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PGR Student Poster Competition 2015: Last call for entry forms!
The Graduate School are holding their 10th Annual Poster Competition on Wednesday 13th May 2015, open to all doctoral students. We are offering a first prize of £100, and two second prizes of £75 – it’s an excellent opportunity for you to illustrate and discuss your research. The competition will be held in Newton hall at Avenue Campus so you must be free to present your poster between noon and 3pm on the 13th.
If you are interested you have until Tuesday 21st April 2015 to return the Entry Form, which secures your place in the competition. Please note that you have until the morning of the 12th May to produce and print your final poster, as you will be required to hang it at the venue on the 12th May 3-5pm. The competition has its own Rules of Entry, to which students must adhere in order to be in with a chance of winning a prize.
If you have any queries about the competition please contact Simone Apel
Researcher help desks – Summer 2015
Postgrad Teaching Assistant Opportunities in The International School of Moscow
See below from The International School of Moscow (further info in links at the bottom)
The International School of Moscow is looking for post graduates who might be interested in a gap year experience as Teaching Assistants at our school. We would like to advertise the opportunities we are offering among the students of your institution, who might be particularly interested in living and working in Moscow. The International School of Moscow is a member of the British Schools Foundation, an organisation with schools in Beijing, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Moscow, Kuala Lumpur, Spain and Brazil whose aim is to offer an excellent standard of British education to International students. We are seeking to recruit teaching assistants who are native English speakers, with recent experience of education in the UK, who have a strong academic background and are able to offer enthusiasm and commitment to our school. We also encourage students with particular strengths in languages and music to apply as these are key areas for development within the school. We are looking for students with an enthusiasm for working with children and who may be considering a future in teaching. Read the rest of this entry
Transfer seminar – An insight into the Lifeworlds of people with early-stage dementia
You are invited to Diana Schack Thoft’s seminar on Friday 24th April 2015 at 10-11am in Kelmarsh, Room 202, Park Campus. View this poster for more details TransferViva_DianaSchack Toft.
Register at http://transferseminardst.eventbrite.co.uk
PGR Induction week: Small but perfectly formed!
Last week saw the induction of 13 new postgraduate research students to the University of Northampton’s doctoral cohort. Throughout the four days the group participated in presentations, workshops, networking sessions and met with a diverse team of University staff from support departments and Schools. Read the rest of this entry
Workshop – Open Access: the implications for your research
If you are a researcher, whether a research student or research staff, it is important that you understand the implication of open access, where research papers are made freely available online, rather than published in high-cost subscription journals. The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) announced last year that all post April-2016 UK research must be open access in order to qualify for funding assessments.
In the light of this, Dr Miggie Pickton and Nick Dimmock from LLS are holding a 2 hour workshop on Open Access on Thursday, 12 March from 15:00 to 17:00 in the TPod, Rockingham Library, Park Campus. If you would like more information please see the booking page here https://openaccessmar15.eventbrite.co.uk.
Cumberland Lodge Scholarship – Opportunity for PhD researchers
Canon Dr Edmund Newell, Principal of Cumberland Lodge, invites doctoral students from The University of Northampton to apply to become Cumberland Lodge Scholars.
Launched in 2014, the Cumberland Lodge Scholarship scheme provides 1st or 2nd year doctoral students with the opportunity to take part in our conference programme over a two year period, receiving training and gaining experience in communication, public engagement, interdisciplinary collaboration, and networking.
Read more about the scheme and how to apply in the leaflet Cumberland Lodge Scholarship Leaflet. If you apply and are successful, please let the Graduate School know.
You can find out more aboutthe organisation at http://www.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk/aboutus
Good luck!
Workshop: The digital academic, research impact and employability
I have just been sent details of the following workshop (thanks to Jeff Ollerton and Cheryl Gardner) which may be of interest to research students and academic staff:
Workshop – ‘The Digital Academic: Tools and Tips for Research Impact and ECR Employability’
Monday 23rd March 2015
Coventry, UK
What does it really mean to be ‘a digital academic’? How can you build your online academic profile via social media? Do hiring committees actually care about your ‘digital academic impact’?
To help you identify the must-have technologies and tools for being a modern digital academic and the skills to manage them successfully, jobs.ac.uk and Piirus are hosting an exclusive half-day workshop event. Find out more and register on Eventbrite.
Academy scholarship competition for full time research students
The Institute of Ideas Academy is back – a residential weekend retreat which is unashamedly intellectual. From Friday 17th July to Monday 20th July, in the countryside of Bedfordshire, you get the chance to discuss The Public Throughout History, from the Greek and Roman Republics to the more complex, mobile, global publics of the present day.
For the fourth year, The Institute of Ideas will be running the Academy Scholarship Programme for full time students of ANY academic discipline. Successful applicants will be eligible to attend the annual Academy weekend for the heavily subsidised rate of £60, including accommodation and full board. Read on for details of how to apply. Read the rest of this entry
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