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Workshop Weds 28th – Keep up-to-date with global research activity

Graduate School Workshops

Keeping Up to Date in the Age of Social Media – Click to book.  Learn how to QUICKLY keep up to date with research activity around the globe. Valuable for every researcher.

Weds 28th 4-6pm T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park

Workshop: On the student / supervisory relationship

Graduate School WorkshopsStill places left! Book now http://relationnov12.eventbrite.co.uk/

Establishing a good rapport with your supervisor can help your research degree life run smoothly and without stress.

There is nothing worse than experiencing conflict and tension in the relationship; it will cause anxiety and eventually affect your research. Why not attend this unique workshop on November 29th, run by a skilled relationship  therapist and trainer?

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Imminent Grad School workshops – book now!

Basic inferential statistics in SPSS, Keeping Up to Date in the Age of Social Media, The student-supervisory relationship.

Basic inferential statistics in SPSS – Click to book
A follow on from Paul’s basic SPSS workshop on the 13th.
Tuesday 27th 5-7pm in Grendon 151, Park

Keeping Up to Date in the Age of Social Media – Click to book
Learn how to QUICKLY keep up to date with research activity. Valuable for every researcher.
Weds 28th 4-6pm T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park

The student-supervisory relationship – Click to book
Creating / keeping a harmonious relationship with your supervisor. Unmissable.
Thurs 29th 5-7.30pm T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park

New Workshop: Follow research activity with social media

Graduate School WorkshopsKeeping up to date with the research activity of others in your field is crucial for all researchers.

This brand new workshop introduces ways to make the information you need come straight to you! Even if you already use social media, this session will introduce you to alerting services, RSS feeds and research relevant websites which you can quickly and easily monitor without hassle.

Highly relevant and extremely valuable workshop for all research students.

Wednesday, 28 November 2012 from 16:00 to 18:00

T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park Campus, University of Northampton

Book at http://socmedia2nov12.eventbrite.co.uk/

Workshop “Creating harmonious relationships with your supervisor”.

Graduate School WorkshopsEstablishing a good rapport with your supervisor can help your research degree life run smoothly and without stress.

There is nothing worse than experiencing conflict and tension in the relationship; it will cause anxiety and eventually affect your research. Why not attend this unique workshop on November 29th, run by a skilled relationship  therapist and trainer?

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Workshop: Communication and Presentation Skills on Tuesday 20th

Graduate School WorkshopsTuesday 20th November: 16:30-18:30 MY120 Avenue campus.

How good are your presentation & communication skills? Do you fear speaking in public or have trouble explaining your research succinctly? As a research student you are required to do many different types of presentation. And as a researcher good communication skills are vital. We will look at ways to give your communication skills a boost, explain the range of presentations you may have to do within the University and externally, as well as tackle some of your fears and worries to inspire confidence.

This workshop is most relevant for pre-transfer students or those not experienced in making presentations.

See more details and book at http://presskills1stnov12.eventbrite.co.uk/

“Research dissemination using social media” workshop now on NILE

The workshop held on 1st Nov 2012  “Research dissemination using social media” is now available in Powerpoint slide form on NILE.

So if you missed it, here’s your chance to catch up!

Log into Nile, go to RES001: Postgraduate Research Training, choose Training Materials from the left hand menu, followed by Research Training Workshop Materials.

Grad school workshops in November – book now!

13 November 2012 Introduction to SPSS (part 1). Paul Rice 17:00-19:00 Grendon 151
14 November 2012 Evaluating Qualitative Research. Prof. Nada Kakabadse 16:00-18:00 SE101.
15 November 2012 Preparing for Transfer. David Watson. 17:00-19:00 T-Pod, Rockingham Library
20 November 2012 Presentation skills: research student primer. Simone Apel. 16:30-18:30 MY120, Maidwell, Avenue.
27 November 2012 Basic Inferential Statistics in SPSS (part 2). Paul Rice. 17:00-19:00 Grendon 151.
28 November 2012 Keeping up to date in the age of social media. Miggie Pickton/Nick Dimmock. 15:00-18:00. T-Pod
29 November 2012 Creating Harmonious Relationships with your Supervisors. External trainer Karin Blak. 17:00-19:30 T-Pod.

Coming up:-
8th December Saturday school including Writing and Structuring your Thesis, Statistics SPSS session, Planning your Project and Time Management.

Research Methods: Distance learning workshops on Nile are available now!

Available on Nile are the excellent Epigeum online workshops in “Research Methods”. There are workshops in each of the following areas – Social sciences, Arts, Science and Literature Review. Go to “RES001: Postgraduate Research Training” and choose “Online Research Training” from the left-hand menu.

Disseminating your Research Workshop – book now!

Graduate School WorkshopsNew Ways to Disseminate your Research: Social media

Thursday, 1 November 2012 from 14:00 to 17:00
T-Pod, Rockingham Library, Park Campus, University of Northampton

This workshop describes some of the tools that may be used to disseminate research to a wider audience.  It will introduce a range of social media, including professional networking tools (e.g. LinkedIn; Academia.edu; ResearchGate; Mendeley), blogs (e.g. Blogger; WordPress) and microblogs (e.g. Twitter).

Book now at http://dissresnov12.eventbrite.co.uk/