Monthly Archives: August 2012
Announcing an engagement
You only have to look at recent statements from Research Councils UK, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Wellcome Trust and others to know that researchers are under increasing pressure to create and manage their data in an appropriate and, ideally, open way.
The University of Northampton was one of the earliest universities to develop a research data policy. Our policy is straightforward. It recognises that good research is underpinned by good research data management and expects researchers to follow RCUK recommendations for achieving this. On a practical level it encourages each researcher to produce a data management plan at an early stage of their research lifecycle and to deposit their data in a data repository on the completion of the project.
A researcher’s view of Open Access
From the University of Northampton YouTube channel: Dr (now Professor) Jeff Ollerton discusses the importance of Open Access publishing.
Effective Part-Time Researcher day
Are you studying for your research degree part-time? Why not book your free place on The Effective Part-time Researcher workshop?
12 October 2012, University of Nottingham
A one-day programme for part-time postgraduate researchers early in the ‘middle part’ of their part-time PhD.
Supervisor Development Programme
The university runs a development programme for supervisors who are new to research degree supervision. It is a validated university postgraduate course and it is delivered as two masters-level modules – Workshops and Observation. It is a requirement of our research degree regulations that everyone who is new to supervision takes the first module – the workshops. The second module is optional but if you complete both you are awarded the Postgraduate Certificate in Research Degree Supervision which you can count as one completion when putting together supervisory teams.
The workshops for 2012/13 will run 9.30-4.00 on Thursday 29th November, Tuesday 4th December and Friday 7th December 2012. There will be a further session of seminars led by participants early in 2013 – date to be negotiated with participants. You will be expected to attend on all of these days. Hopefully you can schedule other commitments, particularly teaching, around these dates.
The programme is co-ordinated by Prof Ian Livingstone. If you would like to join this year’s development programme and haven’t previously contacted Ian, please contact him now.
Postgraduate Perspective Newsletter
The past three issues of the Postgraduate Perspective Newsletter,
the newsletter for research students at The University of Northampton, have now been uploaded onto the University Website. Take a look at what your colleagues are up to!
Welcome to the Research Support Hub
Welcome to the all-new Research Support Hub!
The Hub is a combined initiative from the Graduate School, the Research and Strategic Bidding Office and Library and Learning Services at The University of Northampton.
It aims to be a one-stop-shop for researchers – a place to come for the latest research news, forthcoming events and research support.
You can follow the Research Support Hub by visiting the website at https://researchsupporthub.wordpress.com/ or following its RSS feed.
If you are a researcher at The University of Northampton and have something to share with your research colleagues then please let us know.
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