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British Library open days for new research students

BLlogo100The British Library has just announced a new set of open days for new PhD students.

Aimed at students of English, Drama, Music, History, Social Sciences, Media, Cultural Studies, Journalism, Art and Design, each subject-specific open day will introduce the wide variety of resources in the British Library’s collections.

These free sessions do get booked up quickly so act now if you would like a place.

Careers Fair – 25 October 2012 – Sunley Conference Centre

On Thursday 25 October, the University is hosting a major Careers Fair between 1100-1500 in the Sunley Conference Centre.  There are a number of high profile employers attending this event who will be keen to meet our students – including postgraduate researchers.  The event provides an ideal opportunity to talk with local and national employers about existing and possible future employment vacancies.  

Further details regarding the event can be obtained from the Careers and Employability Service on x2727 or at http://www.northampton.ac.uk/careers.

Dr. Angela Rogers, Encounters with Drawing – a talk on 1st November

Dr. Angela Rogers will be bringing her exhibition Encounters with Drawing to Avenue Gallery in November, and has offered to give a talk about her work to post-graduate students. The talk  will  focus on drawing as a research method, drawing as a reflective practice, and collaborative drawing.  The talk will take place in the Gallery on the afternoon of Thursday 1st November.

If you are interested in attending, or want to find out more, please contact Suzanne Stenning, Gallery Officer, Avenue Gallery, University of Northampton. Email: Suzanne.Stenning@northampton.ac.uk

Work and postgraduate study: finding a balance

Just in case you missed this article in the  Guardian in September, here is the link.

http://gu.com/p/3adh7/em

New transcription service launched

Transcribers needed – Northampton

The role involves typing up transcripts for a couple of University of Northampton staff and researchers. This will be on an ad-hoc basis at times that suits you and your studies. The hours of work available depends on your availability.

This role will be based from your own home and is paid on the length of the transcription. For example a transcript that is an hour in length will be paid a certain amount for example £15.

They have a number of recordings that are waiting to be transcribed so are looking for people to start as soon as possible. They estimate they have a number of hours that can be spread over a number of student transcribers. Read the rest of this entry

Postgraduate Perspective Newsletter

The past three issues of the Postgraduate Perspective Newsletter,
the newsletter for research students at The University of Northampton, have now been uploaded onto the University Website. Take a look at what your colleagues are up to!