Monthly Archives: October 2017
Grounded Theory Forum
The first Grounded Theory Forum meeting is led by Fiona Barchard on 11th October from 1-3pm in S036. The topic of discussion will be ‘The trials and tribulations of Constructivist Grounded Theory analysis’.
For those who are interested in Grounded Theory, here are the dates and venues for the coming meetings:
• Thurs 7th Dec 2017, Brampton B6
• Tues 6th Feb 2018, Sulgrave S014
• Wed 2nd May 2018, Sulgrave S017
If you would like to attend or be on the Grounded Theory Forum mail list, please contact Sarah Neil
Integrating Traditional Water Harvesting Systems into Modern Water Solutions
History, successes, challenges and needs
PRESENTATION followed by DISCUSSION
By Wells for India, Country Director
Om Prakash Sharma
Thursday 5th October 2017
16.00 – 18.00 Room MB8
Om Prakash Sharma, will talk about
- Traditional water harvesting solutions in the dryland regions of India: long-term sustainable solutions, and their recent history.
- The reasons for the decline of small-scale, community-managed water regeneration solutions.
- Success stories from rural parts of Rajasthan on the revival of traditional solutions and integrating them with modern water solutions along with future challenges and needs.
- Issues of sustainability, governance and equity of water, including community ownership.
- Solutions for the future in a climate-challenged world with a growing and urbanizing population.
Wells for India (www.wellsforindia.org) is a UK-based, not-for-profit organisation and, through 45 Indian NGO partners, is promoting sustainable water management in Rajasthan and Gujarat states of India. Wells for India works with some of the poorest and marginalized rural communities in the drylands of India, where water is the key to enabling people to improve their lives, prospects and the environment that supports them. Om Prakash Sharma is a Civil Engineer, and has been working as Country Director for Wells for India for the last 18 years. His work over 28 years around water issues of drylands entails in blending traditional water management wisdom with modern technologies.
ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND!
Graduate School’s Annual Postgraduate Research Conference 2017
Connected Communities: Diversity at UoN was the theme of the Graduate School’s annual Postgraduate Research Conference which was held on 19th September 2017. The conference was an excellent opportunity for research students from every stage in the doctoral process to share, discuss and network with other research students and supervisors from across the University. The key note address was given by UoN Chair of the Board of Governors, Andrew Scarborough who said he was impressed with the breadth and variety of research. Read the rest of this entry
Published with Emerald?
Emerald Publishing have updated their open access policy, and now allow all accepted manuscripts to be made freely available through your institutional repository (NECTAR), without any embargo period. This applies to articles that have been previously published, and those which are yet to be published.
The Research Support Team will be identifying as many of our Emerald Publications as possible that currently have embargo periods set, and removing these. If we have missed your publication, please email Nectar@northampton.ac.uk and we will make the necessary changes as soon as possible.
More information:
http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/openaccess/oa_policies.htm
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