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The Northampton Chronicles launch event
Rob Hopkin, BBC Question Time Director
Presents “Going Live: QT and general elections”
Thursday 15th November 1pm, The Avenue gallery, Avenue Campus, University of Northampton
Rob Hopkin is a live, big event, TV director. He is responsible for ‘Question Time’ and had masterminded Four BBC General Election Programmes. Hear him and meet him on the very day he does Question Time live from Corby!
Entry is free and open to all.
Postgraduate Research Symposium: Moulton College
Open to all staff from Moulton College and the University of Northampton, The Postgraduate Research Symposium will be held on Tuesday 18th December in M1 (Higher Education Centre, Main Site) from 2:30-5pm.
Papers include “The use of the aqua-treadmill in the rehabilitation of equine lameness”, “The use of linear boundary features by macro-moths in intensive agricultural landscapes”, “Behavioural ecology of harvest mice upon reintroduction to the wild” and much more.
Scientific writing and publishing workshop for researchers in the life sciences
19 November 2012 – 20 November 2012 at the University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton
Vitae and Macmillan Science Communication (MSC) are running this intensive workshop to train life science researchers to prepare and publish high quality research papers in international, peer-reviewed journals.
Training is led by editors of Nature journals, covering the writing and publishing process from start to finish. Using short lectures punctuated by practical exercises and group discussions, the two day workshop will focus on the publishing issues that researchers face today.
Training runs from 10am – 6pm on the first day and 9am to 5pm on the second day. There will be a networking dinner and accommodation for those interested.
Cost £650 for 2-days, £750 inc overnight stay.
Workshops this week: SPSS, Qualitative Research, Preparing for Transfer – last call!
Last chance to book on these workshops
Introduction to SPSS – Paul Rice 13 Nov http://introspssnov12.eventbrite.co.uk/
Evaluating Qualitative Research – Nada Kakabadse 14 Nov http://qualresnov12.eventbrite.co.uk/
Preparing for Transfer – David Watson 15 Nov http://preptransnov2012.eventbrite.co.uk/
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“Research dissemination using social media” workshop now on NILE
The workshop held on 1st Nov 2012 “Research dissemination using social media” is now available in Powerpoint slide form on NILE.
So if you missed it, here’s your chance to catch up!
Log into Nile, go to RES001: Postgraduate Research Training, choose Training Materials from the left hand menu, followed by Research Training Workshop Materials.
Northampton Business School researchers at IFSAM
The Northampton Business School was represented at the International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM) 11th World Congress held at the University of Limerick, Ireland, 26th to the 29th of June 2012. The congress attracted four hundreds scholars from across the globe to engage in dialogue on the theme of “Management Re-Imagined”.
Grad school workshops in November – book now!
13 November 2012 Introduction to SPSS (part 1). Paul Rice 17:00-19:00 Grendon 151
14 November 2012 Evaluating Qualitative Research. Prof. Nada Kakabadse 16:00-18:00 SE101.
15 November 2012 Preparing for Transfer. David Watson. 17:00-19:00 T-Pod, Rockingham Library
20 November 2012 Presentation skills: research student primer. Simone Apel. 16:30-18:30 MY120, Maidwell, Avenue.
27 November 2012 Basic Inferential Statistics in SPSS (part 2). Paul Rice. 17:00-19:00 Grendon 151.
28 November 2012 Keeping up to date in the age of social media. Miggie Pickton/Nick Dimmock. 15:00-18:00. T-Pod
29 November 2012 Creating Harmonious Relationships with your Supervisors. External trainer Karin Blak. 17:00-19:30 T-Pod.
Coming up:-
8th December Saturday school including Writing and Structuring your Thesis, Statistics SPSS session, Planning your Project and Time Management.
Research Opportunities with Social Enterprise
The Canal and River Trust Seminar
1100 – 1400hrs Thursday 13 December 2012 : Sunley Conference Centre Read the rest of this entry
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