The Internet of Things – Entrepreneurship with Technology
The second University of Northampton Internet of Things 3-day event will be held on February 4th and 5th, and March 4th, and will be dedicated to Smart Transportation. Respected speakers, from across the industry, will be presenting in a number of workshops that will aid participants to create their own “start up” in technology. Students from all academic levels and staff from across the University will blend in the development of a technology startup.
Google Digital Garage, Transport Systems Catapult, Parallel Wireless and Augmented Vacancies will join the Changemaker Hub, The Enterprise Club and the Computing Department of the University of Northampton.
Students can use this opportunity to start working on their final year dissertations based on real life technology business development ideas that will be discussed in this event and we would like to invite our colleagues to encourage attendance.
Please register here if you would like to attend or see the website for the agenda and speakers.
Spring seminar series – Faculty of Education and Humanities
The Faculty of Education and Humanities are hosting a wide variety of research seminars this term. These events are open to everyone across the University, you can expect a warm welcome and interesting debate.
A full list of the upcoming programme as well as a selection of seminar posters are attached to this post.
Most Downloaded Outputs for January 2017
| Pickton, M. (2013) Writing your research plan. In: Grant, M. J., Sen, B. and Spring, H. (eds.) Research, Evaluation and Audit: Key Steps in Demonstrating Your Value. London: Facet Publishing. pp. 45-63. | 290 |
| Jackson, P. and Feldman, M. (2011) The EDL: Britainâs ‘New Far Right’ social movement. Northampton: The University of Northampton. | 137 |
| Lama, A., Bates, M. P., Covington, A. D., Allen, S. C. H. and Antunes, A. P. M. (2013) Methods of isolation and identification of pathogenic and potential pathogenic bacteria from skins and tannery effluents. Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association. 108(2), pp. 48-62. 0002-9726. | 124 |
| Mackley, J. S. (2012) The Anglo Saxons and their gods (still) among us. Lecture presented to: The University of Northampton Staff Research Forum, The University of Northampton, 12 March 2012. (Unpublished) | 93 |
| Livingstone, I. and Warren, A. (1996) Aeolian Geomorphology: an Introduction. Harlow: Longman. 058208704X. | 73 |
| Paul, H., Antunes, A. P. M., Covington, A. D., Evans, P. and Phillips, P. S. (2013) Towards zero solid waste: utilising tannery waste as a protein source for poultry feed. In: The 28th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management. Philadelphia USA: The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management. ISSN 1091-8043. Also presented at: XXXII Congress of the International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies (IULTCS), Istanbul, Turkey, 29-31 May 2013 | 68 |
| Hollinshead, R., Farley, R. and Keating, E. (2010) Public art strategies. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Grit & Pearl. | 59 |
| Wu, I.-Y. (2014) Being formless: a Daoist movement practice. Doctoral thesis. The University of Northampton. | 58 |
| Jament, J. (2009) Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) within a South Indian (Keralian) mainstream school context. Doctoral thesis. The University of Northampton. | 54 |
| Kassem, R. (2014) Detecting asset misappropriation: a framework for external auditors. International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation (IJAAPE). 10(1), pp. 1-42. 1740-8008. | 53 |
Images of Research 2016-17: Vote for your 3 favourites
The Images of Research (IoR) exhibition, run by the University of Northampton Graduate School, is now open in the Avenue Gallery corridor and will stay there until February 17th 2017. After this it will travel to Park Campus, to be displayed on the ground floor of Rockingham Library until mid March, then at Avenue Library entrance until Easter.
The IoR competition offers researchers a chance to illustrate or represent their research using a unique image, along with an abstract of up to 150 words describing how the image reflects their research. An annual competition which started in 2013, IoR creatively showcases research at the University and the competition reflects a wide range of research projects as diverse as the images are creative. The images are the perfect medium for engaging non-specialists and capture the essence of even complex research projects in an accessible way.
If you don’t manage to see it in the flesh, so to speak, then why not vote online? Just take a look at the IoR 2017 Catalogue and follow the guidelines below. Voting closes on 13th April 2017. Read the rest of this entry
Resources for Research
If you need information or have questions about:
- open access
- research data management
- HEFCE’s open access policy
- Non-Compliant Journals for the next REF
- Predatory Journals
- Payment of Article Processing Charges
Please check out our recently added “Resources” tab in the Research Hub!
Faculty of Education and Humanities – Seminar Report
On 25th January, the Faculty of Education and Humanities hosted a seminar by Claire Dugan-Clements on Fathers’ and practitioners’ views of outdoor risky play.
A report is attached for those who were unable to attend.
For more information about this seminar or upcoming seminar events in the Faculty of Education, please contact Jane Murray – jane.murray@northampton.ac.uk.
Intellectual Property and Partnering with Industry Workshop
Do you want to learn about IP? Protect your knowledge and creations? Look at ways in which you can work with industry?
Come along to the RSB Workshop and learn more about IP and why you need to protect creations and knowledge when partnering with industry. This Workshop is facilitated by Christi Mitchell of Highbury Consulting, the University’s partner for IP protection and commercialisation. Christi brings with her vast experience of supporting Universities and other organisations with their IP.
To book a place on this Workshop, please click on the Eventbrite link.
Thursday, 23rd February from 2-4pm
Change of Venue – please note this workshop will now take place in Room MY85, Maidwell Building, Avenue Campus
Are you a research student at the mid-point of your studies….? Or writing up your PhD thesis?
If so, you might be interested in a couple of workshops the Graduate School are running in February and March. On 21st February in MY120, Avenue Campus we are running a Finishing Development Day featuring three workshops – Preparing for the Viva, Editing and Finishing your Thesis and Proofreading your Work. You can attend all three or just a single workshop – please book each workshop separately, just click on the links above or see the Calendar in Gateway.
For those students at the mid-point of their PhD or Doctorate, Dr Kate Mahoney will be visiting us on 7th March to run Effective Progress. The workshop will help you to
- recognise the progress you have made in relation to your overall project
- define and refine your research hypothesis and your thesis structure
- understand the requirements of the PhD, including the assessment criteria
- review how you manage your PhD process
You will also develop a short- to mid-term action plan to help you successfully complete your thesis. Read the rest of this entry
Nvivo workshop running today
Drs Sarah Neill and Hala Mansour are, today, running the first Nvivo workshop of the year for The Graduate School. The workshop is open to research students and researchers at the University and has been fully booked with a waiting list for some time. Nvivo is a tool for qualitative data analysis and the University has a subscription to the software. Research students can download a copy of the software to their computers from this page on the Student Hub.
We hope to offer the workshop again so if you are a research student, early career researcher, or a member of research staff and would like to register interest for the next workshop please email Simone.
British Television and the Holocaust – A Holocaust Memorial Day event
This Holocaust Memorial Day event will feature a keynote talk by:
Dr. James Jordan (Southampton University) discussing ‘British Television and the Holocaust’
Date: Wednesday 25 January 2017
Time: 12:00 – 15:00 Read the rest of this entry
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