Newcastle University

North East Postgraduate Conference 2012

Now open for Abstracts - deadline 29th July 2012

The North East Postgraduate Research Conference 2012 marks the 7th year of this hugely successful conference. Last years conference brought together 300 delegates to enjoy 42 oral and 46 poster presentations. This year's conference will take place on 26th October at The Hancock Museum, Newcastle.

Please visit the North East Postgraduate Conference website for information on Abstract and Poster Submission Guidelines.

Newcastle SciScreen: Guest Speakers Wanted!

After running for a good number of years around the country, SciScreen is about to arrive in the North East following interest expressed by the Tyneside Cinema.

SciScreen offers an opportunity for academics to present an aspect of their work and experience to a public audience in a relaxed environment.  The premise of SciScreen is a short presentation of about 15 minutes on a particular topic inspired by a film that is then shown.  After the film, there is a Q&A session with the guest speaker on the topic presented and viewed.

For those interested, please contact Hannah Little indicating their chosen topic and possible films so that she can make a wish list to send to the cinema.  Email: hannah.little@ncl-coll.ac.uk

5th FPR - UCLA Interdisciplinary Conference

Culture, Mind and Brain: Emerging Concepts, Methods, Applications

October 19th - 20th, 2012

The aim of this 2-day conference is to highlight emerging concepts, methodologies and applications in the study of culture, mind, and brain, with particular attention to:

• Cutting-edge neuroscience research that is successfully incorporating culture and the social world
• The context in which methods are used as well as the tacit assumptions that shape research questions
• The kinds and quality of collaborations that can advance interdisciplinary research training.

For further information and to register, please click here.

Writing Across Boundaries - Postgraduate Workshop

26th & 27th March 2012 at St Aidan's College, Durham University

Each year the Writing Across Boundaries Project runs an intensive, two-day, residential workshop for social science PhD students in their third year to explore analytical and practical approaches to writing and offers participants an opportunity to reflect on the writing process itself as a form of social science thinking.

Eligible Participants
The workshop is targetted at PhD students in the social sciences in their third year of study, who:

• Have used qualitative methods of data collection;
• Are at the point of translating this data into written out-put
• Have completed their fieldwork and have data they have begin to process.

How to Apply
If you are interesting in attending please complete the online application form by Friday, 09 March 2012 (5pm).

Please note that the online application form requires a letter of support from your principal supervisor to be attached.

Conference Competition

Summer School takes place between May 5-9 2012. An all expenses trip is on offer to those interested in healthy ageing.

For more details see

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/fms/postgrad/funding/groningen.htm