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Partnered schools in Perak and Kelantan welcome the Voices of the Rainforest

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The Voices of the Rainforest project is advancing rapidly as the Principal Investigator (PI), Dr Syafiq Mat Noor, visited partnered schools in Perak and Kelantan from 19 to 29 August 2024. The visits aimed to build relationships and strengthen collaboration with schools that will play a pivotal role in the implementation of the project. 

Co-producing climate curriculum with indigenous communities

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Voices of the Rainforest is a new climate change education project that aims to co-create a traditional, ecological, knowledge-based climate change curriculum framework for primary schools with indigenous communities, children, and school partners in Malaysia. Indigenous communities often find themselves on the frontline of climate change impacts. In Peninsular Malaysia, these indigenous communities consist of...

Research vacancies at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

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The Voices of the Rainforest is seeking to hire seven research officers/assistants to be based at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. We particularly encourage applications from candidates of indigenous communities or minority ethnic backgrounds, as they are currently under-represented in academia. The posts Fieldwork Research Assistant x 3 Research Assistant x 2 Research Officer (Q41) x 1...

Dr Syafiq Mat Noor wins a British Academy 2024 ‘Knowledge Frontiers’ research grant

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Dr Syafiq Mat Noor from the Centre of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Policy has been awarded a prestigious grant for the Voices of the Rainforest research project under the ‘Knowledge Frontiers: ODA International Interdisciplinary Research 2024’ funding call. This interdisciplinary project, rooted in anthropology and education, is in collaboration with two researchers from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,...

Funding announced for Official Development Assistance International Interdisciplinary Research Projects 2024

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The British Academy is pleased to announce the successful applicants of the ODA International Interdisciplinary Research Projects programme 2024.

The programme supports international collaborations between early career researchers in the UK and early career researchers in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries on internationally focused ODA-eligible research projects of an interdisciplinary nature.