TLS Coverage as Programme Announced for International Brigid Brophy Conference!
The English Division at the University of Northampton School of the Arts is very pleased to announce the full programme for the forthcoming Brigid Brophy conference on 9th and 10th October 2015. In the words of Professor Richard Canning, organizer of the conference, the event will, “celebrate all aspects of Brophy’s literary career, as well as her leading contributions to animal rights, vegetarianism, anti-vivisectionism, humanism, feminist politics and advocacy of the Public Lending Right.” Already gathering positive publicity in this week’s Times Literary Supplement (10 July 2015), the conference will feature keynote lectures by author of The Northern Clemency and The Emperor Waltz, Professor Philip Hensher (Bath Spa University), Goldsmiths Senior Lecturer in Modern Literature, Dr Carole Ann Sweeney and British writer, psychologist, and animal rights advocate, Dr Richard Ryder. For more information on the conference, including details of how to register, please read below.
Congratulations to CoHaB Scholar Alba de Bejar!
Congratulations to CoHaB Early Stage Researcher, Alba de Bejar Muiños who this summer has been awarded the prestigious Prix Barbara-Godard essay prize offered by the ACLQ ACQL/Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences Conference in Ottawa, for her essay on the work of Chinese diasporic and American born Canadian Sci-Fi writer, Larissa Lai.
Call for papers – Texts and contexts: the cultural legacies of Ada Lovelace
The mathematician, Ada Lovelace (1815-1852), daughter of poet Lord Byron, is celebrated as a pioneer of computer science. As part of the University of Oxford’s celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of Lovelace’s birth, a one-day workshop on Tuesday 8th December will bring together research students and early career researchers to discuss the varied cultural legacies associated with Ada Lovelace.
Researchers from all disciplines are invited to submit proposals for papers on the influences of Lovelace’s work, on topics including, but not limited to, literature, history, mathematics, music, visual art, and computer science. Proposals, not exceeding 250 words, for 15-minute papers should be submitted to adalovelaceworkshop@ell.ox.ac.uk by 5pm, Friday 28 August 2015. Those who are accepted to speak at this graduate workshop will also be offered free registration for the Ada Lovelace 200 Symposium taking place on the following two days. For more information please see the Conference WordPress page.
Google+ Hangout on Research Impact and Public Engagement for Career Success
Both research impact and public engagement should be an integral part of the researcher’s career portfolio, whether you are a doctoral student, early career researcher or member of research staff. In response to this need, Jobs.ac.uk are holding a free live Google+ Video Hangout on Weds 22nd July from 1-2pm, entitled “Research Impact & Public Engagement for Career Success”. Read the rest of this entry
Publish and flourish?
How a group of PhD students gained experience of academic publishing:
https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/publish-and-flourish-phd-students-turn-journal-editors
Finding sources of funding for your postgraduate degree study.
Are you a postgraduate student (PhD, Professional Doctorate, Mphil or Masters student) at the University of Northampton who is self-funded? Would you like a chance to win funding for fees, maintenance, travel, conference attendance and other research expenses? If so, you might be interested in the next few paragraphs!
Lucy Atkinson’s new workshop “Finding Alternative Sources of Funding” ran on Wednesday 24 June – Lucy has been very successful in obtaining funding for her self-funded PhD and in the workshop she shared her ideas for gaining funding from a variety of sources but, particularly, a major, but neglected, alternative funding source in the area of charities and external bodies. Read the rest of this entry
Winners of the 2014-15 Images of Research competition
The Graduate School’s Images of Research competition 2014-15 offered researchers a chance to illustrate or represent their research with a unique image, along with a descriptive abstract of c.150 words. We held two competitions:
1. Professional image maker and PhD student, John Sunderland, was invited to choose his top three.
2. Visitors to the exhibition, and online poll on the Research Support Hub, voted for their favourite three images. Read the rest of this entry
The 2015-16 PGR and ECR Skills Development Programme
The 2015-16 Graduate School’s development programme for postgraduate research (PGR) students and early career researchers (ECRs*) is HERE! Come back to this post whenever you want to find out what’s on. Other workshops will be added through the year. Read the rest of this entry
Transfer seminar on aviation security
Calling research staff and students! You are invited to the transfer seminar of one of our research students, Paul McFarlane, in Northampton Business School.
Paul’s seminar is entitled “Aviation security as a self-organised critical phenomenon” and it takes place tomorrow (Weds 1st July) at 2pm in Cottesbrooke C227, Park Campus.
Lunchtime seminar: A Review of the Effectiveness of Balance and Instability Resistance Training
Submitted by Ruth Hughes-Rowlands.
Lunchtime seminar news from the Institute of Health and Wellbeing:
A Review of the Effectiveness of Balance and Instability Resistance Training
Wednesday 1st July 2015, 1-2pm
Cottesbrooke room C119
Park Campus
http://lsjul15.eventbrite.co.uk
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