School of the Arts – Spring Research Seminar Series
The Research Seminar Series within the School of the Arts is now well under way, with new events still being added – click through to see the full list.
Science and Technology Research Conference – programme
Submitted by Professor Jeff Ollerton
The programme for this Wednesday’s Annual Science and Technology Research Conference has just been announced:
| Time | Name | Area | Title |
| 1230 | LUNCH | ||
| 1300 | Mu Mu | Computing | Towards immersive user experience: web-based media orchestration |
| 1315 | Ameer Al-Sadi | Computing | Management of Distributed Software-Defined Networks in Smart Cities |
| 1330 | Duncan McCollin | Ecology | Islands – natural laboratories for studying ecology |
| 1345 | Jeff Ollerton | Ecology | Extinctions of British pollinators and the role of large-scale agricultural changes |
| 1400 | Riyadh Abass | Engineering | Development of scheduling process for the M2M communications system in Smart Cities |
| 1415 | BREAK | ||
| 1430 | Joseph Maina | Wastes | Towards sustainable solid waste management in Kenya |
| 1445 | Lauren Samet | Moulton – Animal Welfare | The efficacy of herbal nutraceuticals in improving captive animal welfare. |
| 1500 | Douglas Mills | Engineering | Development of a hand held electrical device (the Procometer) to assess the protection afforded by an organic coating to a metal substrate in the field |
| 1515 | TianYang Lan | Engineering | Development of assessment method for conservation coatings applied to archaeological objects |
| 1530 | Oyin Olajubu | Computing | A textual language for requirement modelling |
| 1545 | BREAK | ||
| 1600 | Robin Crockett | Maths/Physical Geography | Patterns and trends in flows in the River Nene |
| 1615 | Zainab Al-Rubaye | Computing | The use of multivariable wireless sensor data to early detect lameness in sheep |
| 1630 | Melanie Limb | Human Geography | One in four |
| 1645 | Ian Livingstone | Physical Geography | Wind-blown sand in complex terrain: a case study from the Mojave Desert, California |
| 1700 | END |
If you have not yet told science.admin@northampton.ac.uk that you are attending, please do so for catering purposes. Thank you.
PGR Student Poster Competition 2016: Call for entries
Are you a UN Postgraduate Research student, registered on one of our research degree programmes? If so, you may be interested to know that The Graduate School are holding their 11th Annual Poster Competition on Wednesday 18th May 2016, so why not take part? We are offering a first prize of £100, and two second prizes of £75 and it’s an excellent opportunity for you to illustrate and discuss your research. The competition will be held in the Dialogue Cafe in Rockingham Library. Read the rest of this entry
Transfer seminar “Human behaviour modelling”
On Friday, 26th February at 1 pm Mohamed Redha Sidoumou will be presenting his Transfer Seminar on “Human behaviour modelling” in Room NW101. Please come along and see what his research is all about.
Supervisor Development Programme – next delivery
The university runs a development programme for supervisors who are new to research degree supervision, co-ordinated by Professor Ian Livingstone. It is a validated university postgraduate course and it is delivered as two modules – Workshops and Observation. It is a requirement of our research degree regulations that everyone who is new to supervision takes the first module – the workshops. The second module is optional but if you complete both you are awarded the Postgraduate Certificate in Research Degree Supervision which you can count as one completion when putting together supervisory teams. Even if you have previously supervised research students, there may be some elements of the programme that you would find useful.
The next delivery of the workshops will run 9.30-4.00 on Tuesday 5th, Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th July 2016. There will be a further session of seminars led by participants – dates to be negotiated.
If you are intending to join this programme and have not yet contacted Ian Livingstone, please do so now. (x 3362; email: ian.livingstone@northampton.ac.uk)
PhD Life – What weird questions are you asked about your PhD?
This blogger writes about the weird questions she is asked about her PhD. What weird questions do you get asked? Leave a comment below.
You can read the PhD Life blog at http://phdlife.warwick.ac.uk/
Image: By hobvias sudoneighm – Flickr: /doh, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25699711
Inaugural Lecture: “Developing a theoretical Model for Public and Patient Involvement” by Prof. Jackie Parkes
You are invited to Prof. Jackie Parkes’ inaugural lecture entitled Developing a theoretical Model for Public and Patient Involvement on Tuesday 15 March 2016 at Sunley Conference Centre.
There are limited spaces available so please reply to Karen Haines by 4 March 2016 to avoid disappointment; karen.haines@northampton.ac.uk.
Seminar: #selfie: Explorations of feminine identity in social media
Submitted by Dr Helen Clegg
The next psychology research seminar will be on Wednesday 24th February 2016 in F43. The speaker will be Dr Lisa Lazard from The Open University. Her talk and abstract are below:
Update: Companion Animal Nutrition Conference
Submitted by Dr Wanda McCormick
We are very pleased to announce that the keynote speaker at the Companion Animal Nutrition Conference 2016 will be Dr Cecilia Villaverde Haro.
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Finishing Development Day for research students on 23rd February
Are you a research student in the final stages of your doctorate, post-Transfer? If you are, you may be interested in the Graduate School Finishing Development Day, running on Tuesday 23rd February.
The 3 sessions will be:
9:30: Preparing for the viva: Prof Chris Roe.
Followed by Meet the ‘viva survivors’! PhD alumni talk about their experiences for a frank and informative question and answer session.
13:00 Editing and finishing your thesis: Prof. Ian Livingstone.
15:15 Proofreading your work: Prof Ian Livingstone and Simone Apel.
You can find out more and book a place on just one or all three workshops here.
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