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April & May Graduate School workshops
Here are April and May’s workshops:
18 Apr Consulting as a Career: Institute of Consulting event. 10:30-1:30pm (includes lunch!)
25 Apr Preparing for Transfer 3-5pm
2 May Correlation and regression: basic theory and SPSS 5-7pm
7 May Preparing for conferences and networking 11-1:30pm
9 May Successful research proposals & research ethics 9:30-1:30pm (includes lunch)
16 May Funding your postdoctoral career 4:30-6:30pm
23 May Working with Children (ethical & practical issues for researchers) 5-7pm
30 May Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis 5-7pm
Upcoming events: Academic Poster competition May 8th, Annual Postgrad Research Conference June 27th.
See our full list of workshops, including May and June 2013, complete with Eventbrite links for you to book your place.
Engaging with the digital world: An event for arts and humanities research students
The University of Oxford and the Arts and Humanities Research Council have collaborated to offer a one-day interactive training session for postgraduate students across the arts and humanities, focusing on public engagement and digital media. “Transforming Postgraduate Research: Engaging with the Digital World” will be held on Monday 17 June at the University of Oxford, and aims to provide introductory training in using digital media to disseminate academic research. Participants will explore the value of digital engagement and learn how a range of digital platforms can be used to enhance academic profile. The event features practical workshop sessions, keynote lectures, student-led Q&A and discussion sessions between participants and a panel of experts. Topics covered include:
- Social media(s) and academia
- Blogs and academic websites
- Creative technologies and impact
- Showcasing and developing educational resources
The event is open to students across all disciplines in the arts and humanities and costs just £12. To book or for more information see www.thec21scholar.com/oxford. The deadline for registration is 15 April 2013.
ANOVAs in SPSS: Workshop for PGR Students
Dr Roz Collings is running a workshop for UN Research Students on the analysis of variance (ANOVA) in SPSS. The session will run on Thursday, 11 April from 17:00 to 19:00 in Grendon 152, on Park Campus. Places are limited so book now!
“Writing your CV” workshop for UN Research Students
The Graduate School, together with the UN Careers Service, are offering a workshop session for Research Students to improve and perfect their CVs.
This two hour session, with lunch, will focus on writing and refining CVs (chronological, skills & academic) and covering letters. In the second hour there will be a chance for 1-1 advice on the researcher’s own CV.
Tuesday, 9 April 2013 from 11:00 to 13:30
Venue: MY120, Maidwell Building, Avenue Campus, University of Northampton
Booking open at http://careersapr13.eventbrite.co.uk/
Have you booked your place on our consultancy careers workshop?
A reminder to all University of Northampton Postgraduate Research Students that there is still time to book the Consulting as a Career workshop on the 18th April. The event, in collaboration with the Institute of Consulting, will run from 10:30 to 13:30, in C106, Cottesbrooke, Park Campus. Book on Eventbrite.
Saturday School on April 13th
The Graduate School will be running a Saturday school for UN PGR students on April 13th 10-5pm in the T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park Campus.
We will be covering “Preparing for Transfer” in the morning, followed by brand new workshops on “Interviewing for Researchers”, and “Negotiation skills”. The afternoon workshop on Negotiation Skills will be run by external trainer Karin Blak and you will learn a range of skills vital for managing situations in collaborative relationships, such as with your supervisor or other work and study colleagues. For more information see the outline Eventbrite page.
Book now to secure your place.
Upcoming Graduate School workshops
‘Preparing for your Viva’: Tuesday 12 March from 4:30-6:30pm in the T-Pod. http://prepvivamar1213.eventbrite.co.uk/
‘Your Thesis: Working with Long Documents in Word’ Tuesday 12 March from 4:30-7:00pm in Grendon 152 http://yrthesismar13.eventbrite.co.uk/ (this will be repeated in June)
‘Getting Published’ Thursday 14 March from 4-6pm in MY120, Avenue http://getpubmar13.eventbrite.co.uk/
‘Advanced statistics drop-in clinic’, Thursday 21 March 4:30-6:30pm in Grendon 151 http://adstatsmar13.eventbrite.co.uk/
‘Poster design & presenting’, Tuesday 26 March from 4:30-6:30 in MY120, Avenue http://postermar13.eventbrite.co.uk/
FREE Vitae ‘entrepreneurship’ workshop in Bristol
“Charting an entrepreneurial career: how researchers can control their professional destiny” is a free day-long event open to postgraduate researchers and research staff. It is being held on the 9th April at the University of Bristol and is sponsored by the Entrepreneurial Institution.
Wherever you are in your research career, whether you are applying for research funding, moving into a new career or starting your own business (commercial or social) this day will enable you to understand your enterprising potential to create impact through research and take your ideas into a business.
During the day you will explore your own skills in relation to entrepreneurship
- explore research impact in relation to grant applications and REF
- explore different types of enterprise
- hear from successful entrepreneurs
- hear about social enterprise, commercialisation and knowledge exchange
- network and plan next steps
Book now via the Vitae website.
Workshop: Patient and Public Involvement in Research and Service Development.
Submitted by the Centre for Health & Wellbeing Research
This research training programme is for staff across all NHS Trusts in Northamptonshire, UoN’s School of Health staff and post-graduate students who wish to refresh or gain new skills in the research process, research methods and the use of evidence to inform practice.
Workshops in Research & Development: Patient and Public Involvement (PPI)
Dr Jackie Parkes & Dr Paula Wray
12th March 10.00 – 12.00 in the Oak Room, Berrywood Hospital.
13th March 10.00 – 12.00 in Seminar Room 5, Prince William Education Centre, Kettering General Hospital.
14th March 10.00 – 12.00 in Room 11, Sunley Conference Centre, University of Northampton. Read the rest of this entry
A blog of blogs… and other research resources!
A bitesize selection of Web resources on research for PG students and supervisors.
If you have any good research Web resources that you’d like to share
please email them to Simone Apel.
Blogs on WordPress
Research whisperer
The thesis whisperer
Doctoral writing
Supervisor’s friend
On Twitter
Websites
Podcasts
Podacademy: Sound Thinking; Podcasts of current research.
Tedtalks: Some of the world’s greatest educators, researchers, and community leaders share their stories and visions onstage at the TED conference.
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