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It’s live! The new NILE site for PGRs and research degree Supervisors.
RES001 Researcher Development, the Graduate School’s NILE site for over 10 years, has been replaced by a brand new site called RES003 The Graduate School Resource Bank. For both postgraduate researchers and their supervisors, this new site has fresh new content, is easier to navigate and now is the one-stop place to answer questions on doing and supervising a research degree at the University of Northampton. This is a brief run-down of content….
Read the rest of this entryPGR student induction: Skills development and workshops
For all our new PGRs, here are some essential pointers and links to the skills development material you will need prior to APG Registration. Read the rest of this entry
Research informing practice in LLS
Last Wednesday, and hot on the heels of our Research Summer School, practitioner researchers from Library and Learning Services (LLS) were more than willing to present their ongoing research activity to colleagues. The result was a busy afternoon with ten LLS staff each speaking for ten minutes on their latest project.
Quick links for researcher induction
Here are some useful web links for new postgraduate students to visit during researcher induction in the library:
Checklist for new research students
NELSON (resource discovery tool): http://nelson.northampton.ac.uk
NILE (learning environment): http://nile.northampton.ac.uk
Library catalogue: http://libcat.northampton.ac.uk
Research Support Hub: http://researchsupporthub.northampton.ac.uk
Webmail: http:/www.northampton.ac.uk/mail
University account tools: http://northampton.ac.uk/user
SCONUL Access (access to other libraries): http://www.sconul.ac.uk/sconul-access
EThOS (UK theses): http://ethos.bl.uk
Updated: 25/10/2016
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