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PhD Life – What weird questions are you asked about your PhD?
This blogger writes about the weird questions she is asked about her PhD. What weird questions do you get asked? Leave a comment below.
You can read the PhD Life blog at http://phdlife.warwick.ac.uk/
Image: By hobvias sudoneighm – Flickr: /doh, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25699711
Finishing Development Day for research students on 23rd February
Are you a research student in the final stages of your doctorate, post-Transfer? If you are, you may be interested in the Graduate School Finishing Development Day, running on Tuesday 23rd February.
The 3 sessions will be:
9:30: Preparing for the viva: Prof Chris Roe.
Followed by Meet the ‘viva survivors’! PhD alumni talk about their experiences for a frank and informative question and answer session.
13:00 Editing and finishing your thesis: Prof. Ian Livingstone.
15:15 Proofreading your work: Prof Ian Livingstone and Simone Apel.
You can find out more and book a place on just one or all three workshops here.
A warm welcome to all of our new PGRs from everyone at the Research Support Hub!
Two thirds of the 38 new students, at the end of October’s four-day Induction
From 27th to 30th October 2015, The Graduate School welcomed 38 new postgraduate research students, all joining the University to start a research degree, some part-time, some full time, some off-site, many from overseas. 38 is the highest figure for a single induction here at Northampton.
Over the four days they were launched into their doctorate by an intensive series of workshops, including an introduction to the procedures and processes of doctoral study, support sessions where they met many members of University staff, IT sessions where they learnt some new research skills and a presentation session where they all gave a 5 minute talk on their research. Congratulations to all of the 38 PGRs and welcome to the University of Northampton. You can read more here.
Deadline extended for Images of Research 2015-16 – there is still time to enter!
Images from the 2014-15 competition
If you haven’t yet had time to take a photo or draw a picture reflecting your research there is still time. The deadline for the Graduate School’s Images of Research competition has been extended to a final deadline of 5pm on 24th November 2015. Just grab your camera or pencil/paintbrush and produce a unique image which captures the essence of your research, or an element of your research, in a visual, artistic or photographic way. Add a snappy title and 150 word summary and that is all you need to do to participate.
IoR will, again, be a competition, where viewers can vote for their top three favourites. Entries for IoR 2015-16 must be emailed to Simone by November 24th 2015. Read on for the rules…
2015-16 Changes to postgraduate research degree documentation
A number of changes have taken place to the regulations, policies, guidance and forms for postgraduate research (PGR) programmes. The student and supervisor toolkits now reflect all of the changes. This post will explain the changes and provide links to new content.
Research related committees – When are they and who are they?
Welcome to the 2015-16 cycle of committees (research degrees board, research degrees committee, research ethics committee)!
The committee dates and deadlines are now available in the supervisor toolkit and student toolkit.
It is also important that you know who the members of the committees are and what their roles are. You can find a listing below. Postgraduate Research students are reminded that RDB members are available for pastoral support (please see the PGR Code of Practice in the Student Toolkit for more information)
Each of the committees includes student representatives and if any postgraduate research students are interested in being involved, they should contact me. Read the rest of this entry
Dust off your cameras, dig out your paintbrushes – Images of Research is back!
Images from the 2014-15 competition
It’s time for the call for research images, so why not take part in the Graduate School’s 2015-16 Images of Research competition? If you are a researcher at the University of Northampton, grab your camera or paintbrush and produce a unique image which captures the essence of your research, or an element of your research, in a visual, artistic or photographic way. Top that off with a snappy title and 150 word summary and that is all you need to do to participate.
This years IoR will, again, be a competition, where viewers can vote for their top three favourites. Entries for IoR 2015-16 must be emailed to Simone by November 6th 2015. Read on for the rules…
The Graduate School and the Research and Strategic Bidding Office are moving
We are delighted to announce that the Graduate School and Research and Strategic Bidding Office are moving to be together in the new Research Support Centre in Top Lodge at Park Campus. The move will take place in the week beginning Monday 20th July. As a result, our offices will be closed on Monday 20th July. The RSBO will move into Top Lodge on Wednesday 22nd July and the Graduate School will move on Thursday 23rd July. During the moving week we may not be able to provide the full range of support but we will be up and running at full strength from Monday 27th July so do drop in and see us in our new home. We will be announcing new events and support available shortly.
Winners of the 2014-15 Images of Research competition
The Graduate School’s Images of Research competition 2014-15 offered researchers a chance to illustrate or represent their research with a unique image, along with a descriptive abstract of c.150 words. We held two competitions:
1. Professional image maker and PhD student, John Sunderland, was invited to choose his top three.
2. Visitors to the exhibition, and online poll on the Research Support Hub, voted for their favourite three images. Read the rest of this entry
Conference report: Graduate School Annual Conference attracts a record number of guests
The 2015 annual research student and early career researcher conference, run by the University of Northampton Graduate School and held last Wednesday 17th June, attracted almost 100 research staff and students through the door.
A broad array of high-impact research topics were presented, from research on socially responsible businesses to the issues surrounding withdrawing treatment from neonates. A representative from every School presented their research, students in their first and final year, full and part time students, plus papers from an early career researcher working at the University. The theme of the day was Research Integration, and papers fell under the four broad themes of Teaching and Learning, Science Impact, Social Responsibility and Language. Read the rest of this entry
