Wednesday 7 March 2012

A Quick Update!!!

Interdisciplinarity in Research and Images of Research showcase
You are warmly invited to our lecture on interdisciplinarity in research.  This is a hot topic at the moment and is seen to be increasingly the future of research.  Following the lecture there will be a free afternoon tea and networking around images submitted depicting the research of our current postgraduate researchers. 
 
Details:
March 15th
Chemical Engineering building, room 124
 
Lecture: 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Showcase and Networking: 2:30pm to 3:30pm
 
Book your free place here.  Please note everyone is welcome to this event (researcher or non researcher) including families so please book places for and bring anyone who would like to attend.
 
Deadline for Research Poster Conference approaching
There’s not long left until the deadline of March 16th so apply now!  The application form won’t take long and the deadline for the poster isn’t until May 18th.  We can not stress enough how useful and worthwhile the Research Poster Conference is to all researchers here at UoB in every college and at every stage of research.  This is a major skills development exercise, there will be cash prizes (given for every college) and this is UoB’s researcher event of the year so get involved!  Even if you have never made a poster before and don’t know what an abstract is you are encouraged to apply as much as everyone else as we can provide the training and all of the information.  We even organise and print your posters at no cost to you and you get to keep the poster. 
 
Please click here for the webpage and information and how to apply.  If you have any questions please contact the poster conference team on posterconference@contacts.bham.ac.uk
 
We look forward to receiving your application!
 
Time management workshop, March 22nd
Time management course free to all postgraduate researchers will take place on 22nd March.  Click here to go to the webpage for more information and how to book
 
Twitter competition
You can win £50 Amazon voucher with just a tweet.  Simply answer ‘What animal do you think would make the best postgraduate researcher?’ and tweet at us @UoBGradSchool  In the office the thought occurred to us that an octopus would make a pretty efficient PGR – let’s not forget a certain octopus predicted the winner of the world cup in the past.  Perhaps you have better ideas?

BISA-PGN FUNDING COMPETITION 2012

The British International Studies Association, Postgraduate Network (BISA-PGN) has funding to support events that enhance the development of the postgraduate international studies research community through one or more of the following:
 
(a) a postgraduate academic conference
(b) a professional development conference/workshop
(c) a learning/teaching conference/workshop
 
Up to £1800 is available in total, to be spent between 1st May and 16 December 2012.  Any sum up to and including the £1800 total may be requested.
 
Applications are due by 31st March 2012.  
Applicants will be notified of the outcome by the 14th April 2012.
 
Applications
 
For the upcoming round, applicants are invited to apply using the following format, ideally comprising two pages in total (see attached application form):

1 Title 
2 Convenor(s) and institution/ email contact 
3 200 word description (including proposed programme) 
4 Proposed location and timing
5 Purpose (100 words) & detail of any other funding 
6 Any resulting output (e.g. publication)
7 100 words on how this event enhances the development of the international studies postgraduate research community
8 Detailed budget 
9 Nature of participants: number, range of experience, BISA membership 
10 Electronic signature and date   

Please email any enquiries to info@bisa-pgn.org.uk.
Please also email applications to info@bisa-pgn.org.uk by 31st March 2012.
Please make sure that all enquiries have ‘Funding Competition 2012’ as the email subject title.