Author Archives: Simone Apel
Enhancing the Impact of Publishing : Emerald Author Workshop
Submitted by Nadeem Khan (PhD research student NBS)
Emerald Author Workshop: Tuesday 30th April 2013
The author workshop held at Emerald publishers head office in West Yorkshire brought together the editors of journals and the authors of papers in an insightful and rewarding dialogue. This full day workshop enabled Emerald to better understand the challenges and demands of authors in offering a high quality integrated service. With 2 papers a minute a being published and snail-mail giving way to electronic formats the issue of maintaining quality and time taken to publication were the hot topics.
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Come along to the 8th May Annual Research Student Poster Competition
UN Research Students, Supervisors and staff are invited to join us at the Graduate School’s Research Student Poster competition, which takes place on Wednesday 8th May, from 11:15 to 2pm in the Dialog Cafe area of the Rockingham Library, Park Campus. Please drop in, if you can, take a look at the posters and support your colleagues.
The event will be opened by Professor Ian Livingstone, Head of the Graduate School, at 11:15 and will close at 13:50 with the announcement of winners by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Nick Petford. The winner will receive a £100 prize, with two runner-up prizes of £75.
The aim of this event is for students to create a visually exciting poster which explains their research to a mixed audience of non subject specialists. The poster competition is open to all research students from all years of study.
Book your May workshops now!
Graduate School Workshops coming up in May….. click on the link to book.
Correlation and regression: basic theory and SPSS.
Thursday, 2 May 2013 from 17:00 to 19:00 in Grendon 152, Park.
Preparing for conferences and networking.
Tuesday, 7 May 2013 from 11:00 to 13:30 in MY120, Avenue.
Successful research proposals & research ethics.
Thursday, 9 May 2013 from 09:30 to 13:30 in MY36, Avenue.
Funding your postdoctoral career.
Thursday, 16 May 2013 from 16:30 to 18:30. T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park.
Working with Children.
Thursday, 23 May 2013 from 17:00 to 19:00. MY120, Avenue.
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Thursday, 30 May 2013 from 17:00 to 19:00. T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park. (Note: This workshop is fully subscribed. Please email Simone to be added to a waiting list.)
Grounded Theory Forum
Submitted by Sarah Neill
In the first meeting of the Grounded Theory Forum, held on April 24th, we discussed the way forward for the forum and generated some exciting ideas, including a GT blog, conference and journal. A wide ranging discussion took place on the different versions of GT and we plan to take this forward to the next meeting, on June 26th, when the second half will be given over to discussing Heath and Cowley’s 2004 paper debating the differences between Glaser and Strauss (reference below). Read the rest of this entry
Graduate School Postgraduate Researcher Conference
The University of Northampton Graduate School are holding their annual Postgraduate Researcher Conference on June 27th 2013 and would like to invite staff, research students and supervisors to join them. The conference provides an ideal development opportunity for new researchers to present their research, discuss and share good practice with others in a non-threatening environment. The conference will showcase the diverse range of research activity within the University and will provide an excellent opportunity for research students to practice their presentation skills.
Any UN postgraduate research students and early career researchers who wish to present their research should email a title and an abstract (ca. 150 words), outlining their research and its context, to Simone Apel by Monday June 3rd. Any students wishing to chair a session (or sessions) should also email Simone. Read the rest of this entry
Researching Learning, Learning to Research
Submitted by Meanu Bajwa-Patel
The University of Northampton’s School of Education are holding their Annual Research Student Conference on Thursday 9th and Friday 10th May 2013. Entitled “Researching Learning, Learning to Research”, the conference gives UN Research Students an opportunity to present their research to a wider audience. The two-day conference will featuring keynote presentations, research student papers and posters. The conference will be held in the Sunley Conference Centre from 9.00am – 4.30pm. All welcome. Sign up via the Conference Website.
Successful Research Proposals and Ethics workshop
On the morning of May 9th, David Watson, Professor Ian Livingstone and John Morris will be running a Graduate School workshop, focusing on “Successful Research Proposals“ and “Research Ethics”, specifically for pre-registration research students.
The session will cover the requirements for registration as an APG, from completion of the formal paperwork to an outline of what the research degree boards are looking for in the student’s research proposal.
The workshop starts with a session by John Morris, looking at the essential elements of research ethics.
Lunch is included.
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When? Thursday, 9 May 2013 from 09:30 to 13:30
Where? MY36, Maidwell Building, Avenue campus
Invitation to the 8th Annual Research Student Poster Competition
UN Research Students are invited by the Graduate School to enter the University’s Research Poster competition, which takes place on Wednesday 8th May. The winner will receive a £100 prize, with two runner-up prizes of £75.
The aim of this event is for students to create a poster that explains their research to a mixed audience of non subject-specialists. The poster competition is open to all research students from all years of study. If you are in your first year, you can just present preliminary results or some data and ideas for further consideration. Supervisors are invited to come along and support their students on the day.
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East Midlands Universities Annual Conference – urgent call for Chairs and presentations!
Research Students!
The EMU Research Student Conference will be held on September 6th and provides a unique opportunity for East Midlands Universities postgraduate researchers to showcase their research findings. There will be opportunities for 50 ten minute research talks and 14 three minute research snapshot presentations during the conference. AND would you like a chance to chair a session?
If you would like to give a 10 minute presentation or a 3 minute research snapshot you have until April 3rd to register your interest. See the EMU Website for details on how to apply.
You have until April 8th to let me know if you would like to be nominated as a Chair.
Please email me asap.
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