Jo Campling Memorial Prize

The editorial board of the journal Ethics & Social Welfare has announced The Jo Campling Memorial Prize for the best student essays (3,000 words max) on a theme relevant to ‘ethics and social welfare’. Two prizes are available, one for postgraduate students and one for undergraduates. Jo Campling, who died in Summer 2006, was a publishing consultant and the driving force behind Ethics & Social Welfare. The closing date for entries is 30 September 2014.

Each winner – one postgraduate and one undergraduate will receive £150 and one year’s free personal print subscription to the journal. Two further prizes of £75 will also be given to the runner-up in each category.

For more information see JCP 2014.

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/.

Wellbeing of Women Research Awards

The next round of research funding applications from the Royal College of Midwives and Wellbeing of women. The link below will take you directly to the WoW awards site. The closing date for submissions is 31st March 2014

http://www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk/research/research-grants/

Previous unsuccessful applicants are welcome to reapply providing they meet the criteria for submission.

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:

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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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Postgraduate Conference on ‘The Sociology of Technologically Mediated Reproduction’

Postgraduate students from the Reproduction Research Group at De Montfort University are hosting a Postgraduate Conference on ‘The Sociology of Technologically Mediated Reproduction’ at De Montfort University on Thursday 29th May. Please note the closing date for the call for abstracts is Friday 21st March. Read the rest of this entry

Checklist for new research students

FAQ: I’ve just started as a research student at the University of Northampton.  How do I get access to university IT systems and library resources?

As a new research student it is important that you are quickly able to take advantage of the many resources and services available to you at the university.  This checklist will show you how to log in to the different services and tell you where to get help should you have any problems.

(Note: The checklist contains a lot of information and is therefore quite long, but if a quick overview is all you need then check out the summary table toward the end.)

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Call for papers: Approaches to inequalities: Perspectives from Higher Education

If you would like to submit a paper for the conference, follow this link Equality Conference Call

University of Northampton Scholars affiliated to the CoHaB ITN team up with New Zealand Studies Network to Celebrate Fleur Adcock’s Eightieth Birthday

On 14th February 2014, Professor Janet Wilson, Director of Research at the University of Northampton School of the Arts, CoHaB representative and Deputy Chair of the New Zealand Studies Network (NZSN) celebrated with fellow authors and members of the NZSN, the eightieth birthday of internationally renowned New Zealand poet, Fleur Adcock.

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Kaleidoscope Graduate Student Research Conference Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, May 29th & 30th, 2014

Posted on behalf of The Kaleidoscope Team 2014

Dear postgraduate students,

Kaleidoscope is an annual, two-day conference hosted by research students at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK. It is aimed at the needs of current research students in the broad field of education studies, and seeks to provide a space where research students can connect with others, find inspiration, and share their own in-progress research in a supportive environment. Read the rest of this entry