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

Conflict and controversy in the ethics of stem cell research

The Institute of Health and Wellbeing present:

‘Conflict and controversy in the ethics of stem cell research’

Wednesday 12th March 2014, 1-2pm, Sunley Conference Centre.

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Research Theme Leader for the Institute of Health and Wellbeing

The Institute of Health and Wellbeing is looking to recruit academic leaders for each of its newly established research themes:

  • Family Health and Wellbeing
  • Health and Wellbeing of the Ageing Population
  • Mental Health and Wellbeing
  • Physical Activity, Health and Wellbeing
  • Environment, Health and Wellbeing
  • Organisational Health and Wellbeing

We are seeking expressions of interest from individuals across the University who have the energy, commitment and drive to develop these themes into successful and high profile programmes of activity that engage colleagues from across a range of academic disciplines and deliver research, social enterprise, training and CPD, consultancy and postgraduate opportunities.

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‘Stories’ education conference: Call for papers and posters

Stories (Students’ Ongoing Research in Education Studies) is the annual conference for graduate students held at the Department of Education, University of Oxford. This year’s conference will take place on 18 March 2014.

The theme for Stories 2014 is ‘Lessons Learned: Challenges in Education and Implications for Research’. Graduate students at any stage of their research are invited to present and discuss their work in the field of education & related social sciences. There is also a special session during the conference for poster presentations.

The conference is open to research students from all universities. Students interested in presenting should email a 200 word (max) abstract by 21st February 2014. Please include the abstract in the body of your email. For more information see the University of Oxford Stories webpages.

Psychology Research Seminar – 26th February

Submitted by Dr Helen Clegg

The next psychology research seminar, entitled Howard Andrew Knox: The Neglected Pioneer of Psychological Testing at Ellis Island”, will be held on Wednesday 26th February 2014 from 3.30pm in F43. Refreshments will be available from 3.15pm.

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Academic research now available from your local public library

Access to Research logoUnder the recently launched ‘Access to Research‘ initiative, public libraries are now able to provide walk-in readers with access to a wide range of academic articles and research.

Following the recommendation of the Finch report that the major publishers should grant public libraries a licence to provide free access to their academic articles, the two year Access to Research scheme will enable a new audience of the general public, small businesses and independent researchers to access scholarly research.

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New resource: Emerging Markets Case Studies

Submitted by Joanne Farmer, Academic Librarian

We now have access to 250 ‘Emerging Markets’ case studies on the Emerald database. Our new subscription includes perpetual access to all of the 2014 reports and also an archive back to 2011. These reports cover a range of subject areas including Entrepreneurship, International Business, HRM, Management Science, Marketing, Strategy and Tourism and Hospitality. Each case study comes with notes for teachers, which may be accessed via a separate login (teaching staff please contact your librarian for details).

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Congratulations, Dr Neil Hand

Neil Hand will receive his PhD degree certificate at the Winter Award Ceremonies in the Royal and Derngate theatre this weekend. Neil’s PhD by means of published works thesis brought together a body of papers that Neil had worked on over a number of years in the field of histopathology. This month Neil retired from Nottingham University Hospitals Trust and his contribution to the trust and the field of histopathology is celebrated in the Nottingham Post. Read the article at http://www.nottinghampost.com/Pioneering-scientist-calls-day/story-20554685-detail/story.html#comments

congratulations, Neil!

Graduate School workshops in February

Graduate School WorkshopsWe have a variety of Graduate School workshops coming up in February for research degree students.

We have 4 places left for Hugh Kearn’s Research Student workshop “Seven secrets” which will be held at Sunley Conference Centre next Tuesday 11th. Hugh Kearns is recognised internationally as a public speaker, educator and researcher and regularly lectures at universities across the world, including Oxford, Harvard and Stanford. Research students, please don’t miss this great opportunity.

Other workshops include our Finishing Development Day for students close to completion, an Institute of Consulting event and a Grounded Theory qualitative methodology workshop. Read the rest of this entry