Professor Datuk Dr Zaini Ujang (MSc Environmental Engineering 1991; PhD 1996), 43, was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor, in September.

Previously, Professor Zaini was Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Innovation and Research at UTM, which entered the Times Higher World University Rankings last year at #415.

(Sung to the tune Santa Klaus is Coming to Town)

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> You'd better not cry
> You'd better keep cash
> I'm telling you why:
> Recession is coming to town.
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> It's hitting you once,
> It's hitting you twice
> It doesn't care if you've been careful and wise
> Recession is coming to town
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> It's worthless if you've got bonds
> It's safe when you've got cash in hand
> So keep cash for goodness sake, HEY
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> You'd better watch out
> You'd better not cry
> You'd better keep cash
> I'm telling you why:

Newcastle University invests RM100m in Nusajaya
By EILEEN HEE, THE STAR

KUALA LUMPUR: Newcastle University will set up a RM100mil medical faculty in Nusajaya, Johor, via a joint venture with Iskandar Investment Bhd by 2011.

According to Dean of International Medical Education and CEO of Newcastle Medicine Malaysia Sdn Bhd Professor Reginald Jordon, students will be able to obtain a Newcastle University medical degree at about half the cost of doing so in Britain when Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia (NUMed) is set up in Iskandar Malaysia.

From The Times

November 17, 2008

Newcastle University to open in Malaysia

Leo Lewis

Newcastle University is to reach out beyond the chilly banks of the Tyne to equatorial South-East Asia with the establishment of a new medical and biotechnology faculty.

Its “NuMED branch campus” plays squarely on the huge local cachet and brand strength of the British education system, which, much like Premier League football, is emerging as one of the UK's most successful exports to the region.