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Graduate School workshops coming up: Book now!
20 February 9:30-14:30: Doing Q Methodological Research
20 February 15:00-17:15: Managing your PhD research data
26 February 17:00-19:00: Writing & Structuring your Thesis
Workshops in March and April include 1-1 Careers/CV sessions, Preparing for the Viva, Your thesis: Working with Long Documents, Getting Published. For further details on these and all other workshops and events, please see the Graduate School Skills Training Webpages.
PG researchers wanted for East Midlands Research Conference!
The East Midlands Postgraduate Research Group (EMU) are holding their annual research conference on 6th September at the University of Derby and are inviting research students to contribute by submitting a short paper, a research snapshot or a poster. They are also offering the chance to chair a session. Read the rest of this entry
Are you a researcher in the field of social sciences or the arts?
Two conferences are calling for papers from doctoral researchers and research students.
In the Arts “Re-Contested Sites/Sights” Research Conference”, organised by the University of the Arts in London, are calling for papers on the theme of spaces of re-contestation. The conference will be held on May 8th and submission deadline for papers is March 8th.
In the Social Sciences, the Portuguese Association of Economic and Social History conference entitled “State, Society and Markets in a Global World” are calling for papers on the theme of the State’s role in the economic and social system. The conference in Portugal is on 15th and 16th November and paper proposals should be submitted by 31st May.
New Grounded Theory Forum
Submitted by Dr Sarah Neill.
Dr Sarah Neill from the School of Health is setting up a University wide Grounded Theory Forum with colleagues from Education and Social Sciences.
The forum will meet approximately two to three times a year to discuss GT approaches, challenges and developments. Sarah envisages that this would interest those teaching grounded theory, researchers using grounded theory, post doc and doctoral students.
Please email Sarah if you are interested.
School of Health lunchtime seminar on 13th February
Submitted by Lynn Marriott.
The UN School of Health, in association with NHS Northamptonshire, presents a lunchtime seminar entitled
“The influence of acute and chronic tissue loading on muscle-tendon stiffness”, presented by Dr Anthony Kay.
The seminar will run from 1-2pm on Wednesday 13th February at Sunley Conference Centre, University of Northampton, Park Campus. Read the rest of this entry
Do you need 1-1 help with quantitative statistics?
Jackie Campbell and Roz Phillips are running a one-to-one advanced quantitative statistics clinic on
Thursday, 24 January from 16:30 to 18:30 in Grendon 151, on Park Campus.
Open to all UN PGR students. Bring your own data for personal assistance.
For more information and to book see http://adstatsjan13.eventbrite.co.uk/
Managing your PhD research data workshop
Data experts from the Digital Curation Centre are coming to the University on Wednesday, 20 February to run “Managing your PhD research data”
Good research is underpinned by good research data management. This workshop will explain why it’s important to actively manage your research data, address the key issues and challenges in data management and introduce the concept of data management planning. Students will have the opportunity to use the DMPonline tool to complete a data management plan for their PhD research.
This event is open to UN research students. Any research staff who would like support with managing their research data please contact Miggie Pickton.
Managing your PhD research data
Wednesday, 20 February 2013 from 15:00 to 17:30,
in the T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park Campus, University of Northampton.
“Communication Media” Saturday School – 9th February.
The Graduate School is holding a “Communication Media” themed Saturday school on 9th February 2013, 10-5pm,
at the T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park Campus, University of Northampton. Lunch included.
Sessions will include “Using social media to support your research”, “Getting Published” and “Unlocking your potential through communication skills”.
Open to all UN PGR students.
For more information and to book a place go to the Eventbrite page at http://satschoolfeb13.eventbrite.co.uk/
New bibliometrics workshop: What can it do for you?
Would you like to know how to use bibliometrics to evaluate the performance of other researchers and to increase the impact of your own work? Dr Miggie Pickton and Nick Dimmock from Research Support will be running a 2 hour workshop, on Tuesday 22nd January 5-7pm at Avenue campus, on bibliometrics and how to apply it.
Bibliometrics (or the statistical analysis of published literature) has come to the fore recently as a method for assessing research performance. Citation analysis in particular is now used to rank articles, journals, authors and even universities.
Interested in building your own professional Website?
Then why not attend Rob Farmer’s workshop “Building your professional Website”
Wednesday, 16 January 2013 from 10:00 to 12:30 in the T-Pod, Rockingham Library.
Book at http://bldweb0113.eventbrite.co.uk/
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