Category Archives: Conferences

The Graduate School PGR Annual Conference: Call for papers

The University of Northampton Graduate School are holding their 2014 Postgraduate Researcher Conference on June 26th and would like to invite UN research students and early career researchers to present a paper. Read the rest of this entry

Call for Papers: 7th ENQUIRE Postgraduate Conference

Are you a Research Degree student in a social science discipline? Would you like to share your PhD experiences with others in a conference setting? If so, you might be interested in the 7th ENQUIRE Postgraduate Conference on 14th November 2014.

“4D Research: Early experiences of Designing, Debating, Doing and Disseminating Social Research” aims to bring together post-graduate researchers from a variety of disciplines to facilitate shared critical engagement with the various obstacles and opportunities of the PhD process.

For more information see the LTE blog post here.

School of the Arts Welcomes Diaspora Studies Symposium on 23rd April 2014

On 23rd April 2014, the University of Northampton School of the Arts at Avenue Campus will be hosting a special one day symposium on Diaspora Studies and Visual, Literary and Cultural Representations.

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School of Education’s 5th Annual Research Student Conference – call for papers & posters

Submitted by Carmel Capewell

School of Education logoAre you a UN postgraduate research student? If so, you are invited to submit an abstract for the School of Education’s 5th Annual Research Student Conference, 27th & 28th June. The theme for the conference is ‘Researching Learning, Learning to Research’ and PhD students are invited to make presentations or posters about work pertaining to an educational theme.

Supervisors are also invited to report on their research in the form of posters.

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UCL English Graduate Conference: Transformations – Call for Papers

Over the past century the study of English literature has undergone vast transformations, prompting academics and writers to re-evaluate the concept of the ‘canon’, examine practices of reading, and consider the cultural impact of texts and criticism.

This year’s UCL English Department graduate conference seeks to explore the nature of transformation and the many possible meanings this can hold for the wide diaspora of text production and consumption.

All PGR students are invited to submit papers for consideration. Please submit abstracts (max. 250 words) for 15 minute papers to transformations.ucl@gmail.com by 1st April. For more information, visit http://ucl-transformations.tk/.

Postgraduate Conference on ‘The Sociology of Technologically Mediated Reproduction’

Postgraduate students from the Reproduction Research Group at De Montfort University are hosting a Postgraduate Conference on ‘The Sociology of Technologically Mediated Reproduction’ at De Montfort University on Thursday 29th May. Please note the closing date for the call for abstracts is Friday 21st March. Read the rest of this entry

Call for papers: Approaches to inequalities: Perspectives from Higher Education

If you would like to submit a paper for the conference, follow this link Equality Conference Call

University of Northampton Scholars affiliated to the CoHaB ITN team up with New Zealand Studies Network to Celebrate Fleur Adcock’s Eightieth Birthday

On 14th February 2014, Professor Janet Wilson, Director of Research at the University of Northampton School of the Arts, CoHaB representative and Deputy Chair of the New Zealand Studies Network (NZSN) celebrated with fellow authors and members of the NZSN, the eightieth birthday of internationally renowned New Zealand poet, Fleur Adcock.

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Kaleidoscope Graduate Student Research Conference Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, May 29th & 30th, 2014

Posted on behalf of The Kaleidoscope Team 2014

Dear postgraduate students,

Kaleidoscope is an annual, two-day conference hosted by research students at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK. It is aimed at the needs of current research students in the broad field of education studies, and seeks to provide a space where research students can connect with others, find inspiration, and share their own in-progress research in a supportive environment. Read the rest of this entry

‘Stories’ education conference: Call for papers and posters

Stories (Students’ Ongoing Research in Education Studies) is the annual conference for graduate students held at the Department of Education, University of Oxford. This year’s conference will take place on 18 March 2014.

The theme for Stories 2014 is ‘Lessons Learned: Challenges in Education and Implications for Research’. Graduate students at any stage of their research are invited to present and discuss their work in the field of education & related social sciences. There is also a special session during the conference for poster presentations.

The conference is open to research students from all universities. Students interested in presenting should email a 200 word (max) abstract by 21st February 2014. Please include the abstract in the body of your email. For more information see the University of Oxford Stories webpages.