Category Archives: Events
Call for conference submissions – Interdisciplinary research with children, young people and families: crossing boundaries, sharing stories
Submitted by Faith Tucker
Submissions are invited for an event which will explore the value and challenges of interdisciplinarity in research with children, young people and families in diverse contexts. Contributions are welcomed from diverse perspectives, backgrounds, geographical contexts and disciplinary positions. We are seeking 20-minute papers, or 40-minute workshop activities.
Abstracts (c.200 words) should be emailed to: faith.tucker@northampton.ac.uk by 6th May 2016. Read the rest of this entry
Part-Time Researcher programme for PGRs running on May 6th
If you are a Postgraduate Research Student studying part-time then you might be interested in the Part-Time Researcher Development Day The Graduate School are running on Friday 6th May, in collaboration with the Open University and Keele University.
Originally developed through Vitae, the Programme is a day-long series of discussions and workshops, offering part-time research students the time and space to share and discuss issues which directly affect their research degree study. Read the rest of this entry
Seminar: A monstrous child; childhood disability and the making of the human
Submitted by Sharon Meredith, Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Speaker: Dr Katherine Runswick-Cole, Senior Research Fellow in Disability Studies & Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University
Date: Wednesday 13 April 2016, 1-2 pm
Venue: Sulgrave, S029, Park Campus, The University of Northampton
A sandwich lunch will be provided.
Seminar: Vehicle dynamics and safety research at Coventry University
Submitted by Prof Stefan Kaczmarczyk
Speaker: Mike Blundell, Professor of Vehicle Dynamics and Impact, Centre for Mobility and Transport, Coventry University.
Date: Monday 4th April 2016 New date Monday 11th April
Time: 13:30 – 14:30
Venue: NW101, Avenue Campus
Refreshments will be available before and after the presentation.
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.
Psychology research seminar: Weird Science
Submitted by Dr. Helen Clegg
The next Psychology Research Seminar will be on Wednesday 16th March at 3.30pm in Fawsley room 43. The talk is by Professor Christopher French and titled Weird Science: An Introduction to Anomalistic Psychology
Science and Technology Research Conference – programme
Submitted by Professor Jeff Ollerton
The programme for this Wednesday’s Annual Science and Technology Research Conference has just been announced:
| Time | Name | Area | Title |
| 1230 | LUNCH | ||
| 1300 | Mu Mu | Computing | Towards immersive user experience: web-based media orchestration |
| 1315 | Ameer Al-Sadi | Computing | Management of Distributed Software-Defined Networks in Smart Cities |
| 1330 | Duncan McCollin | Ecology | Islands – natural laboratories for studying ecology |
| 1345 | Jeff Ollerton | Ecology | Extinctions of British pollinators and the role of large-scale agricultural changes |
| 1400 | Riyadh Abass | Engineering | Development of scheduling process for the M2M communications system in Smart Cities |
| 1415 | BREAK | ||
| 1430 | Joseph Maina | Wastes | Towards sustainable solid waste management in Kenya |
| 1445 | Lauren Samet | Moulton – Animal Welfare | The efficacy of herbal nutraceuticals in improving captive animal welfare. |
| 1500 | Douglas Mills | Engineering | Development of a hand held electrical device (the Procometer) to assess the protection afforded by an organic coating to a metal substrate in the field |
| 1515 | TianYang Lan | Engineering | Development of assessment method for conservation coatings applied to archaeological objects |
| 1530 | Oyin Olajubu | Computing | A textual language for requirement modelling |
| 1545 | BREAK | ||
| 1600 | Robin Crockett | Maths/Physical Geography | Patterns and trends in flows in the River Nene |
| 1615 | Zainab Al-Rubaye | Computing | The use of multivariable wireless sensor data to early detect lameness in sheep |
| 1630 | Melanie Limb | Human Geography | One in four |
| 1645 | Ian Livingstone | Physical Geography | Wind-blown sand in complex terrain: a case study from the Mojave Desert, California |
| 1700 | END |
If you have not yet told science.admin@northampton.ac.uk that you are attending, please do so for catering purposes. Thank you.
PGR Student Poster Competition 2016: Call for entries
Are you a UN Postgraduate Research student, registered on one of our research degree programmes? If so, you may be interested to know that The Graduate School are holding their 11th Annual Poster Competition on Wednesday 18th May 2016, so why not take part? We are offering a first prize of £100, and two second prizes of £75 and it’s an excellent opportunity for you to illustrate and discuss your research. The competition will be held in the Dialogue Cafe in Rockingham Library. Read the rest of this entry
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