ICCSR Symposium 2013: Gender and Responsible Business
Submitted by Nadeem Khan, (PhD research student NBS)
Nadeem Khan
The ICCSR symposium was held on 20th June 2013 at the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, based at Nottingham Business School, University of Nottingham.
Siham Elgergeni and Ouarda Dsouli
Nadeem Khan, Siham Elgergeni and Ouarda Dsouli from the UN Business School attended the symposium, hosted by Prof. Jeremy Moon, with keynote speakers including Nadia Younes (Rio Tinto) and Kate Grosser (La Trobe University). The dialogue highlighted the human rights and business case for advancing gender balance as a stakeholder; human rights; corporate innovation and sustainable communities’ perspective. Read the rest of this entry
Census update webinar: Census geography tools
UK Data Service Census Support is holding a webinar on 24 July 2013 to provide an introduction to the full collection of digital boundaries and geographical look-up tables which they hold.
The webinar will also show how online Census Support applications can be used to access these datasets. Through UK Data Service Census Support, users have access to a large collection of geographical datasets. This includes digital boundaries that define the location and extent of the output geographies of UK decennial censuses and geographical lookup tables like ONS postcode directories, which can be used to relate different geographies to one another. Read the rest of this entry
School of the Arts Research Seminar Update
The University of Northampton School of the Arts ‘Acts of Remembrance’ Research Seminar with Dr Sonya Andermahr, Dr Larissa Allwork and Dr Esther Jilovsky will be starting at 12.00 as opposed to 12.30 on Wednesday 10th July in MY120, Avenue Campus.
All welcome.
Ebook price increases from three publishers
” It is with regret that we have to inform you that with no prior notice from the publisher Wiley has imposed an immediate price increase across selected titles. “
So begins another email from Dawson books, our leading supplier of academic ebooks. The email goes on to explain further:
” The price increases are the publisher’s reaction to a recent US Supreme Court ruling whereby lower priced editions bought elsewhere in the world were allowed to be sold back into the US, a market which has traditionally had higher prices than other markets. To reduce the impact on US sales, Wiley have chosen to increase the prices in the UK to match the American prices. Unfortunately we have no ability to influence this decision although our buying team has vigorously championed non-US customers against price increases.”
Research Seminar Invitation
You are invited to attend a seminar by Marco Caniato, a PhD student from the University of Brescia, Italy, on Wednesday, July 10, at 10:am, in MY35. The topic of the presentation will be:
“Development of a Health Care Waste Management system in facilities with severe constraints: case study from the Gaza Strip”.
Sunshine and showers – LearnTech summer showcase
Message from Rob Howe, Head of Learning Technology, LLS:
What is changing in NILE on July 21st?
What is SaGE?
How do I use a voting handset to encourage in class participation?
How can I use a SMARTboard more effectively?
Why are iPADs and mobile devices so popular?
What training is available to support my technology development?
If you have questions similar to those above or just want to come to see how the Learning Technology team are able to support you then please come along to the LearnTech Summer Showcase – Sunshine and Showers.
“Such a Long Journey”: New radio play recording and call for feedback
The rehearsed reading for the first act of Oladipo Agboluaje’s Such a Long Journey is now available to listen to online via Research Support Hub. See below for the recording and further details.
Rehearsed reading of Such A Long Journey at Northampton’s Doddridge Centre
Update: the rehearsed recording of Act I can now be listened to online.
On 19 June 2013, Dr Victor Ukaegbu, Dr Jumai Ewu and Richard Hollingum were joined by five performers (Original Who Can Tell?…! lead actress, Myrle Roach and four undergraduate drama students from the University of Northampton) to rehearse the first episode of Oladipo Agboluaje’s new radio play, Such A Long Journey.
School of the Arts summer show successes and Angry Planet commemorative booklet
Beginning on Tuesday 11th June, English and Creative Writing at the University of Northampton School of the Arts hosted three special events as part of the School of the Arts Summer Show. All of these events were well attended by individuals from both within and outside of the School of the Arts.
Emerald Awards for outstanding doctoral research project
Emerald and the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) announce the launch of the 2013 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards.
These Awards reward the best doctoral research projects in 12 different categories, each sponsored by an Emerald journal. The Awards are open to those who have completed and satisfied examination requirements for a Doctoral award, or will do so, between 1 October 2010 and 1 October 2013, and have not applied previously for one of these Awards. The closing date for receipt of applications is 1 October 2013.
Award-winning entries will receive a cash prize of €1,500 (or currency equivalent), a certificate and a winners’ logo to attach to correspondence. Go to the Emerald Website for more information.
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