Author Archives: Simone Apel
Imminent Grad School workshops – book now!
Basic inferential statistics in SPSS, Keeping Up to Date in the Age of Social Media, The student-supervisory relationship.
Basic inferential statistics in SPSS – Click to book
A follow on from Paul’s basic SPSS workshop on the 13th.
Tuesday 27th 5-7pm in Grendon 151, Park
Keeping Up to Date in the Age of Social Media – Click to book
Learn how to QUICKLY keep up to date with research activity. Valuable for every researcher.
Weds 28th 4-6pm T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park
The student-supervisory relationship – Click to book
Creating / keeping a harmonious relationship with your supervisor. Unmissable.
Thurs 29th 5-7.30pm T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park
Conference report: UN Business School representation at the 20th anniversary conference of CGIR Journal
Prof. Kakabadse with PhD students Nadeem Khan and Ourada Dsouli
On 28th – 29th September at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Nadeem Khan and Ouarda Dsouli from UN Business School attended the Conference of Corporate Governance An International Review Journal (CGIR). The joint paper with Prof. Nada Kakabadse is titled – National Governance Bundles: A comparative of G20 Countries and Forbes 200 Corporations (2009-2012).
The paper presented compares and contrasts the social and financial performance of Nations with Corporations based on deeper characteristics such as Board structures; Debt; employment during the post Global Financial Crisis (GFC) era. Where Corporations dominate the top economies in the World (Fortune Magazine, 2011) Governments are grappling with Austerity. Further, a cause of concern is that out of the extra $2.4Tn spent by Nations, $1.9Tn has gone to Bank Bail Outs. Read the rest of this entry
Free one-day workshop on digital visual culture in education
Picturing Change: Digital visual culture in early years education
Saturday 19th January 2013 ; Venue: Headington Campus, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford
This FREE one-day workshop will explore the role of digital visual culture in the formal and informal education of young children. As the screen becomes increasingly prominent in homes and schools as a source of visual stimulation and as a medium for visual exploration, educators and educational researchers must take on the responsibility of understanding how this cultural change will influence the development and learning of young children. Picturing Change will be an opportunity to discuss the theories and methods that are best suited to this task, as well as a forum for sharing findings that have been made in the field so far. Read the rest of this entry
Doreen Massey in Conversation
Doreen Massey
Come and see Professor Doreen Massey, geographer, author and OU Emeritus Professor,
on Wednesday, 28 November 2012 6pm
in room MY120, Maidwell Building, Avenue Campus, University of Northampton, St George’s Avenue.
New Workshop: Follow research activity with social media
Keeping up to date with the research activity of others in your field is crucial for all researchers.
This brand new workshop introduces ways to make the information you need come straight to you! Even if you already use social media, this session will introduce you to alerting services, RSS feeds and research relevant websites which you can quickly and easily monitor without hassle.
Highly relevant and extremely valuable workshop for all research students.
Wednesday, 28 November 2012 from 16:00 to 18:00
T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park Campus, University of Northampton
Book at http://socmedia2nov12.eventbrite.co.uk/
Forum report: IMD and Grosvenor Business Forum in October
Nadeem Khan, PhD student from NBS attended the IMD and Grosvenor Business Forum on 15th October 2012 at which IMD President Dominique Turpin presented – “Leading with a Global Mindset”. The forum was attended by delegates from Industry along with IMD alumni and invited guests.
The essence of the Key Note speech highlighted the critical difference between international and global firms and identified global leaders as being/or having 8 traits: Open minded, sensitivity and empathy, the ability to connect, respect for others, cultural curiosity, multi-lingual, willingness to experiment, cosmopolitan.
Workshop “Creating harmonious relationships with your supervisor”.
Establishing a good rapport with your supervisor can help your research degree life run smoothly and without stress.
There is nothing worse than experiencing conflict and tension in the relationship; it will cause anxiety and eventually affect your research. Why not attend this unique workshop on November 29th, run by a skilled relationship therapist and trainer?
Workshop: Communication and Presentation Skills on Tuesday 20th
Tuesday 20th November: 16:30-18:30 MY120 Avenue campus.
How good are your presentation & communication skills? Do you fear speaking in public or have trouble explaining your research succinctly? As a research student you are required to do many different types of presentation. And as a researcher good communication skills are vital. We will look at ways to give your communication skills a boost, explain the range of presentations you may have to do within the University and externally, as well as tackle some of your fears and worries to inspire confidence.
This workshop is most relevant for pre-transfer students or those not experienced in making presentations.
See more details and book at http://presskills1stnov12.eventbrite.co.uk/
The Northampton Chronicles launch event
Rob Hopkin, BBC Question Time Director
Presents “Going Live: QT and general elections”
Thursday 15th November 1pm, The Avenue gallery, Avenue Campus, University of Northampton
Rob Hopkin is a live, big event, TV director. He is responsible for ‘Question Time’ and had masterminded Four BBC General Election Programmes. Hear him and meet him on the very day he does Question Time live from Corby!
Entry is free and open to all.
Postgraduate Research Symposium: Moulton College
Open to all staff from Moulton College and the University of Northampton, The Postgraduate Research Symposium will be held on Tuesday 18th December in M1 (Higher Education Centre, Main Site) from 2:30-5pm.
Papers include “The use of the aqua-treadmill in the rehabilitation of equine lameness”, “The use of linear boundary features by macro-moths in intensive agricultural landscapes”, “Behavioural ecology of harvest mice upon reintroduction to the wild” and much more.
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