Category Archives: Lectures & seminars
Reminder: ‘Working with industry’ seminar
It’s all go in the School of Science and Technology on Thursday!
Dr Terry Tudor has asked us to remind you that the ‘Working with industry: funding opportunities‘ seminar will be taking place this Thursday, 17th March in Newton Hall.
The seminar will be conducted by Professor Carolyn Roberts (Specialist) and Dr Lis Broome (Knowledge Transfer Manager), from the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), which is the engagement arm of Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency.
For further details please see the original post.
Guest lecture: Endangered sea turtles
Submitted by Professor Jeff Ollerton
On Thursday 17th March at 11:00 in NW205 there will be a guest lecture by Rowan Byrne, Senior Marine Environmental Scientist at the firm Mott MacDonald, entitled:
“Endangered Sea Turtles, Research, Biodiversity and Infrastructure Projects”.
This is a great opportunity to find out more about the kind of work these companies do and to ask questions about getting a career in conservation and environmental consultancy.
Photo credit: By P.Lindgren (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Transfer seminar “The Efficacy of Herbal Nutraceuticals in Improving Captive Animal Welfare”
You are invited to Lauren Samet’s transfer viva on Friday, 18th March at 9am (Moulton College, Main site, M11). The title is “The Efficacy of Herbal Nutraceuticals in Improving Captive Animal Welfare”.
All are welcome. If you are travelling from the University, email Lauren in advance so that she can book parking.
Transfer seminar “Human behaviour modelling”
On Friday, 26th February at 1 pm Mohamed Redha Sidoumou will be presenting his Transfer Seminar on “Human behaviour modelling” in Room NW101. Please come along and see what his research is all about.
Inaugural Lecture: “Developing a theoretical Model for Public and Patient Involvement” by Prof. Jackie Parkes
You are invited to Prof. Jackie Parkes’ inaugural lecture entitled Developing a theoretical Model for Public and Patient Involvement on Tuesday 15 March 2016 at Sunley Conference Centre.
There are limited spaces available so please reply to Karen Haines by 4 March 2016 to avoid disappointment; karen.haines@northampton.ac.uk.
Seminar: #selfie: Explorations of feminine identity in social media
Submitted by Dr Helen Clegg
The next psychology research seminar will be on Wednesday 24th February 2016 in F43. The speaker will be Dr Lisa Lazard from The Open University. Her talk and abstract are below:
Transfer seminar “The Zimbabwean student: examining the experiences of migrant students in English secondary schools”
You are invited to Emmanuel Maphosa’s transfer seminar entitled ‘The Zimbabwean student: examining the experiences of migrant students in English secondary schools”.
It will take place on Tuesday 16th February 2016 at 12.30-1.30pm in S017.
A poster for the event is attached to this post.
Lunchtime seminar: Mental Health Training for Primary Health Practitioners
The Institute of Health and Wellbeing are holing a lunchtime seminar on Wednesday 10 February in Cottesbrooke room C328. The seminar is presented by Dr. Sheila Hardy and titled Mental Health Training for Primary Health Practitioners. Read on for full details.
Working with industry – funding opportunities seminar
Submitted by Dr Terry Tudor
You are invited to a seminar on funding opportunities on Thursday March 17, from 1 to 3pm, in Newton Hall. ** Updated venue
The seminar will briefly review the advantages for university staff and students of working with industry, and explore ways to make a start, or deepen your links with businesses. There will be an opportunity to look at the financial support available from government and other sources (including European funding) to support collaborations. It will also review the characteristics of a good collaborative funding bid.
Psychology seminar: suicide and Autism Spectrum Conditions
The next Psychology seminar, What do we know about suicidality in Autism Spectrum Conditions?, takes place on Wednesday 27th January at 3:30pm in Fawsley room 43. The speaker will be Dr Sarah Cassidy from the Centre for Research in Psychology Behaviour and Achievement at Coventry University.
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