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Cancelled event – Elena Marcevska

PLEASE NOTE: This event has been cancelled

Where? MY120, Avenue Campus, University of Northampton

When? Thursday 11th October at 6pm

What? Matrixal and the Screen: Motherhood in the work of Ettinger, Hiller and Rist

This seminar will attempt to embrace the relationship between the material realities of lived feminist motherhood and the stunning ways in which artist-mothers negotiate and translate their experiences into rich and complex bodies of work on screen. All welcome.

Sport & Exercise Research Seminar

The 4th Sport & Exercise Research Seminar will take place at 1pm on Wednesday 31st October in Cottesbrooke 318.

The particular session is a joint venture with the MOPS (Molecular, Microbial and Physiological Sciences) research group and has one presentation taking place:

‘The effects of Isometric Exercise Training on Artery Dimensions and Blood Flow in Middle-aged Men’
Dr. Tony Baross – Senior Lecturer, Sport, Exercise & Life Sciences

 More details about the talk, including a link to Tony’s related journal article, can be found below. Do circulate this on to students/colleagues who you think may be interested in the seminar. Read the rest of this entry

Research Seminar: Elena Marcevska

NOTE: This event has been cancelled

Where? MY120, Avenue Campus, University of Northampton

When? Thursday 11th October at 6pm

What? Matrixal and the Screen: Motherhood in the work of Ettinger, Hiller and Rist

This seminar will attempt to embrace the relationship between the material realities of lived feminist motherhood and the stunning ways in which artist-mothers negotiate and translate their experiences into rich and complex bodies of work on screen. All welcome.

Careers Fair – 25 October 2012 – Sunley Conference Centre

On Thursday 25 October, the University is hosting a major Careers Fair between 1100-1500 in the Sunley Conference Centre.  There are a number of high profile employers attending this event who will be keen to meet our students – including postgraduate researchers.  The event provides an ideal opportunity to talk with local and national employers about existing and possible future employment vacancies.  

Further details regarding the event can be obtained from the Careers and Employability Service on x2727 or at http://www.northampton.ac.uk/careers.

The Katherine Mansfield Society birthday lecture

Presented by internationally acclaimed authors, ‘The Legacy of Katherine Mansfield’ lecture at the Keynes Library is on Sunday 14th October at 2pm.

The Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PD

Society member £15, non-members £20

For more information see http://www.katherinemansfieldsociety.org/birthday-lecture-2011/

Dr. Angela Rogers, Encounters with Drawing – a talk on 1st November

Dr. Angela Rogers will be bringing her exhibition Encounters with Drawing to Avenue Gallery in November, and has offered to give a talk about her work to post-graduate students. The talk  will  focus on drawing as a research method, drawing as a reflective practice, and collaborative drawing.  The talk will take place in the Gallery on the afternoon of Thursday 1st November.

If you are interested in attending, or want to find out more, please contact Suzanne Stenning, Gallery Officer, Avenue Gallery, University of Northampton. Email: Suzanne.Stenning@northampton.ac.uk

Effective Part-Time Researcher day

Are you studying for your research degree part-time? Why not book your free place on The Effective Part-time Researcher workshop?
12 October 2012, University of Nottingham
A one-day programme for part-time postgraduate researchers early in the ‘middle part’ of their part-time PhD.