Category Archives: Events
NECTAR and Resources on the Web: Two new workshops for PGRs & ECRs
Two brand new workshops for UN research students and early career researchers will run in October, headed up by Nick Dimmock, Research Information Specialist for LLS.
Making the most of NECTAR will run on 15th October from 11:00-13:00 and Finding resources on the web follows on Thursday, 30 October from 11:00 to 13:00. Both workshops will be held in the TPOD, Rockingham Library on Park Campus. Click on the links above to book your place.
SOTA Announces Autumn Research Seminar Programme 2014
Tomorrow, the School of the Arts Research Seminar Programme for the Autumn term will start with a lecture by University of Buckingham Dickens scholar, Professor John Drew. We have a great line-up this term with established SOTA researchers, visiting scholars, and new members of staff to SOTA. All Seminars will be held in Room MY120 at 2.15pm unless otherwise stated. There will be free tea, coffee and biscuits. All staff and postgraduate students are welcome to attend.
For the full programme, please read below…
Battle of Ideas Festival on 18-19 October 2014
The Battle of Ideas festival, organised by The Institute of Ideas, provides a forum for free thinking, debate and discussion on a host of topics. It will take place on the weekend of 18 and 19 October at the Barbican in London, one of the world’s leading art centres.
This year’s programme includes important keynote debates such as:
- Should we fear democracy?;
- Why are we afraid to judge?;
- Hashtag feminism: radical or banal?;
- Big Data: big danger? and
- After Gaza: the return of anti-Semitism?
SOTA announces workshops with the Research and Strategic Bidding Office
Karen Lewis and Helen Backhouse from the Research and Strategic Bidding Office will be coming to the School of the Arts to run two sessions to help facilitate grant finding and bid writing in the School of the Arts.
Next Grounded Theory Forum – 8th October 2014
Submitted by Sarah Neill
The next Grounded Theory Forum will be held on Wednesday 8th October from 1-3pm, in C226 Cottesbrooke, Park Campus.
Two interesting articles that have used Grounded Theory in advertising research will be discussed. One is looking at offensive advertising and the other is advertising to children.
For more information and to register please email Sarah Neill.
Supervisor Development Programme 2014-15
The university runs a development programme for supervisors who are new to research degree supervision, co-ordinated by Professor Ian Livingstone. It is a validated university postgraduate course and it is delivered as two modules – Workshops and Observation. It is a requirement of our research degree regulations that everyone who is new to supervision takes the first module – the workshops. The second module is optional but if you complete both you are awarded the Postgraduate Certificate in Research Degree Supervision which you can count as one completion when putting together supervisory teams. Even if you have previously supervised research students, there may be some elements of the programme that you would find useful.
In 2014/15 the workshops will run 9.30-4.00 on Thursday 5th March 2015, Tuesday 10th March and Friday 13th March. There will be a further session of seminars led by participants – dates to be negotiated.
If you are intending to join this programme in 2014/15 and have not yet contacted Ian Livingstone, please do so now. (x 3362; email: ian.livingstone@northampton.ac.uk)
New Term, New Research Developments in the CCN&CT
September is upon us and as well as a host of new undergraduates, the month has seen a number of new research developments within the Center for Contemporary Narrative and Cultural Theory.
Part-Time Research students: Are you 18 months away (or less) from submitting?
If so, you may be interested in a Part-Time Researcher Finishing Workshop, which will take place on September 30th.
A joint workshop by the Universities of Birmingham and Northampton, it will be hosted here in Northampton in the TPod, Rockingham Library, Park Campus. Sessions will include Editing & Finishing your Thesis, Preparing for the Viva, Careers talks with advisers via Skype from the University of Birmingham and a session on Getting Published.
For more information please see the booking page. Please note there are few places left on the workshop, as it has been open to regional universities, so get in quick if you are interested! Please note this is only for part-time students and those with less than 18 months to thesis submission.
Programme for the SOTA Postgraduate Conference Announced!
On Thursday 18th September and Friday 19th September, the School of the Arts will be convening its annual postgraduate conference. We are looking forward to keynote lectures on Thursday 18th September by Visiting Professor, Victor Ukaegbu (The University of Bedfordshire) and Professor Ebitsam Ali Sadiq (King Saud University) on Friday 19th September.
Child Language Brokering in School Project and its Implications for Healthcare Settings
The Institute of Health and Wellbeing present:
Child Language Brokering in School Project and its Implications for Healthcare Settings
Wednesday 10th September 2014, 1-2pm, Sunley Conference Centre
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