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Featured Researcher: Nutmeg Hallett
Nutmeg Hallett, Postgraduate Research Student
Runner up in the UN Graduate School poster competition 2013
On 8th May at the Graduate School Annual Poster Competition, Nutmeg was awarded a runners-up prize of £75 for her poster entitled “The Prevention of Inpatient Violence and Aggression: Patient and Staff Perceptions”. The Vice Chancellor, Professor Nick Petford, presented her prize.
Nutmeg is undertaking a research project, jointly funded by the University of Northampton and St. Andrew’s Healthcare. Most of her time is spent at St. Andrew’s, where she is part of the research team. The focus of her research is on the prevention of inpatient violence and aggression. This is of particular interest to her, having spent two years working as a mental health nurse in forensic services, where preventing patient aggression was an important part of the role.
Nutmeg can be contacted at the University of Northampton’s School of Health.
Featured Researcher: Saneeya Qureshi
Saneeya Qureshi
Winner of the UN Graduate School poster competition 2013
Saneeya Qureshi’s poster, entitled Like a cog in a wheel impressed the judges at our recent Poster competition, scoring 117 points out of a possible 126. The first prize of £100 was presented by the Vice Chancellor Professor Nick Petford.
Saneeya Qureshi
Saneeya’s research investigates the support provided to teachers with regard to their teaching practices for students who have Special Educational Needs (SEN) in mainstream English primary schools. This support is coordinated by Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCOs). The focus of the study is the SENCO-teacher dynamic, and the development and implementation of appropriate provisions for children with SEN. Data gathered through questionnaires and interviews is examined using thematic analysis.
Saneeya is based at the Centre for Education and Research (CeSNER), in the School of Education. Her research interests pertain to issues around inclusive education both in the UK and internationally.
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!).
Quiz: What type of digital researcher are you?
Rachel Maxwell, one of my Learning Technology colleagues, has just drawn my attention to this quiz from the University of Exeter: What type of digital researcher are you?
Intended for research students, the quiz comprises a series of short questions, designed to establish the areas of digital scholarship you already find valuable and to identify areas you might like to think of developing further.
Outputs include your rating on a series of axes: media savvy; infomation junkie (that’s me!); research networker; career builder; digital specialist; and digital sceptic.
Why not give it a go? – it is Friday afternoon after all!
“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
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
Times Higher Education article on doctoral theses
Almost half of doctoral candidates fail to claim that their theses have contributed to knowledge despite this being the main criterion on which they are assessed, a study has found.
