Intermediate SPSS workshops, starting Monday 27th April
The Graduate School are holding a series of four intermediate SPSS workshops, for research students and early career researchers, starting with ANOVAs next Monday 27th April. The workshops will be run by Dr Roz Collings from the Psychology Department at the University. To book, or for more information, please go the Eventbrite links listed in the table below. Read the rest of this entry
Free OU workshop for part-time research students
On 22nd June the Open University in Milton Keynes are running a Part-Time Researcher workshop for doctoral students who are close to completing their thesis. This free, day-long event is open to all part-time research students within London and the Midlands. Read the rest of this entry
PGR Student Poster Competition 2015: Last call for entry forms!
The Graduate School are holding their 10th Annual Poster Competition on Wednesday 13th May 2015, open to all doctoral students. We are offering a first prize of £100, and two second prizes of £75 – it’s an excellent opportunity for you to illustrate and discuss your research. The competition will be held in Newton hall at Avenue Campus so you must be free to present your poster between noon and 3pm on the 13th.
If you are interested you have until Tuesday 21st April 2015 to return the Entry Form, which secures your place in the competition. Please note that you have until the morning of the 12th May to produce and print your final poster, as you will be required to hang it at the venue on the 12th May 3-5pm. The competition has its own Rules of Entry, to which students must adhere in order to be in with a chance of winning a prize.
If you have any queries about the competition please contact Simone Apel
Researcher help desks – Summer 2015
Google Scholar Chrome extension: features and RefWorks integration
If you use Google Chrome and Google Scholar, you’ll probably be interested in the recently released Scholar Chrome extension. I gave the extension a whirl, and here are my notes – including details of its support for RefWorks and Find My Reference.
Organisation Studies Network (OSN) seminar on 9th June
Submitted by Dr Hala Mansour
The next Organisation Studies Network (OSN) seminar will be held at Northampton Business School on 9th June 2015 from 12 noon. The OSN includes the University of East London, Keele University, Staffordshire University and the University of Northampton and the group meets regularly to discuss and debate issues around Organisation Studies. The programme on the 9th June includes papers on Research and Writing, Choosing and Trusting in Health and Medicine, Cultures of Mis-selling in the Financial Services Industry and more. Full details of the programme are attached.
If you would like to attend please let Hala Mansour or Debbie Christopher know by 11th May 2015.
Graduate School Workshops in spring and summer
A variety of researcher development workshops are coming up in the next few months, so if you are a PGR student or an early career researcher why not take advantage and book a place? They include Qualitative Data Analysis Using NVivo: Level 2 (Intermediate) on April 14th, Poster Design & Presenting on April 16th and the first of a series of four intermediate SPSS workshops on April 27th. A Publishing Day on April 29th, features workshops in Academic Writing for Journals, Blogging for Researchers and Getting Published. All these workshops are open to both PGR students and early-career researchers.
Solely for PGR students we are running a ‘Finishing your Thesis’ afternoon on April 22nd, which includes Editing and Finishing your Thesis and Preparing for the Viva. So if you are within a year of completing your doctorate this will be a valuable afternoon to attend. Read the rest of this entry
Open access and your published paper: a guide for authors
FAQ: I have just had an article accepted for publication and I’m unsure of my open access options. What should I do?
With multiple publishing options and a host of sometimes conflicting institutional, funder and publisher requirements, the pathway to open access can sometimes be a confusing one. The guide below is designed to help you navigate the route between having your article accepted for publication and making it open access in an appropriate and timely manner.
The guide covers both ‘green’ and ‘gold’ routes to open access and includes the University’s procedure for handling article processing charges (APCs).
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