Finding the Right Funder
Want to Know More about Finding the Right Funder?
This interactive workshop is designed to help you to navigate the funding landscape and will cover topics on identifying the main sources of funding, how to use GRANTfinder effectively and winning tactics on how to increase your chance of success. The session is ideal if you have specific research ideas and would like help in finding external funding for them. Facilitated by Karen Lewis, Bidding Manager for the Research and Strategic Bidding Office.
This workshop will take place on Thursday, 25th May from 10am-12pm in Room S036, Sulgrave Building, Park Campus. To book a place, please click on the Eventbrite link.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finding-the-right-funder-tickets-33207370138
Seminar – The PhD journey: Exploring the supervision implications at key stages
Research degree students and supervisors are warmly invited to a research seminar on The PhD Journey, on Thursday 20th April at 10am in Sulgrave 029, Park Campus. The seminar will explore various anchor points across the research supervision process taking the student journey as the overarching framework. Themes of supervision pedagogy will explored as each milestone on the PhD journey is reached.
The seminar will be delivered by participants on the supervisor development programme: Mary Doveston; Rebecca Fakoussa; Steve O’Brien; Friedemann Schaber; Asieh Tabaghedi; Olinga Ta’eed.
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Research Integrity and Ethics compulsory online courses for research students
All research students, who enrolled on a research degree from summer 2016, are required to take an online training course in Research Integrity before they reach the Transfer stage of their doctoral study. The course has been developed by the higher education courseware designer, Epigeum and is designed to provide students with a better understanding of the obligations and responsibilities needed by today’s researchers, along with practical advice on how to deal with the complex situations in which they may find themselves. The course takes roughly 300 minutes to complete, via Epigeum online, and students can dip in and out of it as they wish, juggling training around already busy schedules. Read the rest of this entry
Are We Prepared for Chinese Investments? Research Seminar….
Professor Guy Liu, from Peking University HSBC Business School, will be visiting the University on Weds 12th April to present a seminar on Chinese investment. The seminar will run from 13:00 to 14:00 in room C226, Cottesbrooke, Park Campus. If you would like to attend please book on the Eventbrite page. Read the rest of this entry
University’s Enterprise Priorities 2017-2020
The aim of the University’s Enterprise Plan for 2017-2020 is to deploy existing and new, resources in coordinated partnership with key local stakeholders to improve the economic metrics and business environment of Northamptonshire. In achieving this aim the plan will also improve graduate employability, wellbeing, environmental and other metrics.
The University’s Enterprise Priorities 2017-2020 document has been written by Professor Simon Denny, Executive Dean for Research, Impact and Enterprise. Find out more about these Priorities by reading the full document UoN Enterprise Priorities 2017 – 2020
Seminar: Erasmus + Project on Entrepreneurial Education: Feedback on Staff Mobility Project with Almaty Management University in Kazakhstan
Posted on behalf of Esther Ramsden
On 27th April participants in an Erasmus+ Project for staff mobility are running a seminar to report on their visits to Almaty Management University in Kazakhstan. Gill Gourlay, Sandy MacDonald, Kathleen Mortimer, Lydia Selby, Yan Wang, & Rebecca Fakoussa will discuss how the project works and their experience in working within the Erasmus framework. Additionally, issues around the development of entrepreneurial education in Kazakhstan and the UK will be explored.
The seminar will take place on 27th April, from 13:00-14:00 in Cottesbrooke 319, Park Campus. Please book here if you are interested in attending.
Conflict in Europe: Meeting the Challenge
Posted on behalf of Nicola Preston, Postgraduate Researcher, Education and Humanities. Read the rest of this entry
Transfer seminar – Parapsychology and Buddhism
You are invited to Chetak Nangare’s PhD transfer seminar on Monday 3 April at 3pm in Fawsley F31. All are welcome.
PhD project title: “Parapsychology and Buddhism — to afford a comparison between descriptions of psychic experiences in Buddhist works and in parapsychological research” Read the rest of this entry
Santander Funding Opportunities
Applications are now open for the Santander Mobility Fund and Santander Staff Research Award. Santander funding is available to encourage student mobility for a short term project and for staff who require support for a research project.
Both forms need to be submitted to corinna.coleman@northampton.ac.uk by the 30 April 2017.
Santander Mobility Fund March 2017 2017 Santander Staff Research Application Form
Call for papers: 10th Equality, Diversity and Inclusion International Conference
10th Equality, Diversity and Inclusion International Conference
28-30 June, Brunel Business School, Brunel University London, UK
Stream Title: Education Beyond Borders
Stream Convenor: Dr Melanie Crofts Read the rest of this entry
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