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Upcoming Graduate School workshops
‘Preparing for your Viva’: Tuesday 12 March from 4:30-6:30pm in the T-Pod. http://prepvivamar1213.eventbrite.co.uk/
‘Your Thesis: Working with Long Documents in Word’ Tuesday 12 March from 4:30-7:00pm in Grendon 152 http://yrthesismar13.eventbrite.co.uk/ (this will be repeated in June)
‘Getting Published’ Thursday 14 March from 4-6pm in MY120, Avenue http://getpubmar13.eventbrite.co.uk/
‘Advanced statistics drop-in clinic’, Thursday 21 March 4:30-6:30pm in Grendon 151 http://adstatsmar13.eventbrite.co.uk/
‘Poster design & presenting’, Tuesday 26 March from 4:30-6:30 in MY120, Avenue http://postermar13.eventbrite.co.uk/
FREE Vitae ‘entrepreneurship’ workshop in Bristol
“Charting an entrepreneurial career: how researchers can control their professional destiny” is a free day-long event open to postgraduate researchers and research staff. It is being held on the 9th April at the University of Bristol and is sponsored by the Entrepreneurial Institution.
Wherever you are in your research career, whether you are applying for research funding, moving into a new career or starting your own business (commercial or social) this day will enable you to understand your enterprising potential to create impact through research and take your ideas into a business.
During the day you will explore your own skills in relation to entrepreneurship
- explore research impact in relation to grant applications and REF
- explore different types of enterprise
- hear from successful entrepreneurs
- hear about social enterprise, commercialisation and knowledge exchange
- network and plan next steps
Book now via the Vitae website.
Research Council requirements for data management – slides available
The slides for yesterday’s session focusing on the research data planning requirements of Research Councils are available below. Thanks to all who came along and stimulated a fair bit of discussion.
The request for a further workshop on selecting, documenting and sharing sensitive qualitative data has been duly noted – watch this blog for further details.
Research Council requirements for data management – workshop and clinic
Don’t forget this Wednesday’s workshop featuring the Research Council requirements for data management, to be hosted by the School of Social Sciences:
Research Council requirements for data management
Many research funders have issued policies that require researchers to effectively manage, and where possible, share their data. The main expectations are reflected in a set of common principles, released by RCUK in 2011. This workshop aims to demystify funder requirements and provide practical guidelines on how to meet them.
- Hosted by: School of Social Sciences
- Intended audience: Research active staff and research students in social sciences
- When: Wednesday 27th February 10am – 12 noon
- Where: Naseby N25
- Contact: Miggie Pickton
There will also be an opportunity for individuals to chat through the data management aspects of their latest funding bids, or to discuss any other data management issues. Contact Miggie for a one-to-one appointment. Half hour slots are available from 1pm to 3pm in F39.
Workshop for lecturers on Aspire reading lists
If you are engaged in teaching students at UoN and giving students reading lists, these workshops may be of interest to you. Further dates will be added and published here.
Library and Learning Services is offering workshops at Avenue on the Aspire Reading List Software on Feb 26th and March 4th (see below for details and times). Aspire is a piece of software that enables you to create an online reading list with direct links through to full text articles, websites, e-books and items on the library catalogue. You can also link to Aspire from within NILE. To sign up, please email the session leader running the workshop.
Aspire workshops will last an hour and you will be shown how Aspire works as well as being able to have a go at creating your own Aspire reading list. If you have a real reading list you’d like to put online, bring it along and we can work on it during the workshop. There will also be an extra half an hour at the end of the session, with a member of the LLS Academic Liaison Team on hand to help, for anyone who wants to stay and work on their reading list.
Tea, coffee and biscuits will be available.
Tuesday, Feb 26th
12:00 – 13:30, Tuesday, Feb 26th, in the Library IT Training Room (Avenue Library) – Aspire Session Leader: George Dimmock (georgina.dimmock@northampton.ac.uk)
Monday, March 4th
12:00-13:30, Monday, March 4th in the Library IT Training Room (Avenue Library) – Aspire Session Leader: Fiona MacLellan (fiona.maclellan@northampton.ac.uk)
RDM workshops for Graduate School and NBS – slides available
Yesterday’s research data management (RDM) workshops with Sarah Jones and Marieke Guy of the DCC sparked a lot of interest from researchers. For those that were unable to attend, the slides are here:
Workshop: Patient and Public Involvement in Research and Service Development.
Submitted by the Centre for Health & Wellbeing Research
This research training programme is for staff across all NHS Trusts in Northamptonshire, UoN’s School of Health staff and post-graduate students who wish to refresh or gain new skills in the research process, research methods and the use of evidence to inform practice.
Workshops in Research & Development: Patient and Public Involvement (PPI)
Dr Jackie Parkes & Dr Paula Wray
12th March 10.00 – 12.00 in the Oak Room, Berrywood Hospital.
13th March 10.00 – 12.00 in Seminar Room 5, Prince William Education Centre, Kettering General Hospital.
14th March 10.00 – 12.00 in Room 11, Sunley Conference Centre, University of Northampton. Read the rest of this entry
Supervisors’ Forum Meeting ~ postponed
Because of the Vice Chancellor’s visit to three schools on 13 March, we have had to postpone this meeting of the Supervisor’s Forum. We will post a new date for the meeting once it is decided.
You are warmly invited to a meeting of the university’s Supervisors’ Forum
Between Theory and Practice: the pedagogical dimension of doctoral supervision
Dr Cristina Devecchi, School of Education
Wednesday 13 March ~ 12-2 pm ~ Cottesbrooke 201, Park Campus
This workshop aims to bridge the gap between the implicit theory of supervision and its practice. It will do so by providing a theoretical canvas onto which it would be possible to map personal practice and experiences as supervisors and teachers. In the first part of the session, an overview of major theories of learning would be provided. In the second part of the session, a more practical workshop will enable participants to make explicit the link between theories and their own practice. Read the rest of this entry
Graduate School workshops coming up: Book now!
20 February 9:30-14:30: Doing Q Methodological Research
20 February 15:00-17:15: Managing your PhD research data
26 February 17:00-19:00: Writing & Structuring your Thesis
Workshops in March and April include 1-1 Careers/CV sessions, Preparing for the Viva, Your thesis: Working with Long Documents, Getting Published. For further details on these and all other workshops and events, please see the Graduate School Skills Training Webpages.
Managing your research data – forthcoming workshops
As part of our ongoing engagement with the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) we have arranged the following workshops:
- Managing data through the research lifecycle
- Managing your PhD research data
- Research Council requirements for data management
All sessions will be led by experts in data management from the DCC.
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