Getty Images: the wider picture
You may have seen news reports over the last week – such as this one from the BBC – on Getty Images making a substantial chunk of its vast image library free-to-use on blogs and social media.
At first glance, this seems like great news for bloggers looking for quality images to accompany their posts. But as with most free lunches, you might want to read the fine print before you grab your knife and fork.
Postgraduate Research Student Poster Competition 2014: Call for entries
The Graduate School are holding their 9th Annual Poster Competition on 7th May 2014 and are looking for keen research students to take part. So if you are a UN postgraduate student, registered on one of our research degree programmes, why not enter? It’s an excellent opportunity for you to illustrate and discuss your research. That’s not the only reason to enter, as the Graduate School is offering a first prize of £100, and two second prizes of £75. Read the rest of this entry
Internal scholarships now advertised
The following scholarships are now being advertised:
T D Lewis – UG and PG – deadline 19 May
Mike Daniel – PG – deadline 12 May
Sir John Lowther – PG Arts – deadline 2 June
The application forms are available on the website at www.northampton.ac.uk/scholarships
Good luck!
David
Analysing secondary data: new Graduate School workshop
A new quantitative methodology workshop for research students has been developed by a team from the School of Social Sciences and offered within the Graduate School Development Programme . “Analysing secondary data (quantitative): Going beyond the published results” has been designed by Catherine Fritz, Graham Smith, Chris Roe and Amar Cherchar. It will be held on Thursday, 27 March from 11am-1pm. Read the rest of this entry
Swedish MA students join history workshop
Submitted by Professor Jon Stobart
On 10th and 11th March, a group of history research students from the University of Uppsala in Sweden visited the University to take part in a two-day workshop. The Swedish students are studying a two-year MA programme in Early-Modern History (taught in English), which has a strong research component.
The workshop was organised by Professor Jon Stobart and involved students on the University’s MA History programme, as well as history PhD students from Northampton and the University of Leicester. It provided an opportunity for detailed discussion of the historical sources and methods being employed by the British and Swedish students, and was organised around a number of themed panels which focused on topics from crime to consumption.
UCL English Graduate Conference: Transformations – Call for Papers
Over the past century the study of English literature has undergone vast transformations, prompting academics and writers to re-evaluate the concept of the ‘canon’, examine practices of reading, and consider the cultural impact of texts and criticism.
This year’s UCL English Department graduate conference seeks to explore the nature of transformation and the many possible meanings this can hold for the wide diaspora of text production and consumption.
All PGR students are invited to submit papers for consideration. Please submit abstracts (max. 250 words) for 15 minute papers to transformations.ucl@gmail.com by 1st April. For more information, visit http://ucl-transformations.tk/.
Palgrave journals: free trial until end of March
The Library has just signed up to the latest Palgrave ‘Access all areas‘ trial – giving you access to all Palgrave journal articles until the end of March. Subject areas covered include a range of business and social sciences (full list here).
To take advantage of this trial:
Reflections on Subject Futures Week…
It’s been over a month now since the excitement of Subject Future’s Week at the School of the Arts (27-31 January 2014), but much of the careers advice given by a whole host of individual’s from across the Creative Industries holds as true for postgraduates studying for a doctorate as it does for their peers in publishing, media, arts, theatre fashion and design.
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