Category Archives: Events
Successful Research Proposals and Ethics workshop
On the morning of May 9th, David Watson, Professor Ian Livingstone and John Morris will be running a Graduate School workshop, focusing on “Successful Research Proposals“ and “Research Ethics”, specifically for pre-registration research students.
The session will cover the requirements for registration as an APG, from completion of the formal paperwork to an outline of what the research degree boards are looking for in the student’s research proposal.
The workshop starts with a session by John Morris, looking at the essential elements of research ethics.
Lunch is included.
Sign up now!
When? Thursday, 9 May 2013 from 09:30 to 13:30
Where? MY36, Maidwell Building, Avenue campus
Invitation to the 8th Annual Research Student Poster Competition
UN Research Students are invited by the Graduate School to enter the University’s Research Poster competition, which takes place on Wednesday 8th May. The winner will receive a £100 prize, with two runner-up prizes of £75.
The aim of this event is for students to create a poster that explains their research to a mixed audience of non subject-specialists. The poster competition is open to all research students from all years of study. If you are in your first year, you can just present preliminary results or some data and ideas for further consideration. Supervisors are invited to come along and support their students on the day.
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East Midlands Universities Annual Conference – urgent call for Chairs and presentations!
Research Students!
The EMU Research Student Conference will be held on September 6th and provides a unique opportunity for East Midlands Universities postgraduate researchers to showcase their research findings. There will be opportunities for 50 ten minute research talks and 14 three minute research snapshot presentations during the conference. AND would you like a chance to chair a session?
If you would like to give a 10 minute presentation or a 3 minute research snapshot you have until April 3rd to register your interest. See the EMU Website for details on how to apply.
You have until April 8th to let me know if you would like to be nominated as a Chair.
Please email me asap.
April & May Graduate School workshops
Here are April and May’s workshops:
18 Apr Consulting as a Career: Institute of Consulting event. 10:30-1:30pm (includes lunch!)
25 Apr Preparing for Transfer 3-5pm
2 May Correlation and regression: basic theory and SPSS 5-7pm
7 May Preparing for conferences and networking 11-1:30pm
9 May Successful research proposals & research ethics 9:30-1:30pm (includes lunch)
16 May Funding your postdoctoral career 4:30-6:30pm
23 May Working with Children (ethical & practical issues for researchers) 5-7pm
30 May Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis 5-7pm
Upcoming events: Academic Poster competition May 8th, Annual Postgrad Research Conference June 27th.
See our full list of workshops, including May and June 2013, complete with Eventbrite links for you to book your place.
Engaging with the digital world: An event for arts and humanities research students
The University of Oxford and the Arts and Humanities Research Council have collaborated to offer a one-day interactive training session for postgraduate students across the arts and humanities, focusing on public engagement and digital media. “Transforming Postgraduate Research: Engaging with the Digital World” will be held on Monday 17 June at the University of Oxford, and aims to provide introductory training in using digital media to disseminate academic research. Participants will explore the value of digital engagement and learn how a range of digital platforms can be used to enhance academic profile. The event features practical workshop sessions, keynote lectures, student-led Q&A and discussion sessions between participants and a panel of experts. Topics covered include:
- Social media(s) and academia
- Blogs and academic websites
- Creative technologies and impact
- Showcasing and developing educational resources
The event is open to students across all disciplines in the arts and humanities and costs just £12. To book or for more information see www.thec21scholar.com/oxford. The deadline for registration is 15 April 2013.
ANOVAs in SPSS: Workshop for PGR Students
Dr Roz Collings is running a workshop for UN Research Students on the analysis of variance (ANOVA) in SPSS. The session will run on Thursday, 11 April from 17:00 to 19:00 in Grendon 152, on Park Campus. Places are limited so book now!
“Writing your CV” workshop for UN Research Students
The Graduate School, together with the UN Careers Service, are offering a workshop session for Research Students to improve and perfect their CVs.
This two hour session, with lunch, will focus on writing and refining CVs (chronological, skills & academic) and covering letters. In the second hour there will be a chance for 1-1 advice on the researcher’s own CV.
Tuesday, 9 April 2013 from 11:00 to 13:30
Venue: MY120, Maidwell Building, Avenue Campus, University of Northampton
Booking open at http://careersapr13.eventbrite.co.uk/
Nene Valley Nature Improvement Area celebrates first anniversary
Representatives from a major conservation project in Northamptonshire, Peterborough and Huntingdonshire are attending a special event in London today (26th March) to mark the first anniversary of England’s Nature Improvement Area (NIA) programme.
Bumblebee experts create a buzz at the University of Northampton
Submitted by Professor Jeff Ollerton
On the 11th April over 70 of the UK and Ireland’s pollination scientists and conservationists will be meeting at the University of Northampton for the biennial Bumblebee Working Group meeting.
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