Category Archives: Events
Up Coming Seminars in ECW
The department of English and Creative Writing organises a series of seminars led by different external speakers. The seminars tackle a variety of interesting topics. Please check the list of Up Coming Seminars for more details.
All welcome
The 2018-2019 Graduate School’s Images of Research competition is back!
The call for “Images of Research” 2018-19 is now open. The Images of Research is an annual competition run by The Graduate School for all researchers (research students, staff and supervisors) at the University of Northampton. The image could be produced in an artistic or photographic way but it should reflect your research or an aspect of it. To participate in this year’s competition, you need to send your image along with a title and 150-word abstract to Ian Livingstone by December 14th, 2018.
There will be a launch party where viewers can vote for their top three favourites and an expert judge will choose their top three. Read the rest of this entry
How English Grammar Aids Criticality?
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When you are polishing your chapters, there are things which were initially written as plans (future) but are now being reported on (past) which relate to recent changes/developments (present perfect) and may have claims for possibly being ‘true’ (present simple). If you are in the process of writing your thesis and you would like to know how to use tenses to show criticality in your work, then come along to a research seminar organized by the Dr. Dave Burnapp and Prof.Janet Wilson on 21sth Nov at 2pm in SN202. To book your place, please visit the link
All welcome
Meditation Society: First Academic Conference on 23/02/2019 at UoN.
Meditation Society invites you to their first academic conference on 23rd Feb 2019. There will be a special guest talk with Dr. Liz Sparkes from Coventry University on ‘Mindfulness and Pain.’ The spaces are limited so hurry up and follow the link to register. For any queries, please email meditation.society@northampton.ac.uk. 🌺
Part-Time Researcher Day: Starting The Journey!
The Doctoral College Team at the University of Leicester are hosting a Part-Time Researcher Workshop for those who have just started their research degree but may also be beneficial for those who are in the pre-probation period of their studies.
It will focus on three themes: time management, managing the supervisor, and staying connected. Throughout the day there will be opportunities to mingle and discuss these themes as well as activities. We also have two guests – Prof Lisa Smith and Dr Sarah Seaton. Both did their research degrees part-time and will share their experiences while also providing some tips.
Spaces are limited so we advise booking soon. You can find out more here
Best wishes
Upcoming research seminar: Medication Safety in Psychiatry and the Nurses’ Role.
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The Centre for Health Sciences and Services is pleased to be hosting a seminar by Dr Ann Lykkegaard Sørensen from University College Northern Denmark, on medication safety in psychiatry. This seminar will take place on 14th November at 12 noon. For more details and to book a place, please see the flyer
For those who will be attending from outside of the University, please contact alison.ward@northampton.ac.uk if you would like to book a parking space. Please note that all visitors must be signed in and have a pass to access the seminar room. Please can all visitors meet at Senate reception no later than 11.45am. Alison will meet you there and take you to the seminar. Please can you pass this on to colleagues who you think may be interested in attending.
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Biomolecular Skills School
Biomolecular Skills School
The Nottingham-Rothamsted BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership and the Research Complex at Harwell are pleased to announce the first fully funded Biomolecular Analysis and Manipulation Study School, taking place over six days in January 2019. Open to Early Career Researchers and PhD students from all institutions, this is an opportunity to access high quality training in experimental design and bioinformatics analysis, imaging, synthetic biology, biomolecular analysis and industrial biotechnology.
Postgraduate research students and ECRs are invited to apply online at https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/bbdtp/skills-school/index.aspx by 2 November 2018. Successful applicants will be notified by 4 December 2018. Read the rest of this entry
FBL Research Seminar 2018/2019 Term 1
The Faculty of Business and Law invites you to check its 2018-19 Seminar Series Programme. This aims at sharing and discussing ideas in a friendly environment. The programme includes a variety of topics, if you are interested, please book your place through the links provided. All Welcome
Research Assistant Opportunity
To see details about a part-time research assistant opportunity (24 hours a week for 9 months), please see the link
Best Wishes
Research and Innovation Funding Support Office Drop-in Session
The Research & Innovation Funding Support Office are hosting their first Drop-in Session (formerly known as Coffee Mornings) on Wednesday, 31st October. Join us on the comfy sofas outside the Research and Enterprise office on the Ground Floor of the Senate Building on Waterside between 8am-10am. You’ll have a chance to meet with the team and find out more about the funding opportunities and support we can provide. No need to book, just turn up. Warm refreshments are available from the Café on the same floor.
Don’t worry if you are unable to make this one, these sessions will be run on a monthly basis at various locations on Waterside Campus.
