Conference report: Graduate School Annual Conference attracts a record number of guests
The 2015 annual research student and early career researcher conference, run by the University of Northampton Graduate School and held last Wednesday 17th June, attracted almost 100 research staff and students through the door.
A broad array of high-impact research topics were presented, from research on socially responsible businesses to the issues surrounding withdrawing treatment from neonates. A representative from every School presented their research, students in their first and final year, full and part time students, plus papers from an early career researcher working at the University. The theme of the day was Research Integration, and papers fell under the four broad themes of Teaching and Learning, Science Impact, Social Responsibility and Language. Read the rest of this entry
Top tips for doctoral examiners
In this article, Prof. Pam Denicolo gives her tips for those new to examining doctoral candidates.
https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/tips-for-doctoral-examiners-its-all-in-the-preparation
Santander Staff Research Award
Santander funding is available for staff that require support for a research project. The project should be aligned to the University or School’s objectives, and have an international theme or connection with one or more of the countries below. The project should also be in collaboration with a current or potential Partner University.
Santander network countries currently include Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, Chile, China, Colombia, Germany, Ghana, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, Spain, USA, UAE and Uruguay.
There are 5 awards of £1,000 available.
Applications using this form should be submitted by 30 June 2015 to corinna.coleman@northampton.ac.uk
Further information can be obtained from
Corinna Coleman
Scholarships Administrator
Direct Line: 01604 893009
Email: corinna.coleman@northampton.ac.uk
Decade: Celebrating ten years of research at Northampton
Ten years after achieving full University status and research degree awarding powers, the University is celebrating with a new publication describing some of its current research: Decade: Celebrating 10 years of research at the University of Northampton.
It’s a gorgeous publication showing a wide range of projects and featuring some stunning photographs. Those of you who attended the Images of Research exhibition will recognise a few of them.
Tips for effective conference presentations
Having spent the day at yesterday’s excellent Postgraduate Research Conference, Professor Jeff Ollerton has some useful advice for prospective presenters.
You can read Jeff’s post on his blog here.
Photo credit: HeppDesigns
Graduate School Update Day – research integrity and ethics
This year’s Graduate School’s Update Day will run on Thursday September 24th 2015 from 11am to 4pm in the Delapre Lecture Theatre at Park Campus. We are offering supervisors, research students and researchers in the University two related workshops on research integrity and ethics. We are very pleased that the workshop on integrity will be led by Dr Andrew Rawnsley (UK Council for Graduate Education). Please note this date in your diary – booking details are here.
New trial: SAGE Video
SAGE Video comprises video collections in the social sciences and covers the subject areas of education; media, communication and cultural studies; and counseling and psychotherapy. Content includes tutorials, interviews and practical advice.
The website is currently in test mode and the full site will be launching soon. Approximately 50% of the videos are currently live on the site, and SAGE aim to have all the content in the collections by July 2015. In the meantime, you can view a complete list of titles here. There is also a ‘Help Page’ for guidance on using the SAGE Video platform features.
The trial to SAGE video is available on campus only.
Hannah Rose, Academic Librarian for Education, has arranged this trial and would appreciate your thoughts and feedback.
The inaugural Northampton Business School Research Conference on 18th June
The very first Northampton_Business_School_Conference will take place on Thursday 18th June at Sunley Management Centre, University of Northampton. All staff and PhD students from the Business School and across the University are welcome. The Programme will be released shortly.
The day begins with a presentation from our Guest Speaker, our Visiting Professor Carol Atkinson, Professor of HR and Associate Dean for Research, MMU Business School. This is followed by three streams of presentations by NBS staff and PhD students, totalling nearly 30 papers, split into five tracks: Marketing and Logistics, Education and Language, HRM, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainability & Corporate Governance.
For more information please contact Sandy McDonald or Kathleen Mortimer.
SRHE Newer Researchers’ Conference – call for papers closes 10th July.
The call for papers for this one day conference for Newer Researchers*, held by the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE), has been launched. The conference will take place on the 8 December 2015 at Celtic Manor Resort, Newport in Wales. Read the rest of this entry
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