Online tutorials for PGR students and early career researchers
There are now five new interactive tutorials on the Skills Hub. You will find them in a new section ‘Postgraduate Research Skills‘ on the ‘Academic Skills‘ tab.
- Author bibliometrics – examines the key author bibliometrics and their use
- Journal bibliometrics – explores the use of impact factors and other metrics for ranking journals
- Journals and articles – addresses your publication strategy, journal types and what makes a ‘good’ paper
- Other forms of publishing – covers posters, exhibitions, creative works, website authoring and Open Access publishing
- Networking – making the most of face to face and online networking with fellow researchers
Open Access Week webinars
Next week (October 19th to 25th) is international Open Access Week. It is a great time to catch up on what open access means for you and your research. Here at Northampton we will mark the occasion with a series of posts on the subject of open access throughout the research lifecycle. These will expand on the guide we produced earlier this year and will hopefully answer some of the questions you may have. Look out for them here on the Research Support Hub.
Other organisations are celebrating Open Access Week with various events, including a number of webinars which are, of course, open to everyone. Why not check out some of these?
School of the Arts research events for Autumn 2015
The School of the Arts announces its research seminars and events for autumn 2015, with a strong line-up of unique conferences, lectures and engaging seminar discussions with noted researchers and scholars. All Seminars will be held in room MR34 at 2.15pm unless otherwise stated. There will be refreshments and biscuits. All SOTA staff and students are welcome to attend.
Funding opportunity: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships
The British Library is currently advertising three Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships, to begin in October 2016. The call is open to researchers of postdoctoral standing with a contract of employment with a UK HEI.
There are three research topics:
- The Working Life of Scientists: Exploring the Culture of Scientific Research
- Digital Publishing and the Reader
- Hans Sloane’s Books: Evaluating an Enlightenment Library
Further details and the application form are available from the British Library website.
Launch of the NBS Research Seminar Series
Submitted by Dr Sandy MacDonald
The Northampton Business School (NBS) have announced dates for their Research Seminar series, which will run during term time for staff and doctoral students. The first seminar will be held on 7th October, at 1pm (room to be confirmed), with Dr Shaowei He, Director of Centre for China and Emerging Countries (CEEC) speaking on “Chinese acquisitions in developed countries and capability upgrading in their acquired firms.” Watch this post for further details. Read the rest of this entry
Library guides to subject resources
If you are new to Northampton and not entirely sure which resources are available for your discipline then the Academic Librarians’ “Library Support for…” guides may be of use to you.
Each guide has information about books and journals for a subject area (e.g. Education, Accounting and Finance; Engineering); some subject specific tools and resources; tips on searching for and evaluating your results; and other expert help from your Academic Librarian.
Although these are mainly written for students on taught courses, new research students and staff may well find them a useful starting point so please do take a look.
You’ll find links to all the resources on the Academic Librarians page on the Skills Hub.
2015-16 Changes to postgraduate research degree documentation
A number of changes have taken place to the regulations, policies, guidance and forms for postgraduate research (PGR) programmes. The student and supervisor toolkits now reflect all of the changes. This post will explain the changes and provide links to new content.
Research student volunteers needed for PGR Induction
Are you a research student and would you like to help out at our next Research Student Induction on Friday 30th October at 2:30-3:45pm in MY120, Maidwell, Avenue Campus? Would you also like a free late lunch?
The Interviews with Current Students session is a chance for the new students to ask questions about the PhD/doctoral experience here at Northampton. The chatting is informal and happens around the table – there is no presentation required. Chances are you have probably been through this from the other side when you attended your Induction.
If you are interested please email simone.apel@northampton.ac.uk as soon as possible.
Critical Mass conference – discounted tickets for students
The Critical Mass conference will run at the The Royal Institution of Great Britain in London on the 19th and 20th October 2015, with two days of speeches and discussions asking, ‘how are we reaching critical mass for social enterprise, social value, impact investing and corporate social innovation?’
University of Northampton students have been offered tickets at a discounted price of £80+VAT. To order a discounted ticket please email Christina Katara. The conference website quotes a ticket price of £125 for students, so do email Cristina instead for the reduced rate.
See the Good Deals website for the full programme.
Researcher help desks – Autumn 2015
A new term means that researchers have new opportunities to drop in to the library to get help. As usual, Nick and I are offering weekly help sessions at alternate campuses and we’d love to have some visitors.
The dates and times are below.
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