Nottingham Catalyst — public engagement opportunity for researchers
January 25, 2013
Not entirely unrelated to our last blog post is a new pilot project being set up by the University’s Community Partnerships‘ team. Nottingham Catalyst is a new programme which helps link research and public engagement across all faculties and schools. The idea is to link up researchers with sections of the public relevant with their area of study, …
EU funding – how do I access it?
January 10, 2013
The University of Nottingham has received more than €100m in EU research funding since 2007, with 232 successful proposals submitted to its Seventh Framework Programme — or FP7, as it’s more commonly referred to. That’s a huge amount of money — €101,460,000 to be exact. And it’s helped to fund projects as wide ranging as …
Interdisciplinarity explained…
September 12, 2012
So, we’ve been plugging this conference a bit over on our Twitter feed… Interdisciplinarity: Grounding social research and practice in a age of complexity. It’s the 5th ENQUIRE postgrad conference – an annual event aimed at bringing postgrads and early career researchers in social sciences together to discuss contemporary issues. This year’s is on the …
Being a lab rat – driving simulator
August 21, 2012
I’ve worked for the University for six years now. One of the things I like most about the job is getting access to cool stuff. I get to hear a lot of the calls for volunteers that researchers put out, looking for guinea pigs to help prove, or disprove, their latest theory. I’ve been in an MRI …
Nottingham researchers – it’s all about the money
August 6, 2012
Calling Nottingham researchers! Advice is available from Research and Graduate Services on funding available from the European Commission. Matthew Rackley is the person to speak to. He sent this message out, but I thought it was worth repeating in case you missed it. “This week the final and largest ever raft of FP7 calls have …
Medieval insight – the postgrad perspective
July 6, 2012
Some more postgrad love from the Research Exchange blog today… Tomorrow sees the fourth annual Institute for Medieval Research (IMR) postgraduate conference hosted by the University. This has quickly become an event of note in the medievalist calendar, and the programme at this year’s conference won’t disappoint. ‘Rethinking Medieval Methodologies: 21st Century Approaches to Understanding the …
Loud music wrecks your hearing – discuss
July 3, 2012
Well, on the evidence of a study sample of one – me – the answer looks to be yes… Following on from the PG research showcase, I’ve been looking into PhD student Robert Mackinnon’s research into whether loud music really does have an effect on your hearing. He’s leading the first research project of its kind, …
PG Showcase winners
June 21, 2012
As promised, the winners from last week’s excellent 2012 Postgraduate Research Showcase are…. (drumroll etc) Best poster via video-conference from Malaysia David Wee Shuon (stand number 47) with his poster entitled “a sound solution to rural electrification” Media prize for best press release Matthew Moles for his press release “A solution to broken hearts” **Judges of this award …
Exploding brain syndrome – PG Research Showcase
June 14, 2012
Have just got back to my desk after visiting the excellent 2012 Postgraduate Research Showcase in the Engineering and Science Learning Centre on University Park. I have a slight throbbing in the temples to be honest. There were so many interesting projects on show, and so many enthusiastic people to talk to, that I could …
Making Science Public
January 24, 2013
So, here’s an event that I’m already registered to attend – ‘Making Science Public: Challenges and Opportunities‘ on Feb 11 up at the Trent Building. Unusually for me I’ll be going to the whole thing – often I only get time to dip in and out of conferences and launches. But as well as looking …
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