February 6th 2024, Serdang – The School of Graduate Studies (SGS) held a face-to-face seminar entitled What to Expect from Your Supervisor by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dahlia Zawawi, Director, Centre for Corporate Strategy and Relations UPM at Putra Sarjana Room, School of Graduate Studies. The two (2) hours seminar is a part of the Putra Sarjana seminar series, which emphasizes on various information, tips, and skills at its core. The encouraging response from students and participation from external universities has shown the importance of tackling major components in planning a research idea. This includes aspects such as choosing the right supervisor, planning the timeline for the study, enhancing one’s communication skills etc.

The speaker has shared her knowledge through a simple PowerPoint presentation, which captured the students’ attention more than usual. An active Q&A session took place proving the seminar was indeed an interactive and successful one. After a heated session of clarifications, the talk came to an end at 12.00 noon with the photography session. Attendees even had a one-to-one personal discussion with the guest speaker to understand the session even better.

Date of Input: 07/02/2024 | Updated: 08/03/2024 | aslamiah