IoHW May Lunchtime Seminar – Prevention and management of patient aggression in secure mental health services
The Institute of Health and Wellbeing are holding a lunchtime seminar, Prevention and management of patient aggression in secure mental health services, on Wednesday 14th May 2014 at Sunley Conference Centre.
Invitation to Graduate School poster competition
The Graduate School are holding their 9th Annual Poster Competition on Wednesday 7th May 2014 and would like to invite staff and students from the University to visit and support our research students. The event will be held in the Dialogue Cafe, ground floor of Rockingham Library, from 11am to 2pm. Read the rest of this entry
Call for papers: Travel and the country house: places, cultures and practices
Posted on behalf of Professor Jon Stobart
Keynote speakers include: Roey Sweet, University of Leicester, and Margot Finn, UCL
Travel has long played a vital role in shaping the country house, opening up horizons and exposing both house and owner to a variety of external influences. Travel impacted upon values, tastes, material culture and money, and helped to articulate the flow of ideas, information, goods and capital. The importance of the Grand Tour and Empire to the country house has long been recognised, but domestic tourism and travel for more mundane purposes – to visit family or friends, engage in political life or go to town – were also significant. In this conference, we wish to explore a wide range of travel experiences and consider how these impacted on the country house.
Article on graduate teaching assistants’ dilemma over boycott
This article explores the complex position of the GTA entering a workforce in dispute:
http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2014/apr/22/should-phd-students-support-marking-boycott
‘Help desk’ dates
New term, new dates for your diary:
At Avenue Library:
- Tuesday 6th May, 10am-12noon
- Thursday 22nd May, 2-4pm
- Friday 13th June, 10am-12noon
- Tuesday 24th June 10am-12noon
At Park Library:
- Friday 2nd May, 10am-12noon
- Monday 12th May, 2-4pm
- Tuesday 3rd June, 10am-12noon
- Thursday 19th June, 2-4pm
These sessions are intended to be ‘drop-in’ opportunities for any researcher to chat with the LLS research support team. Of course if you’d prefer to see us at any other time then just get in touch with either Miggie or Nick to arrange a suitable date.
Photo credit: HeppDesigns
The rabbit – Britain’s unloved pet?
Figure 1: Rabbit and food bowl. Photo: C Ellis
Submitted by Clare Ellis
Postgraduate Researcher Moulton College & University of Northampton
Rabbits are one of Britain’s top five most popular pets (PFMA, 2013) yet recent research (PDSA Wellbeing report 2013) has shown that they are often not kept in appropriate conditions, and hundreds of rescue centres all over Britain take in unwanted pet rabbits each year.
New research being carried out by research staff at Moulton College & the University of Northampton is investigating how BIG Britain’s bunny problem is. Read the rest of this entry
School of Health Research Seminar: Salmonella and salmonellosis
All are welcome to this seminar on 12th May. See the flyer at: Health – Research Seminar
Northampton Learning & Teaching Conference 2014
“Northampton 2018: Planning, Designing and Delivering Student Success”
The University of Northampton’s Institute of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education is to host a one-day Learning and Teaching conference, entitled Northampton 2018: Planning, Designing and Delivering Student Success. The event will provide an opportunity to celebrate research from within the institution. Read the rest of this entry
Warm welcome to 28 new research degree students
The Graduate School welcomed 28 new Research Degree Students to the University last week with a four-day Induction Programme. Seven students from Science, six from Business, five from the Arts, four from both Social Sciences and Education and two students from Health gathered together for almost a week of workshops, meetings, discussions and introductions at the start of their doctorate.
The Graduate School PGR Annual Conference: Call for papers
The University of Northampton Graduate School are holding their 2014 Postgraduate Researcher Conference on June 26th and would like to invite UN research students and early career researchers to present a paper. Read the rest of this entry
UON Graduate School Blog 