October 2006 - Graduate-research-list - University of Stirling Mailing Lists

SGRS Seminars Week 8
by Katharine Reibig 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

Dear All, Please find below a list of the 5 SGRS seminars taking place in the week beginning October 30th. If you would like to attend any of the seminars, please email me or call xt 6698/7041 except for Information Services seminars, which should be booked via the Helpdesk on 7250 (marked with *). Preference will be given to PhD students, but Masters students and post-docs are also welcome to attend. Full information on each seminar is available on WebCT. Tue 31/10/2006 Introduction to English for Academic Purposes A Lawrie 2B129 2-4pm Tue 31/10/2006 Large Documents Made Easier Part 1 * A Giles S21 (library) 2-5pm Wed 01/11/2006 Statistics 4 Kate Howie LTA6 4-5pm 1A13 5-6pm 4-6pm Thu 02/11/2006 Large Documents Made Easier Part 1 * A Giles S21 (library) 9.30am Thu 02/11/2006 Large Documents Made Easier Part 1 * A Giles S21 (library) 2-5pm Katharine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Katharine M. Reibig Graduate School Development Officer Research Office University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Tel: 01786 46 6698 hours of work: Tues, Wed & Thu only

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Rescheduled seminar SGRS
by Katharine Reibig 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

Dear All, The seminar 'Working with your Supervisor' has been rescheduled to a new date of November 21st 2006, 2pm in the Library Seminar Room. Katharine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Katharine M. Reibig Graduate School Development Officer Research Office University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Tel: 01786 46 6698 hours of work: Tues, Wed & Thu only

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FW: digital book questionnaire
by Katharine Reibig 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

Dear All, Could you help a fellow student in Aberdeen? Details below. Katharine Dear Sir/Madam, My name is Tom Ellen and I am a postgrad student at Robert Gordon University doing an Msc in Library & Information Studies. My dissertation is based on digital books and digital book projects and users' attitudes towards them. As part of my dissertation I have a questionnaire on digital books which I would be very grateful if you could possibly pass onto researchers and research students? The questionnaire is attached and should only take a few minutes to complete. Thanks, Tom Ellen -- The University of Stirling is a university established in Scotland by charter at Stirling, FK9 4LA. Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not disclose, copy or deliver this message to anyone and any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind.

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Bursary available
by Katharine Reibig 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

Dear All, Please find below details of a bursary scheme - the only stipulation is that you have been living in Stirlingshire for six years. Katharine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stirlingshire Educational Trust welcomes applications for educational bursaries which may be held for any level of higher educational study, including access, undergraduate and postgraduate, full or part-time. Applications are normally restricted to those who have lived in Stirlingshire for six years (because this is a long established trust, it is the old county area of Stirlingshire that applies, e.g.- Stirling, Bridge of Allan, Falkirk, Grangemouth, adn Kilsyth), and in the recent years the Trust has been able to make awards of £300- £400 to succesful applicants. Though you will need to apply afresh, awards may be repeated throughout the duration of your course, providing your studies progress well. For an application form, and answers to any questions, such as "am I eligible" please contact the Trust at 68 Port Street Stirling, FK8 2LJ, (telephone 01786-474956); offcie hours Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9.15-12.30 and 1.45-4.45 pm.

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FW: Masterclass - Dr Annie Topping, 19th October 2006
by Katharine Reibig 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

If you are interested in attending the below event, please contact nm-research(a)dundee.ac.uk Katharine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Colleagues Further to my email sent yesterday regarding the School of Nursing & Midwifery Research Seminar, I can now confirm that Dr Annie Topping will present an additional Masterclass session entitled "From description to theory in qualitative research - a challenging process?" This session will take place in Meeting Room 1 at the School's Airlie Place campus between 10.00-11.30am, and will consider the difficulties that students/authors have with theorisation, as well as the process from description/thematic categorisation to theorisation in published qualitative literature and qualitative PhD theses. Please feel free to forward this message to anyone you feel might be interested in attending. Anyone wishing to attend either the masterclass or the seminar (or both) should book their place by contacting the School's Research Office (nm-research(a)dundee.ac.uk) to give an idea of numbers. Kind regards Angela Brown Research Administration Officer University of Dundee School of Nursing and Midwifery 11 Airlie Place Dundee DD1 4HJ Internal Ext: 88648 Tel: 01382 388648 Fax: 01382 348533 ******************************* The Royal College of Nursing 2007 International Nursing Research Conference Caird Hall, Dundee, Scotland, 1st to 4th May 2007. www.man.ac.uk/rcn/research2007 *******************************

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FW: CMC Doctoral stream Call for Abstracts
by Katharine Reibig 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

Dear All, Please find information below on a call for abstracts. Katharine Dear Sir or Madam, This email is to publicise the Call for Abstracts for the Doctoral Colloquium at next year's Critical Management Studies (CMS) conference. We would be most grateful if you would circulate the attached message to all doctoral candidates in your institution or department, including those who have completed their doctoral thesis in the last twelve months. The stream is open to students from all disciplines. The conference will be the fifth such CMS event and will be held at Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK. The theme of the conference will be "Reconnecting Critical Management" (see www.cms5.org for details). The Doctoral Colloquium is intended to be distinctive in providing a supportive environment where doctoral candidates can present their research to fellow students. If you have any questions about the Doctoral Colloquium, or about the wider Critical Management Studies conference, then please direct your enquiries to cmsdoctoralstream(a)mbs.ac.uk and we will be happy to respond. Yours sincerely, Rowland Curtis (MBS) Anna Zueva (MBS) Martina Mettgenberg (MBS) Dimi Stoyanova (Bradford) (Stream convenors)

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Nomination for research student representatives
by Katharine Reibig 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Dear All, Nominations are now sought for research student representatives to sit on the SGRS Steering Group. All research students are members of SGRS and are represented by the elected representatives. The Steering Group meets formally twice a semester to develop and guide the activities of SGRS. The elected representatives will also be members of SGRS, and as such will work closely with the Director and Research Services Officer in planning SGRS events to meet the needs of research students. It is hoped that the elected representatives will reflect the range of academic disciplines across the Faculties, and will include at least one first year student and one part-time student. The nomination form and further details are attached to this email. The completed forms should be returned to Katharine Reibig, Research Office, 3B1 by Oct 31st 2006. Please note that the forms must be handed in by the proposer or the seconder (not the candidate) in person. If you have any queries, please contact me. Katharine

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SGRS seminars - sign up now
by Katharine Reibig 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

Dear All, Please find below a list of the 6 SGRS seminars taking place in the week beginning October 23rd. If you would like to attend any of the seminars, please email me or call xt 6698/7041 except for Information Services seminars, which should be booked via the Helpdesk on 7250 (marked with *). Preference will be given to PhD students, but Masters students and post-docs are also welcome to attend. Full information on each seminar is available on WebCT. Tue 24/10/2006 reference manager part 2 * A Giles S21 (library) 9.30am Tue 24/10/2006 Time Management John Field 3A114 2-4pm Wed 25/10/2006 Statistics 3 Kate Howie LTA6 4-5pm 1A13 5-6pm 4-6pm Thu 26/10/2006 Introduction to PDP L Johnston 2A9 2-4pm Thu 26/10/2006 reference manager part 2 * A Giles S21 (library) 9.30am Thu 26/10/2006 reference manager part 2 * A Giles S21 (library) 2-4pm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Katharine M. Reibig Graduate School Development Officer Research Office University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Tel: 01786 46 6698 hours of work: Tues, Wed & Thu only

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SGRS Seminars
by Katharine Reibig 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Dear All, Please find below a list of the 5 SGRS seminars taking place in the week beginning October 16th. If you would like to attend any of the seminars, please email me or call xt 6698/7041 except for Information Services seminars, which should be booked via the Helpdesk on 7250. . Preference will be given to PhD students, but Masters students and post-docs are also welcome to attend. Information on each seminar is available on WebCT. Tue 17/10/2006 Working with your supervisor Donald Davidson PhD Essentials 2B129 2-4pm Wed 18/10/2006 Reference Manager part 1 A Giles information services S21 (library) 2-4pm Wed 18/10/2006 Statistics 2 Kate Howie statistics LTA6 4-5pm 1A13 5-6pm 4-6pm Thu 19/10/2006 Reference Manager part 1 A Giles information services S21 (library) 9.30-11.30am Thu 19/10/2006 Reference Manager part 1 A Giles information services S21 (library) 2-4pm Best wishes, Katharine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Katharine M. Reibig Graduate School Development Officer Research Office University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Tel: 01786 46 6698 hours of work: Tues, Wed & Thu only -- The University of Stirling is a university established in Scotland by charter at Stirling, FK9 4LA. Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not disclose, copy or deliver this message to anyone and any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind.

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