Author Archives: David Watson
‘When is it ethical to carry out medical research in developing countries?’
A guest lecture by Professor Michael Parker, Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Ethox Centre at the University of Oxford.
Thursday 18th April 2013
5:30pm reception, 6:00pm lecture.
Sunley Conference Centre.
Hosted by the School of Health, University of Northampton.
R.S.V.P. by Thursday 11th April 2013 to Karen Haines on 01604 892373 or at karen.haines@northampton.ac.uk.
Quick links for researcher induction
Here are some useful web links for new postgraduate students to visit during researcher induction in the library:
Checklist for new research students
NELSON (resource discovery tool): http://nelson.northampton.ac.uk
NILE (learning environment): http://nile.northampton.ac.uk
Library catalogue: http://libcat.northampton.ac.uk
Research Support Hub: http://researchsupporthub.northampton.ac.uk
Webmail: http:/www.northampton.ac.uk/mail
University account tools: http://northampton.ac.uk/user
SCONUL Access (access to other libraries): http://www.sconul.ac.uk/sconul-access
EThOS (UK theses): http://ethos.bl.uk
Updated: 25/10/2016
Caveat lector: a lament for Google Reader
Perhaps we were asking for trouble posting about the demise of Connotea and Posterous, because now look what’s happened: Google Reader has caught the fever and will be disappearing on July 1.
CoHaB summer school open lectures on diaspora studies
Submitted by Dr. Larissa Allwork.
The University of Northampton is one of six members of the Marie Curie Initial Training Network called Diasporic Constructions of Home and Belonging (CoHaB). Other partners are the Universities of Munster, Mumbai, Oxford, SOAS and Stockholm.
This March the 12 international postgraduate students affiliated to CoHaB will be coming to The University of Northampton School of the Arts to engage in CoHaB’s core module on Diaspora Studies. There will also be two postdoctoral students from COMPAS and the English Faculty at Oxford University, who have arranged the programme and will oversee the teaching of the core module of the Summer School on Diaspora studies.
University represented at Holocaust Memory Re-visited conference
Submitted by Dr. Larissa Allwork.
School of the Arts researcher Dr Larissa Allwork will be representing the University of Northampton at the internationally prestigious ‘Holocaust Memory Re-visited’ conference at Uppsala University in Sweden (21-23 March 2013). Dr Allwork will be contributing her research on British/Lithuanian Holocaust memorialisation efforts to the Uppsala conference which addresses recent cultural endeavors to depict and commemorate the Holocaust and Nazi era crimes. Dr Allwork is currently working with Professor Janet Wilson on the EU-Marie Curie funded Centre of Home and Belonging project and Dr Sonya Andermahr’s Working Group for Interdisciplinary Research in Trauma, Narrative and Performance.
Don’t Track Me, Google: a plugin to reclaim your search URLs
I had a problem this afternoon: searching for details on a conference from the distant past, I hit Google and found a link to a Word document with the conference programme. I wanted to email this link to someone, and that’s when the problem appeared: I couldn’t. Here’s what I discovered, and what I discovered I could do about it.
Posthumous Posterous: the importance of the exit strategy
I this post I discuss the imminent closure of the Posterous blogging service, and the wider topic of what happens to your data when a tool you rely on is killed off (or, perhaps, you grow out of it and want to move elsewhere). I’ll take a look at the export options for various major online tools that researchers may be likely to use, and suggest a few things to check for when you’re starting out (or if you’re already knee-deep in published content).
If postdoctoral life is about playing by the rules, what are the rules?
This article about postdoc careers might be of interest:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2013/feb/25/post-phd-rules-academic-mentors
Research assistant post advertised
The University’s Institute of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education is seeking a full time research assistant.
The vision of the Institute of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education at the University of Northampton is to enable transformational learning experiences through inspirational teaching. Research to practice is central to the Institute’s activities. We are seeking to appoint a full-time Research Assistant to contribute to and coordinate the research, development and consultancy activities of the Institute, internally and externally. The successful applicant will coordinate the Open Northampton project, which focuses on open educational resources and associated practices, and provide administrative support to the Institute of Learning and Teaching.
For details, go to https://jobs.northampton.ac.uk/vacancy/research-assistant-ilt-163024.html
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:
UON Graduate School Blog 