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Images of Research 2014-15: Vote for 3 favourites
The Images of Research exhibition is now open in the Avenue Gallery corridor and will stay there until February 27th 2015. After this it will travel to Park Campus, to be displayed on the ground floor of Rockingham Library from the 9th to 23rd March, then at Avenue Library entrance after Easter.
If you don’t manage to see it in the flesh, so to speak, then why not vote online? Just follow the guidelines below. Read the rest of this entry
Call for Research Participants – Six-Week Seated Exercise Programme
Call for Research Participants – Six-Week Seated Exercise Programme
Dr Tony Kay, Associate Professor in Biomechanics, is looking for volunteers over the age of 55, relatively inactive but still healthy, for a study that will examine the effects of a six-week seated exercise programme which aims to reverse the functional decline associated with aging (e.g. lower limb strength, flexibility, stiffness).
The first test will take about 20 mins (the tests are all seated so no running around needed) and will be conducted in the lab in the sports hall complex at Park Campus. You would then return twice a week for 6 weeks to perform a some seated exercises (each session only takes 10 mins), before being retested at the end.
If you would like further information on the specifics of the study and are willing to take part then please contact Tony Kay directly.
Africa Research Centre
Kevin Deane (NBS) is leading an initiative to create a new research centre – the Africa Research Centre – which is intended to be a university-wide collaboration to help showcase our research on Africa, build an external identity, help with funding bids, host external speakers and provide a forum for cross-disciplinary work, as well as involving our many students across the university who are interested in African issues.
If you are involved in research in or about Africa and are interested in joining the discussion about creating the Africa Research Centre, please email Kevin (kevin.deane@northampton.ac.uk) who will be able to give you more information.
IoHW May Lunchtime Seminar – Prevention and management of patient aggression in secure mental health services
The Institute of Health and Wellbeing are holding a lunchtime seminar, Prevention and management of patient aggression in secure mental health services, on Wednesday 14th May 2014 at Sunley Conference Centre.
Institute of Health and Wellbeing: Theme leaders announced
Submitted by Katie Jones, Manager, Institute of Health and Wellbeing
The Institute of Health and Wellbeing is very pleased to announce that the leaders for each of our research themes have been appointed. In some instances, we have appointed a second leader to assist and bring together an exciting mix of skills and experience.
Charles Oppenheim: Visiting Professor in Library and Learning Services
Professor Charles Oppenheim
In possibly the UK’s first arrangement of its kind, Library and Learning Services is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Charles Oppenheim as Visiting Professor to the department.
Professor Oppenheim has had a distinguished professional and academic career and is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of Intellectual Property Rights and scholarly publishing. We are looking forward to benefiting from his expertise in a number of ways. In addition to delivering an annual lecture or workshop on his areas of specialism, Professor Oppenheim will provide academic leadership and mentoring to LLS staff engaged in research activity and will play an active role in the research life of the department.
Making a superstar researcher
Professor Jeff Ollerton has drawn my attention to an interesting post on what it takes to be a productive researcher.
In his post on Jeremy Fox’s blog, Brian McGill lists William Shockley‘s eight hurdles which must be cleared if a researcher is to be successful and productive
. It is not just about writing: being able to come up with a worthwhile research idea, knowing when to stop researching and start writing, and being willing to make changes in response to peer feedback are three of the eight steps. If your performance exceeds the average on each of these steps you could be well on the way to becoming a superstar researcher.
Check out the full post here.
Image credit: Kelly Colgan Azar on Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)
Moulton College Postgraduate Research Symposium
The Moulton College Postgraduate Research Symposium will take place this year on Friday 13th December from 2:00 – 4:15pm. All staff from Moulton College and the University of Northampton are welcome. Throughout the afternoon there will be eight speakers and papers include ““Initial findings on the reproductive success and survival of harvest mice post release.“ and “Developments in human cryotherapy research at Moulton College.” Coffee/tea, mince pies and networking will follow at 4:15pm. The event will be held in P9, the lecture theatre at the Pitsford site (gate 4).
For the full programme please see the Postgraduate Research Symposium Poster.
Mapping the landscape of child health and wellbeing research and development
Submitted by Dr Sarah Neill
Mapping the landscape of child health and wellbeing research and development at the University of Northampton
If you are working in the field of child health and wellbeing research, development or knowledge transfer, you are invited to a meeting to map the landscape at the University of Northampton in this area.
Please click on this Doodle poll to enter your availability.
We will advertise the best date and time plus the location of the meeting in the week beginning 4th November.
For more information please contact Sarah Neill or Jane Callaghan.
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.
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