NELSON upgrade Sunday 24th February
The software behind the Library’s resource discovery system, NELSON, is being upgraded this weekend.
During the upgrade you will only be able to access NELSON in ‘search’ mode, you will not be able to save items to your eShelf. Additionally, links between NELSON and the library catalogue may be temporarily unavailable.
A message displaying this information has been posted on the NELSON home page.
Following the upgrade you will have further options to personalise your search results by discipline and the ability to refine a search by including and excluding multiple topic areas.
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Event at the British Library – Open Data: What’s the Use?
This event is part of the British Library’s ‘Inspiring Science’ event series. Pre-booking is essential.
TalkScience@BL Open Data: What’s the Use?
A discussion with Professor Nigel Shadbolt
19 March 2013, 18.20 – 20.30
The British Library (Terrace Restaurant)
£5, Booking Required, Light refreshments provided. Booking is via the Box Office
Workshop: Patient and Public Involvement in Research and Service Development.
Submitted by the Centre for Health & Wellbeing Research
This research training programme is for staff across all NHS Trusts in Northamptonshire, UoN’s School of Health staff and post-graduate students who wish to refresh or gain new skills in the research process, research methods and the use of evidence to inform practice.
Workshops in Research & Development: Patient and Public Involvement (PPI)
Dr Jackie Parkes & Dr Paula Wray
12th March 10.00 – 12.00 in the Oak Room, Berrywood Hospital.
13th March 10.00 – 12.00 in Seminar Room 5, Prince William Education Centre, Kettering General Hospital.
14th March 10.00 – 12.00 in Room 11, Sunley Conference Centre, University of Northampton. Read the rest of this entry
A blog of blogs… and other research resources!
A bitesize selection of Web resources on research for PG students and supervisors.
If you have any good research Web resources that you’d like to share
please email them to Simone Apel.
Blogs on WordPress
Research whisperer
The thesis whisperer
Doctoral writing
Supervisor’s friend
On Twitter
Websites
Podcasts
Podacademy: Sound Thinking; Podcasts of current research.
Tedtalks: Some of the world’s greatest educators, researchers, and community leaders share their stories and visions onstage at the TED conference.
Supervisors’ Forum Meeting ~ postponed
Because of the Vice Chancellor’s visit to three schools on 13 March, we have had to postpone this meeting of the Supervisor’s Forum. We will post a new date for the meeting once it is decided.
You are warmly invited to a meeting of the university’s Supervisors’ Forum
Between Theory and Practice: the pedagogical dimension of doctoral supervision
Dr Cristina Devecchi, School of Education
Wednesday 13 March ~ 12-2 pm ~ Cottesbrooke 201, Park Campus
This workshop aims to bridge the gap between the implicit theory of supervision and its practice. It will do so by providing a theoretical canvas onto which it would be possible to map personal practice and experiences as supervisors and teachers. In the first part of the session, an overview of major theories of learning would be provided. In the second part of the session, a more practical workshop will enable participants to make explicit the link between theories and their own practice. Read the rest of this entry
Graduate School workshops coming up: Book now!
20 February 9:30-14:30: Doing Q Methodological Research
20 February 15:00-17:15: Managing your PhD research data
26 February 17:00-19:00: Writing & Structuring your Thesis
Workshops in March and April include 1-1 Careers/CV sessions, Preparing for the Viva, Your thesis: Working with Long Documents, Getting Published. For further details on these and all other workshops and events, please see the Graduate School Skills Training Webpages.
Managing your research data – forthcoming workshops
As part of our ongoing engagement with the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) we have arranged the following workshops:
- Managing data through the research lifecycle
- Managing your PhD research data
- Research Council requirements for data management
All sessions will be led by experts in data management from the DCC.
On Space: in Conversation with Doreen Massey
We’re pleased to present an audio recording of the School of the Arts event On Space: in Conversation with Doreen Massey.
PG researchers wanted for East Midlands Research Conference!
The East Midlands Postgraduate Research Group (EMU) are holding their annual research conference on 6th September at the University of Derby and are inviting research students to contribute by submitting a short paper, a research snapshot or a poster. They are also offering the chance to chair a session. Read the rest of this entry
Are you a researcher in the field of social sciences or the arts?
Two conferences are calling for papers from doctoral researchers and research students.
In the Arts “Re-Contested Sites/Sights” Research Conference”, organised by the University of the Arts in London, are calling for papers on the theme of spaces of re-contestation. The conference will be held on May 8th and submission deadline for papers is March 8th.
In the Social Sciences, the Portuguese Association of Economic and Social History conference entitled “State, Society and Markets in a Global World” are calling for papers on the theme of the State’s role in the economic and social system. The conference in Portugal is on 15th and 16th November and paper proposals should be submitted by 31st May.
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