Category Archives: School of Social Sciences

School of the Arts Welcomes Diaspora Studies Symposium on 23rd April 2014

On 23rd April 2014, the University of Northampton School of the Arts at Avenue Campus will be hosting a special one day symposium on Diaspora Studies and Visual, Literary and Cultural Representations.

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Wellbeing of Women Research Awards

The next round of research funding applications from the Royal College of Midwives and Wellbeing of women. The link below will take you directly to the WoW awards site. The closing date for submissions is 31st March 2014

http://www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk/research/research-grants/

Previous unsuccessful applicants are welcome to reapply providing they meet the criteria for submission.

Checklist for new research students

FAQ: I’ve just started as a research student at the University of Northampton.  How do I get access to university IT systems and library resources?

As a new research student it is important that you are quickly able to take advantage of the many resources and services available to you at the university.  This checklist will show you how to log in to the different services and tell you where to get help should you have any problems.

(Note: The checklist contains a lot of information and is therefore quite long, but if a quick overview is all you need then check out the summary table toward the end.)

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Call for papers: Approaches to inequalities: Perspectives from Higher Education

If you would like to submit a paper for the conference, follow this link Equality Conference Call

Psychology Research Seminar – 26th February

Submitted by Dr Helen Clegg

The next psychology research seminar, entitled Howard Andrew Knox: The Neglected Pioneer of Psychological Testing at Ellis Island”, will be held on Wednesday 26th February 2014 from 3.30pm in F43. Refreshments will be available from 3.15pm.

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Dual publication for UN PhD students

Two PhD students from the 2011 cohort at The University of Northampton have had their papers published in the March 2014 edition of DECP Debate, a publication produced by the Division of Educational and Child Psychology (DECP) of the British Psychological Society.  They are Jacqueline Stone from the Division of Psychology and Carmel Capewell from the School of Education. Read the rest of this entry

Call for papers: Children And Young People’s Mental Health Conference

SchoolsocscienceSubmitted by Dr Jane Callaghan

Researchers are invited to participate in the 2014 CAMHS conference 2014 at the University of Northampton. The first call for papers is now open and will close on 11th April, so please do consider submitting an abstract for a paper, poster, workshop or symposium.  Read the rest of this entry

The Latest News from the Centre of Home and Belonging Network

December and January have been busy months for the scholars affiliated to the Diasporic Constructions of Home and Belonging International Training Network.

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Psychology Research Seminar on January 29th

Submitted by Dr Helen Clegg

The next psychology research seminar will be on Wednesday 29th January 2014 at 3.30pm in F43, Fawsley, Park Campus. Refreshments will be available from 3.15pm. The speaker will be Rose Capdevila from The Open University, who will be presenting a paper entitled “Mother knows best: Negotiating agency and ‘choice’ around childhood immunisation”. Read the rest of this entry

Psychology Research Seminar on Wednesday 11th December

Submitted by Dr Helen Clegg

The next Research Seminar, open to all UN staff and PhD/research students, is on Wednesday 11th December at 3.30pm in F43. Refreshments will be available from 3.15pm. The speaker is Dr Edith Steffen and the title for her talk is “The experience of sensing the presence of the deceased: Conceptual challenges for perceivers, researchers and practitioners” Read the rest of this entry