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Graduate School workshops and events coming up!
The Graduate School Development Programme has a variety of different workshops and events running in February for doctoral students and early career researchers.
Featured are three development days; one for all research students on publishing and promoting your research, another is a finishing day, for research students nearing the end of their doctorate, which includes workshops on finishing your thesis, preparing for the viva and proofreading your work. And we are also running our first ever leadership skills for researchers day.
Our main event this month is the launch of Images of Research Competition 2015-16. The Images of Research 2015-16 drinks reception will be held on Monday 1st February in Avenue Gallery Corridor from 5-6:30pm. Please come along – all invited. The exhibition will remain here until 19th February so do visit the exhibition and vote for your top three favourites.
Workshops running in February and early March include using MS Excel for statistics, mock interview and CV careers workshops, and a workshop looking at building professional relationships and how to get the best from the student/supervisor relationship. For more information and booking links read on.
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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.
Transfer Seminar – Sediment and Mitigation Actions for the River Rother
Jennine Evans will be giving her PhD transfer presentation on Wednesday 3rd February 2016 in Newton 013 at 1 pm until at 2 pm. The Project is jointly funded by the South Downs National Park and the University of Northampton and supported by the Arun and Rother Rivers Trust. Read the rest of this entry
Holocaust Memorial Day 2016
Submitted by Paul Jackson
On the afternoon of Friday 22 January, the university will mark Holocaust Memorial Day. The afternoon’s events will feature a talk by a leading expert on the Holocaust, Professor Tom Lawson, as well as a contribution from a current Research Student, Siobhán Hyland, on her research project related to war criminals and the Holocaust.
The event starts with a ceremony at 12.30 outside the main cafeteria on Park Campus, and moves to Sunley Conference Centre from 1.00 where there will also be a buffet lunch.
The event is open to staff and students across the university, and the public too.
Image credit: By Valley2city (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL ], via Wikimedia Commons
CFP: Companion Animal Nutrition Conference
Submitted by Dr Wanda McCormick
For the first time, Moulton College in partnership with the Pet Food Manufacturers Association will be running the Companion Animal Nutrition Conference on Friday 3rd June 2016 at Moulton College, Northamptonshire, UK. The call for papers is now open!
CFP: 19th annual Dilemmas for Human Services International Research Conference
Submitted by Dr Hala Mansour
Northampton Business School is holding the 19th annual Dilemmas for Human Services International Research Conference from 12-14 September 2016. The link for the call for paper to the Conference 2016 is here.
The Dilemmas conferences date back to 1995, and are organised by researchers working at Keele University, Staffordshire University UK, the University of East London UK, Luleå University of Technology, Linköping University, and Linnaeus University, Sweden and now Northampton Business School. Theme of this year’s conference is change management and most of the discussion will be around managing change from different perspectives (Challenges, Ethics, Gender,……).
Grounded Theory Forum dates 2016 – January’s meeting cancelled
Submitted by Dr Sarah Neill
Please note that the Grounded Theory forum scheduled for next week, Wednesday January 20th, has been cancelled. Apologies for the inconvenience. Details of other GT Forum meetings are as follows:
| Date: | Time: | Room: |
| Wednesday 16th March 2016 | 1:00 to 3:00pm | C318 |
| Wednesday 29th June 2016 | 1:00 to 3:00pm | K205 |
Workshop for research students approaching Transfer of Registration
The Graduate School are running a Development Day on Thursday 14th January for research students approaching or preparing for their Transfer of Registration. Our Pre-Transfer Development Day includes 3 workshops: Preparing for Transfer, Create your own data management plan, and Communicating your Research: Preparing for the Transfer viva and seminar.
All the Graduate School’s Development Days include lunch and refreshments and the opportunity for students to meet and chat with students from other disciplines throughout the day. Read the rest of this entry
Researchers – ever fancied starting your own business?
Dr Hiten Vyas, Business Adviser at the University’s Enterprise Club is running a new workshop on starting your own business, especially for the Graduate School, on Monday 11th January in the TPod, Rockingham Library from 1:30-3:30pm.
Aimed at research students and early career researchers, the workshop will cover the key topics to enable you to put together your first business plan. For anyone starting a business, your business plan acts as a unique roadmap to help start and develop your business and is also an essential tool if you intend to look for financial investment.
This workshop is part of a series of careers workshops for researchers. Other workshops coming up include a CV workshop on 25th January and a mock interview workshop on 18th February. Read the rest of this entry
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