Rewriting the Rules? Non-monogamies and other adventures in non-normative relationships
There will be a seminar on Wednesday 31st October from 3.30pm until 4.30pm in Cottesbrooke, C204 for staff and research students (although interested masters and undergraduate students are welcome too). The speaker is Meg Barker from The Open University and she will be talking about her research on non-monogamous relationships. Below is an abstract for her talk and a biography. I hope to see as many of you there as possible. Refreshments will be available.
Dr Helen Clegg
Senior Lecturer, Division of Psychology
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PhD transfer seminar “Fine sediment dynamics in the Nene river basin”
Research student, Simon Pulley, will be presenting his PhD Transfer seminar entitled “Fine sediment dynamics in the Nene river basin” on Thursday 18th October at 1330 in Newton NW013.
All are welcome to attend.
Thumbnail credit: Jon Smith (Flickr) – Creative Commons
RSS tips #1: follow Research Support Hub using Outlook
Flexible access to information is a cornerstone of blog technology. In this post I’ll demonstrate how to keep up to date with Research Support Hub in Microsoft Outlook, using RSS – the behind-the-scenes technology that binds the modern web together. With RSS, you won’t have to check our website to see new content – when something new appears, Outlook will fetch it for you and let you know.
Research data clinics – 30th October 2012
Are you wrestling with a tricky research data problem? If so, perhaps we can help.
As part of our ongoing ‘engagement’ with the Digital Curation Centre, Sarah Jones and Marieke Guy will be running a couple of data management ‘clinics’ for researchers at Northampton. They will also present a short introductory talk covering the basics of research data management and highlighting the data services available to researchers at Northampton.
Transfer Seminar “The Use of Hedgerows by Macro-Moth Species in Agricultural Landscapes”
Research student, Emma Elkins, will be presenting her PhD Transfer seminar entitled “The Use of Hedgerows by Macro-Moth Species in Agricultural Landscapes” on Wednesday 17th October at 1300 in M4 in the HE Centre at Moulton College.
All are welcome.
Cancelled event – Elena Marcevska
PLEASE NOTE: This event has been cancelled
Where? MY120, Avenue Campus, University of Northampton
When? Thursday 11th October at 6pm
What? Matrixal and the Screen: Motherhood in the work of Ettinger, Hiller and Rist
This seminar will attempt to embrace the relationship between the material realities of lived feminist motherhood and the stunning ways in which artist-mothers negotiate and translate their experiences into rich and complex bodies of work on screen. All welcome.
British Library open days for new research students
The British Library has just announced a new set of open days for new PhD students.
Aimed at students of English, Drama, Music, History, Social Sciences, Media, Cultural Studies, Journalism, Art and Design, each subject-specific open day will introduce the wide variety of resources in the British Library’s collections.
These free sessions do get booked up quickly so act now if you would like a place.
Sport & Exercise Research Seminar
The 4th Sport & Exercise Research Seminar will take place at 1pm on Wednesday 31st October in Cottesbrooke 318.
The particular session is a joint venture with the MOPS (Molecular, Microbial and Physiological Sciences) research group and has one presentation taking place:
‘The effects of Isometric Exercise Training on Artery Dimensions and Blood Flow in Middle-aged Men’
Dr. Tony Baross – Senior Lecturer, Sport, Exercise & Life Sciences
More details about the talk, including a link to Tony’s related journal article, can be found below. Do circulate this on to students/colleagues who you think may be interested in the seminar. Read the rest of this entry
Graduate school skills workshops
The full list of our generic skills workshops is now on the University website.
Our first workshop is on the 16th October – Introduction to Qualitative Paradigms. Book now!
Research Seminar: Elena Marcevska
NOTE: This event has been cancelled
Where? MY120, Avenue Campus, University of Northampton
When? Thursday 11th October at 6pm
What? Matrixal and the Screen: Motherhood in the work of Ettinger, Hiller and Rist
This seminar will attempt to embrace the relationship between the material realities of lived feminist motherhood and the stunning ways in which artist-mothers negotiate and translate their experiences into rich and complex bodies of work on screen. All welcome.
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