Wednesday 9th April, MB1.145
Dr Alison Maddocks (Consultant Paediatrician), Researching Child Protection Issues
Wednesday 21st May, MB1.104
Professor Nick Rumsey (Professor of Appearance and health Pyschology and Co-Director of the Centre for Appearance Research), The Trials and Tribulations of Appearance Research
ALL SEMINARS BEGIN AT 4:30
Wednesday 2nd April, MB1.104
Dr Barbara Mitra (UW), Pink and Blue Advertising: gender roles anc children
Wednesday 16th April, MB1.104
Prof. John Schad (Lancaster), Si puer vivet: Derrida my father
Wednesday 14th May, MB1.104
Dr Julie MacLusky (UW), Creative Writing: Why do it? Can it be taught?
Wednesday 21st May, MB1.26
Dr Catherine Neale (UW), Toppling Towers: a consideration of Bruegel’s paintings of the Tower of Babel
ALL SEMINARS ARE AT 4:30
AHRC student-led initiative scheme provides funding for Arts and Humanities Postgraduates to establish their own training provision and be involved in the organisation and dissemination of training. It is not restricted to AHRC-funded research students.
The Arts and Humanities Research Council invites applications to its new Student-Led Initiative Scheme.
The aim of the Student-Led Initiative Scheme is to support the establishment of innovative collaborative research training programmes, originated by and run for postgraduate doctoral students.
The Student-Led Initiative Scheme is part of the AHRC’s Collaborative Research Training Scheme, and provides awards of up to £2000 towards the costs of setting up a training project, activity, and/or event.
The scheme is open to any arts and humanities postgraduate student in the UK and operates on a rolling deadline with applications accepted throughout the year.
Eligible activities could include (for example):
Conferences (as long as these are student-led and student organised)
Career Development Initiatives
Networks or Research Forums
Journals or on-line web resources, which could include students both submitting, reviewing and editing papers, as well as students organising and administering the journal
On-line video resources
Roundtable events with academics and practitioners in the relevant field to discuss career pathways and career development issues
Showcase/Demonstration Events, where students can present their research to local or national employers, government bodies, community organisations, media, primary and secondary educational pupils, etc
Knowledge Transfer Activities, involving interaction between students and non-academic organisations.
The AHRC is keen to see proposals outlining innovative practices that will benefit a wide range of postgraduate researchers, either by their involvement in the organisation of the programme, or by participation in the training activity.
The Guidance Notes and application form for the scheme can be downloaded from the AHRC website:
http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/university_staff/postgrad/collaborative_research_training_Scheme.asp
Please ensure you read the Guidance Notes fully before applying to the scheme.
The contacts for the scheme are Ben Spratt, 0117 987 6534, b.spratt@ahrc.ac.uk and Gavin Buckley, 0117 987 6522, g.buckley@ahrc.ac.uk .
In 2008, Eppendorf will be donating for the 14th time the Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators.
Eppendorf are sure that University of Worcester employs potential candiates for this prestigious research prize which is endowed with 15,000 Euro. It aknowledges outstanding achievements of young scientists based on methods in molecular biology in the field of biomedical research.
Application deadline for the Eppendorf Award 2008 is 30 June 2008.
The next Research Student Forum will take place on Tuesday 11th March starting at 6pm in MB27. As ever, this is an opportunity for you to be brought up-to-date with key developments in research at the University of Worcester and to discuss any relevant issues or general problems you may have. It is also an opportunity to meet fellow research students and with this in mind we are trying to make the Forum a social event as well as an important platform for the exchange of information and ideas; which means there will be wine and nibbles. Please contact me if you wish to attend.Best wishes
John-Paul
Funds for Women graduates (FfWG) are an educational charity whose objects seek to promote ‘The advancement of education and promotion of higher education and wider learning of women graduates’ .
Since FfWG began its grant making activity in 1993, almost £1.5 million has been awarded in grants to individual postgraduate women.
If you would like further information on “Funds for Women Graduates” then please see their website: www.ffwg.org.uk
In preparation for the introduction of its new method of allocating funding for studentships in 2009, the AHRC is capping the number of applications for the 2008 Open Competition.
For Worcester, the maximum number of applications is five.
Information on the AHRC’s new allocation system will follow but you may want to check out their website for the latest news: http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/university_staff/postgrad/block_grant.asp
