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Graduate School Update Day – Tuesday 18th June
Don’t forget to book your place on the Graduate School Annual Update Day for research degree supervisors and students.
Holdenby Lecture Theatre 3, Park Campus
9am-13:30pm (includes danish pastries & lunch!).
“And the winner of the 8th Graduate School Poster Competition is…”
The University of Northampton’s Graduate School hosted its eighth Annual Research Student Poster Competition to give research students the opportunity to showcase their work. The event was held on Wednesday 8 May in the Dialogue Cafe in Rockingham Library and was opened by Professor Ian Livingstone, Head of the Graduate School. The competition was open to all research students from all years of study and the aim was to create a poster that described their research to a mixed audience of non-subject specialists.
The winners were announced by Professor Nick Petford, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Northampton, with a top prize of £100 and two runner up prizes of £75.
Saneeya Qureshi, from the School of Education was named as the winner, with her poster, ‘Like a Cog in a Wheel’, with two runner-up prizes won by Roshni Khatri and Nutmeg Hallett, both from the School of Health.
Graduate School Workshops coming up!
Don’t miss out – click on the Eventbrite links to book!
Funding your postdoctoral career, Katie Jones
Thursday, 16 May from 16:30 to 18:30
T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park Campus. http://fundpostdocmay13.eventbrite.co.uk/
This session aims to demonstrate the range of opportunities available to fund your postdoctoral research and detail the services offered by the Research and Strategic Bidding Office to support you in bidding for funding.
Working with Children, Dr Jane Callaghan
Thursday, 23 May from 17:00 to 19:00
MY120, Maidwell Building, Avenue Campus. http://workchilmay13.eventbrite.co.uk/
In this session, we will consider ethical and practical issues in working with children. We will draw on both ‘mainstream’ and ‘critical’ insights to construct a sense of how best we might work as researchers with children and young people. Particular attention will be paid to models of consultation, involvement and participation. Read the rest of this entry
Come along to the 8th May Annual Research Student Poster Competition
UN Research Students, Supervisors and staff are invited to join us at the Graduate School’s Research Student Poster competition, which takes place on Wednesday 8th May, from 11:15 to 2pm in the Dialog Cafe area of the Rockingham Library, Park Campus. Please drop in, if you can, take a look at the posters and support your colleagues.
The event will be opened by Professor Ian Livingstone, Head of the Graduate School, at 11:15 and will close at 13:50 with the announcement of winners by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Nick Petford. The winner will receive a £100 prize, with two runner-up prizes of £75.
The aim of this event is for students to create a visually exciting poster which explains their research to a mixed audience of non subject specialists. The poster competition is open to all research students from all years of study.
Book your May workshops now!
Graduate School Workshops coming up in May….. click on the link to book.
Correlation and regression: basic theory and SPSS.
Thursday, 2 May 2013 from 17:00 to 19:00 in Grendon 152, Park.
Preparing for conferences and networking.
Tuesday, 7 May 2013 from 11:00 to 13:30 in MY120, Avenue.
Successful research proposals & research ethics.
Thursday, 9 May 2013 from 09:30 to 13:30 in MY36, Avenue.
Funding your postdoctoral career.
Thursday, 16 May 2013 from 16:30 to 18:30. T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park.
Working with Children.
Thursday, 23 May 2013 from 17:00 to 19:00. MY120, Avenue.
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Thursday, 30 May 2013 from 17:00 to 19:00. T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park. (Note: This workshop is fully subscribed. Please email Simone to be added to a waiting list.)
Graduate School Postgraduate Researcher Conference
The University of Northampton Graduate School are holding their annual Postgraduate Researcher Conference on June 27th 2013 and would like to invite staff, research students and supervisors to join them. The conference provides an ideal development opportunity for new researchers to present their research, discuss and share good practice with others in a non-threatening environment. The conference will showcase the diverse range of research activity within the University and will provide an excellent opportunity for research students to practice their presentation skills.
Any UN postgraduate research students and early career researchers who wish to present their research should email a title and an abstract (ca. 150 words), outlining their research and its context, to Simone Apel by Monday June 3rd. Any students wishing to chair a session (or sessions) should also email Simone. Read the rest of this entry
Successful Research Proposals and Ethics workshop
On the morning of May 9th, David Watson, Professor Ian Livingstone and John Morris will be running a Graduate School workshop, focusing on “Successful Research Proposals“ and “Research Ethics”, specifically for pre-registration research students.
The session will cover the requirements for registration as an APG, from completion of the formal paperwork to an outline of what the research degree boards are looking for in the student’s research proposal.
The workshop starts with a session by John Morris, looking at the essential elements of research ethics.
Lunch is included.
Sign up now!
When? Thursday, 9 May 2013 from 09:30 to 13:30
Where? MY36, Maidwell Building, Avenue campus
Invitation to the 8th Annual Research Student Poster Competition
UN Research Students are invited by the Graduate School to enter the University’s Research Poster competition, which takes place on Wednesday 8th May. The winner will receive a £100 prize, with two runner-up prizes of £75.
The aim of this event is for students to create a poster that explains their research to a mixed audience of non subject-specialists. The poster competition is open to all research students from all years of study. If you are in your first year, you can just present preliminary results or some data and ideas for further consideration. Supervisors are invited to come along and support their students on the day.
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April & May Graduate School workshops
Here are April and May’s workshops:
18 Apr Consulting as a Career: Institute of Consulting event. 10:30-1:30pm (includes lunch!)
25 Apr Preparing for Transfer 3-5pm
2 May Correlation and regression: basic theory and SPSS 5-7pm
7 May Preparing for conferences and networking 11-1:30pm
9 May Successful research proposals & research ethics 9:30-1:30pm (includes lunch)
16 May Funding your postdoctoral career 4:30-6:30pm
23 May Working with Children (ethical & practical issues for researchers) 5-7pm
30 May Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis 5-7pm
Upcoming events: Academic Poster competition May 8th, Annual Postgrad Research Conference June 27th.
See our full list of workshops, including May and June 2013, complete with Eventbrite links for you to book your place.
ANOVAs in SPSS: Workshop for PGR Students
Dr Roz Collings is running a workshop for UN Research Students on the analysis of variance (ANOVA) in SPSS. The session will run on Thursday, 11 April from 17:00 to 19:00 in Grendon 152, on Park Campus. Places are limited so book now!
