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Part-time Researcher Workshop Durham / Sunderland Collaboration May 201012 May 2010
Event overview
The Vitae Yorkshire and North East Hub is pleased to announce that, in collaboration with the Vitae Midlands Hub, a series of workshops especially for part-time researchers will run from January 2010 until December 2010.
These workshops have run in the Midlands for the past 2 years and have been attended by over 300 hundred part-time researchers. Researchers registered at any of the Yorkshire and North East or Midlands region universities listed may attend any of the workshops below for free.
Locations & Dates for 2010 courses:
26th February, Nottingham Skills sessions: Structuring your thesis & getting the best from a part-time supervisor
5th March, Leeds Skills sessions: Accessing information & making progress: avoiding defeatism and self sabotage
27th March, Northampton Skills sessions: Structuring your thesis & planning to manage your time
15th April, Birmingham Skills sessions: Accessing information & getting the best from long term supervision
6th May, Worcester Skills sessions: TBC
12th May, Sunderland Skills sessions: Structuring your thesis & getting the best from a part-time supervisor
25th May, Leicester Skills sessions: Academic writing & making progress: avoiding defeatism and self sabotage
16th June, Warwick Skills sessions: Academic writing styles & planning to manage your time
Newcastle Skills sessions:Getting the best from a part time supervisor & Planning to manage your time
Each workshop will follow the same format, with skills sessions changing at each of the different university locations. There is no charge to attend these workshops, however, participants must book online through the links above. Places will be strictly limited to 35 participants per workshop.
A typical programme for a day's session:
9.15 Arrive
9.30 Welcome
9.35 Part-time researcher success stories
9.50 Icebreaker activity & objective session1
10.15 The ethos and process of part time research - a facilitated discussion
11.15 Tea break
11.30 Skills session 1 - a nuts and bolts session
13.00 Lunch
13.40 Post lunch energiser
13.45 Skills session 2 - a management and motivation session
15.15 Tea break
15.25 Objectives session 2 (reviewing the objectives from 9.50 session)
15.40 Action planning
15.50 Questions and evaluation
16.00 Close
Researchers registered at one of the universities listed below may attend any of the workshops held in the Midlands and Yorkshire and the NorthEast Region for free.
To book onto the sunderland course please click here
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Aston University Birmingham City University University of Birmingham Coventry University De Montfort University University of Derby University of Gloucestershire Harper Adams University College Keele University University of Leicester Loughborough University The University of Northampton University of Nottingham Nottingham Trent University The Open University Staffordshire University University of Warwick University of Wolverhampton University of Worcester |
University of Bradford Durham University University of Huddersfield University of Hull University of Leeds Leeds Metropolitan University University of Newcastle upon Tyne University of Northumbria University of Sheffield Sheffield Hallam university University of Sunderland University of Teesside University of York York St John Trinity and All Saints
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University of Sunderland Gateway Building
University of Sunderland
City Campus The Gateway
Chester Rd
SR1 3SD
- Audience:
- Postgraduate researchers.
Staff supporting researchers development - Region:
- Midlands
Yorkshire and the North East - Contact:
- Andrea Carlton (andrea.carlton@sunderland.ac.uk)
- Location:
- Sunderland
Additional information
Comments from part-time researchers who attended the workshops in 2009:
I just wanted to say many thanks for today it was by far the most useful training I've had so far!!! Many thanks for allowing me to attend and I will be informing the University of my attendance and how useful I found it.
Participant at workshop held in Coventry
I went to the training event in Birmingham on Wednesday and it was great. We covered how to structure your thesis and managing supervision. Both sessions were really informative, and I think what made the event all the more memorable was sharing PhD research experiences with other students who were studying part-time. Everyone had something to share, and year of study did not matter. It was great to meet everyone, and there were some other OU PhD students too! The events are really worth attending what ever stage in the research process you are at.
Participant at workshop held in Birmingham
Useful links
A facebook group has been set up for all Part-time Researchers
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7094137061#/group.php?gid=7094137061