Monthly Archives: February 2013
HEFCE consultation on open access and submissions to the REF post 2014
In July 2012 HEFCE announced that it would consult with the HE sector on how to ensure the widest possible access to research outputs submitted to post 2014 REF exercises.
The first step of the planned two-stage consultation process is a letter inviting institutions and individuals to comment and advise on the consultation proposals. Broadly speaking, these cover:
- Funding body expectations for open access in post 2014 REF
- The role of institutional repositories
- Embargoes and licences
- Exceptions
- Monograph publications
- Open data
The University of Northampton Research and Enterprise Committee will be sending a response to HEFCE and welcomes your input to this. Please leave a comment below or email Miggie Pickton with your response.
HEFCE’s deadline for responses is 25 March 2013 so your input by 18 March 2013 would be appreciated. Thank you.
Research Council requirements for data management – slides available
The slides for yesterday’s session focusing on the research data planning requirements of Research Councils are available below. Thanks to all who came along and stimulated a fair bit of discussion.
The request for a further workshop on selecting, documenting and sharing sensitive qualitative data has been duly noted – watch this blog for further details.
Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards – Deadline 22 March 2013
The Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards for 2013 offer a fantastic opportunity for students and graduates. The aim of the awards is to offer increased support in the form of funding for young entrepreneurs who have either recently graduated from or who are still studying at Santander Partner Universities. As well as providing cash investment to assist with ideas and business, the winners will also receive valuable press coverage through the recognition received from this initiative.
To find out the eligibility criteria and how to apply, go to:
Research Council requirements for data management – workshop and clinic
Don’t forget this Wednesday’s workshop featuring the Research Council requirements for data management, to be hosted by the School of Social Sciences:
Research Council requirements for data management
Many research funders have issued policies that require researchers to effectively manage, and where possible, share their data. The main expectations are reflected in a set of common principles, released by RCUK in 2011. This workshop aims to demystify funder requirements and provide practical guidelines on how to meet them.
- Hosted by: School of Social Sciences
- Intended audience: Research active staff and research students in social sciences
- When: Wednesday 27th February 10am – 12 noon
- Where: Naseby N25
- Contact: Miggie Pickton
There will also be an opportunity for individuals to chat through the data management aspects of their latest funding bids, or to discuss any other data management issues. Contact Miggie for a one-to-one appointment. Half hour slots are available from 1pm to 3pm in F39.
Workshop for lecturers on Aspire reading lists
If you are engaged in teaching students at UoN and giving students reading lists, these workshops may be of interest to you. Further dates will be added and published here.
Library and Learning Services is offering workshops at Avenue on the Aspire Reading List Software on Feb 26th and March 4th (see below for details and times). Aspire is a piece of software that enables you to create an online reading list with direct links through to full text articles, websites, e-books and items on the library catalogue. You can also link to Aspire from within NILE. To sign up, please email the session leader running the workshop.
Aspire workshops will last an hour and you will be shown how Aspire works as well as being able to have a go at creating your own Aspire reading list. If you have a real reading list you’d like to put online, bring it along and we can work on it during the workshop. There will also be an extra half an hour at the end of the session, with a member of the LLS Academic Liaison Team on hand to help, for anyone who wants to stay and work on their reading list.
Tea, coffee and biscuits will be available.
Tuesday, Feb 26th
12:00 – 13:30, Tuesday, Feb 26th, in the Library IT Training Room (Avenue Library) – Aspire Session Leader: George Dimmock (georgina.dimmock@northampton.ac.uk)
Monday, March 4th
12:00-13:30, Monday, March 4th in the Library IT Training Room (Avenue Library) – Aspire Session Leader: Fiona MacLellan (fiona.maclellan@northampton.ac.uk)
Professor Vijay Mishra to address the School of the Arts
The Postcolonial Visual Culture and Narrative Research Cluster in the School of Arts are delighted to announce that Professor Vijay Mishra, author of What was Multiculturalism?, The Gothic Sublime and Bollywood Cinema: Temples of Desire will be addressing the University of Northampton on Friday March 1 between 1.30pm and 2.30pm. Please come along to Avenue Campus, Room MY120 for what promises to be a stimulating talk entitled Ghostly Spectres of the Transcultural. For more details, please see Professor Mishra’s abstract and biography below.
To register your attendance please contact Larissa.Allwork@northampton.ac.uk.
Research with impact
A reinterpretation of ‘research impact’ for a Friday afternoon…
Image credit: Research Counselling (2011)
RDM workshops for Graduate School and NBS – slides available
Yesterday’s research data management (RDM) workshops with Sarah Jones and Marieke Guy of the DCC sparked a lot of interest from researchers. For those that were unable to attend, the slides are here:
Alan Ayckbourn play at Royal & Derngate on Monday 25th March
As part of the Summer School for the Marie Curie funded Consortium Constructions of Home and Belonging (CoHaB) being hosted by the School of Arts from 21 to 27 March, we are inviting all the delegates to a theatre event at the Royal and Derngate on Monday 25th March, This is to see a new Alan Ayckbourn play, Mr Whatnot.
There may be some tickets over (at £11.00) each and if you would be interested in attending as one of the party, can you let Janet Wilson and Larissa Allwork know — we will treat htis on a first come, first served basis.
Please get back to them by Sunday 24th February at the very latest, as we have to let the theatre know about the pre booked tickets as to how many we actually need.
You should contact larissa.allwork@northampton.ac.uk and janet.wilson@northampton.ac.uk
NELSON upgrade Sunday 24th February
The software behind the Library’s resource discovery system, NELSON, is being upgraded this weekend.
During the upgrade you will only be able to access NELSON in ‘search’ mode, you will not be able to save items to your eShelf. Additionally, links between NELSON and the library catalogue may be temporarily unavailable.
A message displaying this information has been posted on the NELSON home page.
Following the upgrade you will have further options to personalise your search results by discipline and the ability to refine a search by including and excluding multiple topic areas.
Image credit: Compass by Roland Urbanek
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