Author Archives: David Watson

Conference – Dementia Scotland 2013: a national priority

Dementia Scotland 2013: a national priority
21 October 2013, Surgeons’ Hall, Edinburgh

• Following the publication of Scotland’s second Dementia Strategy on Monday 3rd June 2013, there has never been a time of more public and political interest in dementia
• As part of the strategy, an action plan will be put in place to ensure people with dementia are treated with dignity and respect during all hospital stays
• We must embrace the process of redesign and transformation of services to ensure that we deliver services effectively and efficiently
• How will policies around personalisation, integration and funding of care and support improve the lives of those living with dementia and their families? Read the rest of this entry

Workshop – Making an application to an NHS REC

 Venue: Walton Hall, Open University

Friday 27th September 2013

Working in partnership AREC and HRA

This workshop is particularly suitable for students, or anyone making applications for review to an NHS REC. A step by step guide on how to make the application and a look at what can be done to facilitate better applications.

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First steps in hyperspace

Submitted by James Ressel

Not long ago I started a blog entitled Law, Culture & Ideas (http://lawcultureblog.wordpress.com/). However, as soon as I posted my first article I came to dread the expenditure of time and energy that will be needed to feed the voraciously hungry virtual baby now growing in hyperspace.  In this post I will try outline some of the ideas underlying the blog, its rationale and plans for the future.

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Research Seminar Invitation

You are invited to attend a seminar by Marco Caniato, a PhD student from the University of Brescia, Italy, on Wednesday, July 10, at 10:am, in MY35. The topic of the presentation will be:

 “Development of a Health Care Waste Management system in facilities with severe constraints: case study from the Gaza Strip”.

“Such a Long Journey”: New radio play recording and call for feedback

The rehearsed reading for the first act of Oladipo Agboluaje’s Such a Long Journey is now available to listen to online via Research Support Hub. See below for the recording and further details.

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Jeff Ollerton: The Cliff

Research Support Hub readers will surely be interested in Professor Jeff Ollerton’s latest blog post, The Cliff, in which Professor Jeff reflects on 20 years as a PhD examiner, discusses the growth of literature in his field and what it means for new research students, and highlights a mysterious publishing statistic.

You can subscribe to all Jeff’s posts at jeffollerton.wordpress.com.

From Who Can Tell?…! to Such A Long Journey: New Radio Play Rehearsals Announced

On the evening of 5th June 2013, Dr Victor Ukaegbu and Dr Jumai Ewu hosted a very special re-union of the production team and cast members behind the 2008 JAWI Theatre collective production, Who Can Tell?…!.

This community based play was based on material from the oral history archives of the Northamptonshire Black History Association (NBHA) and gave theatrical voice to black people’s experiences of living and growing up in 1960s Northampton.

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Event report: The Personal is Political Revisited

Submitted by Lisa Robertson.

The Personal is Political Revisited: Investigating Notions of Place and Space
An Interdisciplinary Symposium hosted by the School of the Arts, The University of Northampton
Saturday October 6, 2012

This one-day interdisciplinary symposium hosted by the School of the Arts brought together scholars from around the globe to revisit the concept of the personal as political and consider its effect on the perception and experience of space and place.

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School of the Arts researchers keep going global

This June researchers from the School of the Arts will be engaging with creative practitioners from all across the world. Read on for more details.

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English and Creative Writing at the School of the Arts Summer Show

English and Creative Writing will be contributing three events to this year’s School of the Arts Summer Show at Avenue Campus. All three events are open to University of Northampton staff members and visiting members of the public. To reserve a place email larissa.allwork@northampton.ac.uk.

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