Category Archives: Workshops & Training

Workshop Thursday 29th – The student / supervisor relationship

Places left – book now 

The student-supervisory relationship – Click to book
Creating / keeping a harmonious relationship with your supervisor. Unmissable.
Thurs 29th 5-7.30pm T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park

Workshop Weds 28th – Keep up-to-date with global research activity

Graduate School Workshops

Keeping Up to Date in the Age of Social Media – Click to book.  Learn how to QUICKLY keep up to date with research activity around the globe. Valuable for every researcher.

Weds 28th 4-6pm T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park

Workshop: On the student / supervisory relationship

Graduate School WorkshopsStill places left! Book now http://relationnov12.eventbrite.co.uk/

Establishing a good rapport with your supervisor can help your research degree life run smoothly and without stress.

There is nothing worse than experiencing conflict and tension in the relationship; it will cause anxiety and eventually affect your research. Why not attend this unique workshop on November 29th, run by a skilled relationship  therapist and trainer?

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Beginning teaching in H.E: An Induction for academic staff new to teaching in H.E

It is a requirement of the research degree programme that any research degree students who engage in teaching and assessment at the university undertake formal training offered by the university

The Beginning Teaching in HE programme can be taken by any research degrees student with a teaching commitment in the coming year. It can also be taken by students with no allocated teaching hours but who have an interest in teaching in the future. Read on for the draft programme for the January 2012 delivery…… Read the rest of this entry

Imminent Grad School workshops – book now!

Basic inferential statistics in SPSS, Keeping Up to Date in the Age of Social Media, The student-supervisory relationship.

Basic inferential statistics in SPSS – Click to book
A follow on from Paul’s basic SPSS workshop on the 13th.
Tuesday 27th 5-7pm in Grendon 151, Park

Keeping Up to Date in the Age of Social Media – Click to book
Learn how to QUICKLY keep up to date with research activity. Valuable for every researcher.
Weds 28th 4-6pm T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park

The student-supervisory relationship – Click to book
Creating / keeping a harmonious relationship with your supervisor. Unmissable.
Thurs 29th 5-7.30pm T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park

Free one-day workshop on digital visual culture in education

Picturing Change: Digital visual culture in early years education
Saturday 19th January 2013 ; Venue: Headington Campus, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford

This FREE one-day workshop will explore the role of digital visual culture in the formal and informal education of young children. As the screen becomes increasingly prominent in homes and schools as a source of visual stimulation and as a medium for visual exploration, educators and educational researchers must take on the responsibility of understanding how this cultural change will influence the development and learning of young children. Picturing Change will be an opportunity to discuss the theories and methods that are best suited to this task, as well as a forum for sharing findings that have been made in the field so far. Read the rest of this entry

New Workshop: Follow research activity with social media

Graduate School WorkshopsKeeping up to date with the research activity of others in your field is crucial for all researchers.

This brand new workshop introduces ways to make the information you need come straight to you! Even if you already use social media, this session will introduce you to alerting services, RSS feeds and research relevant websites which you can quickly and easily monitor without hassle.

Highly relevant and extremely valuable workshop for all research students.

Wednesday, 28 November 2012 from 16:00 to 18:00

T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park Campus, University of Northampton

Book at http://socmedia2nov12.eventbrite.co.uk/

Workshop “Creating harmonious relationships with your supervisor”.

Graduate School WorkshopsEstablishing a good rapport with your supervisor can help your research degree life run smoothly and without stress.

There is nothing worse than experiencing conflict and tension in the relationship; it will cause anxiety and eventually affect your research. Why not attend this unique workshop on November 29th, run by a skilled relationship  therapist and trainer?

Read the rest of this entry

Workshop: Communication and Presentation Skills on Tuesday 20th

Graduate School WorkshopsTuesday 20th November: 16:30-18:30 MY120 Avenue campus.

How good are your presentation & communication skills? Do you fear speaking in public or have trouble explaining your research succinctly? As a research student you are required to do many different types of presentation. And as a researcher good communication skills are vital. We will look at ways to give your communication skills a boost, explain the range of presentations you may have to do within the University and externally, as well as tackle some of your fears and worries to inspire confidence.

This workshop is most relevant for pre-transfer students or those not experienced in making presentations.

See more details and book at http://presskills1stnov12.eventbrite.co.uk/

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.