Using doctoral theses in your research – webinar repeated
Sara Gould of the British Library is repeating last year’s webinar on using doctoral theses in research. She writes:
“Please join us for an EThOS webinar to be held on Thursday 13 February 2014, at 15:00 GMT. This will be a repeat of the session we held on 10 December which saw 385 attendees and lots of requests to hold another for colleagues who were unable to join us then.
Title: Using doctoral theses in your research: a guide to EThOS.
Seminar on end of life care to be held on February 12th
Submitted by Ruth Hughes-Rowlands, Institute of Health & Wellbeing.
The Institute of Health and Wellbeing are holding a lunchtime seminar on Wednesday 12th February. Led by Professor Judith Sixsmith and Mei Lan Fang, a Researcher at UoN, the seminar focuses on “End of Life Care: Exploring psychological well-being religious practices and beliefs and support needs of Manchester’s Chinese population.”
The event will be held in the Sunley Conference Centre at the University of Northampton, Park Campus from 1-2pm. To book or for more information see the flier or Eventbrite booking page.
Call for papers: Children And Young People’s Mental Health Conference
Submitted by Dr Jane Callaghan
Researchers are invited to participate in the 2014 CAMHS conference 2014 at the University of Northampton. The first call for papers is now open and will close on 11th April, so please do consider submitting an abstract for a paper, poster, workshop or symposium. Read the rest of this entry
Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards
The Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards are a fantastic opportunity for current students and graduates who are looking to secure investment for their projects. Santander will be making an award of £5,000 for the winner of the undergraduate award, and £20,000 for the winner of the postgraduate award, together with smaller prizes for second and third places. The competition is open to current students or alumni who have graduated within the last 2 years. Applicants can be individuals or groups, and will need to prepare a business plan. The University will put forward the best entry in each category for Santander to consider.
For further details, and to discuss this opportunity, please contact Sharon Irwin, Enterprise Club Manager, at sharon.irwin@northampton.ac.uk or on 01604 892626. Please note that the deadline for applications is 14 March 2014.
View the information pack: 2014 Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards Pack
UCEE project looking for researchers
Submitted by Lynn Finn
The University Centre for Employability & Engagement (UCEE) is working on a short-term project “Behind the Scenes” to raise the profile of the sector covered by Asset Skills (cleaning, facilities management, car parking, housing and property). The sector is currently composed of an aging workforce and it is struggling to make the sector appear more attractive and therefore recruit graduates into it even though no business can operate without the services that make them work smoothly.
As part of the project funding, there is the potential to run two short-term (60 hours) research projects that would help the sector: one looking at the students and their perceptions of the sector and another looking at how the sector presents itself and how it could make itself more attractive to those it is trying to attract into it.
The payment for undertaking these projects would be £600 per project. If you are interested, please contact Lynn Finn (lynn.finn@northampton.ac.uk), call her on 01604 892937 or by pop into MY111 at Avenue.
PhD Transfer Seminar – 30th January 2014
Please come along to Josh Onyango’s upcoming transfer seminar on Thursday 30th January 2014 at 1pm in room M14 at Moulton College main site (gate 2). The title is:
Epidemiology of contagious ovine ecthyma (orf) in English sheep farms
NECTAR: What’s in it for me?
NECTAR, the university’s open access institutional repository, is now entering its eighth year, with deposits of both bibliographic data and full content going from strength to strength. But what does this mean to the individual researcher? In the rush to enter details for this report or that, it is easy to overlook the fact that having one’s research outputs in NECTAR delivers a range of benefits.
The Latest News from the Centre of Home and Belonging Network
December and January have been busy months for the scholars affiliated to the Diasporic Constructions of Home and Belonging International Training Network.
Communicating with the media workshop
As a researcher, you are likely at some point in your career to give a live radio or television interview, or be asked to contribute to a pre-recorded telephone discussion, or news report. Would you like to develop confidence in dealing with the media, know how best to prepare and approach a potential media interview situation?
Holly Smith, from the University’s Communication, PR and Public Affairs Department, is holding a lunchtime workshop (with a free lunch!) on Communicating with the Media on Monday, 27 January from 12:00 to 14:00 in the T-Pod, Rockingham Library. Read the rest of this entry
Spotting the ‘predatory’ publisher
FAQ: A publisher I haven’t heard of has invited me to submit a paper to their journal. How do I know that they are reputable?
Following the publication of the Finch Report and the subsequent actions of the Research Councils, HEFCE and others, there is more pressure than ever for researchers to ensure that their published outputs are made available to all. This has prompted publishers, both established and new, to reconsider their business models and provide new open access publishing options to researchers.
I have written before about how to find an open access journal for your article, but what happens if the publisher approaches you?
Based on the queries I’ve received from researchers, there seem to be two areas of concern.
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