26 June 2008
Location: Kings Road Centre, Newcastle University
Time/Date: 26th June 2008, 09:15 - 15:00
The aims of the conference are to:
Proposals may cover any area of research currently being undertaken in the School.
See below for Call for Papers information, closing date for these is 18th April 2008:
Buffet lunch and refreshments will be provided; all the latest facilities will be available in the seminar rooms.
Please contact PGR Secretary Miss Yvonne Rutherford to confirm attendance for catering numbers.
CALL FOR PAPERSProposals are invited for papers at the 2008 ECLS Postgraduate Research Student Conference. Abstracts must be received by Friday 18 April 2008; any received after this date cannot be considered.
1) Presentations
As last year, pgr students are invited to give a 30-minute presentation on their research, followed by 10-15 minutes for questions, discussion and feedback.
Abstracts of around 100 words (excluding personal information)
should be emailed as a Word attachment to pgrecls@ncl.ac.uk by Friday 18 April 2008.
If the abstract is accepted, you should submit your presentation emailed as a Word attachment to pgrecls@ncl.ac.uk by Monday 23 June 2008 for approval and feedback.
Personal Information
Title of paper, author's name, Newcastle email address, degree programme and year (e.g. full-time PhD year 3): put in Times New Roman 14 point bold and centred
Main Text
Abstracts should contain a brief statement of your research focus and/or questions and the overall approach or methodology you are adopting. Mention briefly what stage of the research process you are at. The abstract is in a sense an advertisement to get people to come to your talk, so stress what is interesting about your research. Note whether you require any equipment for your presentation. Write in Times New Roman 12pt.
Use double spacing and justification; all margins: 3cms.
Please note that abstracts which do not follow this format will not be accepted.
The presentation may be on any aspect of the research, e.g. research questions, instruments, methodology, data analysis, findings. Presentations may be given from any stage of a research project, including research proposals.
From the presenter’s point of view, the aims of the presentation may be to:
• Disseminate their research findings;
• Receive constructive feedback on their research;
• Practice presentation and dealing with questions in preparation for a viva;
• Rehearse their presentation in preparation for giving a conference paper.
2) Data Workshops
You can also submit a proposal to provide data for a data workshop. Here, participants (both academics and research students) will try to analyse your data. The advantage is that you receive a wide range of views on how to tackle your data.
Abstracts of around 100 words (excluding personal information)
should be emailed as a Word attachment to pgrecls@ncl.ac.uk by Friday 18 April 2008.
Personal Information
Title of workshop, author's name, email address, degree programme
and year (e.g. full-time PhD year 3): put in Times New Roman 14
point bold and centred
Main Text
Explain what kind of data you have and in what format you will be presenting it, e.g. quantitative summary of answers to 100 questionnaires. Abstracts should contain a brief statement of your research focus and/or questions and the overall approach or methodology you are adopting. The abstract is in a sense an advertisement to get people to come to your workshop, so stress what is interesting about your data. Note whether you require any equipment for your presentation. Write in Times New Roman 12pt.
Use double spacing; all margins: 3cms.
3) Joint presentations by students and academics
Joint presentations by research students and their research supervisors are welcomed. Proposals should follow the format for presentations provided above.
4) Posters
Proposals for posters are welcomed for the first time.
Abstracts of around 100 words (excluding personal information)
should be emailed as a Word attachment to pgrecls@ncl.ac.uk by Friday 18 April 2008.
Personal Information
Title of poster, author's name, email address, degree programme and year (e.g. full-time PhD year 3): put in Times New Roman 14 point bold and centred
Main Text
Explain what kind of poster you will be presenting. Abstracts should contain a brief statement of your research focus and/or questions and the overall approach or methodology you are adopting. The abstract is in a sense an advertisement to get people to come to your poster, so stress what is interesting about it. Write in Times New Roman 12pt. Use double spacing; all margins: 3cms.
Guidance on making a presentation can be found on http://www.ncl.ac.uk/library/stan/index.php?id=19&parent_id=5 and there will be a training session on Powerpoint available during April.
The conference will also feature plenary sessions by academic speakers on aspects of research methodology and research processes.
For the abstracts, the conference programme and conference photographs for 2007 please check http://www.ecls.ncl.ac.uk/publish/
Published: 3rd March 2008