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Bursary for women postgraduate research students in HISTORY or ENGLISH LITERATURE
This Bursary is offered annually to women postgraduate students whose research in HISTORY or ENGLISH LITERATURE requires a short residence in London in the summer. Read the rest of this entry
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!
New 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/
Developing methods for the microanalysis of online data
Date: 9-10 January 2013
Venue: Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
Workshop fee: none. Lunch and dinner (day 2) and coffee/tea are included. Read the rest of this entry
PhD transfer seminar “Fine sediment dynamics in the Nene river basin”
Research student, Simon Pulley, will be presenting his PhD Transfer seminar entitled “Fine sediment dynamics in the Nene river basin” on Thursday 18th October at 1330 in Newton NW013.
All are welcome to attend.
Thumbnail credit: Jon Smith (Flickr) – Creative Commons
Transfer Seminar “The Use of Hedgerows by Macro-Moth Species in Agricultural Landscapes”
Research student, Emma Elkins, will be presenting her PhD Transfer seminar entitled “The Use of Hedgerows by Macro-Moth Species in Agricultural Landscapes” on Wednesday 17th October at 1300 in M4 in the HE Centre at Moulton College.
All are welcome.
British Library open days for new research students
The 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.
