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Upcoming Graduate School workshops
‘Preparing for your Viva’: Tuesday 12 March from 4:30-6:30pm in the T-Pod. http://prepvivamar1213.eventbrite.co.uk/
‘Your Thesis: Working with Long Documents in Word’ Tuesday 12 March from 4:30-7:00pm in Grendon 152 http://yrthesismar13.eventbrite.co.uk/ (this will be repeated in June)
‘Getting Published’ Thursday 14 March from 4-6pm in MY120, Avenue http://getpubmar13.eventbrite.co.uk/
‘Advanced statistics drop-in clinic’, Thursday 21 March 4:30-6:30pm in Grendon 151 http://adstatsmar13.eventbrite.co.uk/
‘Poster design & presenting’, Tuesday 26 March from 4:30-6:30 in MY120, Avenue http://postermar13.eventbrite.co.uk/
RDM workshops for Graduate School and NBS – slides available
Yesterday’s research data management (RDM) workshops with Sarah Jones and Marieke Guy of the DCC sparked a lot of interest from researchers. For those that were unable to attend, the slides are here:
Supervisors’ Forum Meeting ~ postponed
Because of the Vice Chancellor’s visit to three schools on 13 March, we have had to postpone this meeting of the Supervisor’s Forum. We will post a new date for the meeting once it is decided.
You are warmly invited to a meeting of the university’s Supervisors’ Forum
Between Theory and Practice: the pedagogical dimension of doctoral supervision
Dr Cristina Devecchi, School of Education
Wednesday 13 March ~ 12-2 pm ~ Cottesbrooke 201, Park Campus
This workshop aims to bridge the gap between the implicit theory of supervision and its practice. It will do so by providing a theoretical canvas onto which it would be possible to map personal practice and experiences as supervisors and teachers. In the first part of the session, an overview of major theories of learning would be provided. In the second part of the session, a more practical workshop will enable participants to make explicit the link between theories and their own practice. Read the rest of this entry
Graduate School workshops coming up: Book now!
20 February 9:30-14:30: Doing Q Methodological Research
20 February 15:00-17:15: Managing your PhD research data
26 February 17:00-19:00: Writing & Structuring your Thesis
Workshops in March and April include 1-1 Careers/CV sessions, Preparing for the Viva, Your thesis: Working with Long Documents, Getting Published. For further details on these and all other workshops and events, please see the Graduate School Skills Training Webpages.
Do you need 1-1 help with quantitative statistics?
Jackie Campbell and Roz Phillips are running a one-to-one advanced quantitative statistics clinic on
Thursday, 24 January from 16:30 to 18:30 in Grendon 151, on Park Campus.
Open to all UN PGR students. Bring your own data for personal assistance.
For more information and to book see http://adstatsjan13.eventbrite.co.uk/
Managing your PhD research data workshop
Data experts from the Digital Curation Centre are coming to the University on Wednesday, 20 February to run “Managing your PhD research data”
Good research is underpinned by good research data management. This workshop will explain why it’s important to actively manage your research data, address the key issues and challenges in data management and introduce the concept of data management planning. Students will have the opportunity to use the DMPonline tool to complete a data management plan for their PhD research.
This event is open to UN research students. Any research staff who would like support with managing their research data please contact Miggie Pickton.
Managing your PhD research data
Wednesday, 20 February 2013 from 15:00 to 17:30,
in the T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park Campus, University of Northampton.
“Communication Media” Saturday School – 9th February.
The Graduate School is holding a “Communication Media” themed Saturday school on 9th February 2013, 10-5pm,
at the T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park Campus, University of Northampton. Lunch included.
Sessions will include “Using social media to support your research”, “Getting Published” and “Unlocking your potential through communication skills”.
Open to all UN PGR students.
For more information and to book a place go to the Eventbrite page at http://satschoolfeb13.eventbrite.co.uk/
New bibliometrics workshop: What can it do for you?
Would you like to know how to use bibliometrics to evaluate the performance of other researchers and to increase the impact of your own work? Dr Miggie Pickton and Nick Dimmock from Research Support will be running a 2 hour workshop, on Tuesday 22nd January 5-7pm at Avenue campus, on bibliometrics and how to apply it.
Bibliometrics (or the statistical analysis of published literature) has come to the fore recently as a method for assessing research performance. Citation analysis in particular is now used to rank articles, journals, authors and even universities.
Interested in building your own professional Website?
Then why not attend Rob Farmer’s workshop “Building your professional Website”
Wednesday, 16 January 2013 from 10:00 to 12:30 in the T-Pod, Rockingham Library.
Book at http://bldweb0113.eventbrite.co.uk/
Interested in using focus groups in your research?
Do you need advice on how to set up focus groups, how to manage them, and how to analyse data from them?
If so, come along to Dr Jane Callaghan’s Focus Group workshop on Wednesday, 12 December from 17:00 to 18:30, in the T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park Campus.
Book now on Eventbrite at http://focgrpdec12.eventbrite.co.uk/
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