REF – OPEN ACCESS
Each Unit of Assessment will need to submit a section on “open research”, detailing the submitting unit’s open access strategy, including where this goes above and beyond the REF open access policy requirements, and wider activity to encourage the effective sharing and managment of research data.
To assist us in meeting this criteria, please ensure that all research outputs that are accepted for publication are uploaded to NECTAR as soon as they have been accepted
Note – copyright will be checked, and all publisher’s policies will be respected. What can be made open, will be!
Note – by depositing your work in NECTAR this does not make your work automatically open access.
If you have any questions about embargo periods or credibility of journals that you are looking to publish in please email openaccess@northampton.ac.uk
Open Access Requirements for all journal articles and conference proceedings accepted for publication from the 1st of April 2016 are:
Deposit – within 3 months of acceptance
Embargo Periods – 12 months – Panel A and B (STEM), 24 Months Panel C and D
Part-Time Researcher programme for PGRs running on May 6th
If you are a Postgraduate Research Student studying part-time then you might be interested in the Part-Time Researcher Development Day The Graduate School are running on Friday 6th May, in collaboration with the Open University and Keele University.
Originally developed through Vitae, the Programme is a day-long series of discussions and workshops, offering part-time research students the time and space to share and discuss issues which directly affect their research degree study. Read the rest of this entry
Report: Taylor & Francis – Insights into publishing
Last week I attended an interesting event put on by Taylor and Francis (T&F) and, knowing that quite a few Northampton researchers publish with T&F, I thought I’d share some of the things I learned.
There were several talks during the day, covering support for early career researchers; peer review and journal development; the role of the editorial team; journal production; dissemination; and open access. The full slide presentation is available here but for me a number of points stood out.
Seminar: A monstrous child; childhood disability and the making of the human
Submitted by Sharon Meredith, Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Speaker: Dr Katherine Runswick-Cole, Senior Research Fellow in Disability Studies & Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University
Date: Wednesday 13 April 2016, 1-2 pm
Venue: Sulgrave, S029, Park Campus, The University of Northampton
A sandwich lunch will be provided.
Seminar: Vehicle dynamics and safety research at Coventry University
Submitted by Prof Stefan Kaczmarczyk
Speaker: Mike Blundell, Professor of Vehicle Dynamics and Impact, Centre for Mobility and Transport, Coventry University.
Date: Monday 4th April 2016 New date Monday 11th April
Time: 13:30 – 14:30
Venue: NW101, Avenue Campus
Refreshments will be available before and after the presentation.
Reminder: ‘Working with industry’ seminar
It’s all go in the School of Science and Technology on Thursday!
Dr Terry Tudor has asked us to remind you that the ‘Working with industry: funding opportunities‘ seminar will be taking place this Thursday, 17th March in Newton Hall.
The seminar will be conducted by Professor Carolyn Roberts (Specialist) and Dr Lis Broome (Knowledge Transfer Manager), from the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), which is the engagement arm of Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency.
For further details please see the original post.
Guest lecture: Endangered sea turtles
Submitted by Professor Jeff Ollerton
On Thursday 17th March at 11:00 in NW205 there will be a guest lecture by Rowan Byrne, Senior Marine Environmental Scientist at the firm Mott MacDonald, entitled:
“Endangered Sea Turtles, Research, Biodiversity and Infrastructure Projects”.
This is a great opportunity to find out more about the kind of work these companies do and to ask questions about getting a career in conservation and environmental consultancy.
Photo credit: By P.Lindgren (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Transfer seminar “The Efficacy of Herbal Nutraceuticals in Improving Captive Animal Welfare”
You are invited to Lauren Samet’s transfer viva on Friday, 18th March at 9am (Moulton College, Main site, M11). The title is “The Efficacy of Herbal Nutraceuticals in Improving Captive Animal Welfare”.
All are welcome. If you are travelling from the University, email Lauren in advance so that she can book parking.
Dr Charles Bennett’s ‘The Voyage’ in Oxford/Reading this weekend
Dr Charles Bennett has been commissioned as librettist in collaboration with composer Bob Chilcott by Age UK (Oxfordshire) for a major choral work called ‘The Voyage’. It will be performed by a group of choirs, including youth choirs and a ‘choir of elders’, at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford on Friday 18 March and at Reading Concert Hall on Saturday 19 March. The project’s website, from which tickets can be purchased, is here.
See the full write-up, including quotes about composing the lyrics, at the University main page here.
Psychology research seminar: Weird Science
Submitted by Dr. Helen Clegg
The next Psychology Research Seminar will be on Wednesday 16th March at 3.30pm in Fawsley room 43. The talk is by Professor Christopher French and titled Weird Science: An Introduction to Anomalistic Psychology
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