East-meets-west graduation first

PA 203/09 A unique Pharmacy degree course in which students split their studies between The University of Nottingham's Malaysia campus and the UK campus in Nottingham is celebrating its first graduation. The School of Pharmacy's innovative 2+2 programme enabled 33 students to spend the first two years of their course at the University's campus near Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, transferring to Nottingham for their final two years of study. This first cohort was among a total of 135 MPharm students who received their degrees at a graduation ceremony on University Park last week. This 2+2 Pharmacy masters course is fully accredited by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, which means that, after a pre-registration training year, graduates may work as pharmacists in the UK and in Malaysia, where the Nottingham degree is also recognised. Head of the School of Pharmacy Professor Saul Tendler said: "It is an absolute pleasure to see so many Pharmacy students graduating this year. For the students who were our 2+2 pioneers, this is an extra special achievement. "It is one that marks the culmination of many years of effort by colleagues both in Nottingham and Malaysia who have been involved in setting up the programme, and, of course, by students themselves.