callum.egan@napier.ac.uk
February 13, 2018
Events, Public engagement, Research student, Researcher development
public engagement
Get on your Soapbox! On Saturday 2 June women scientists from across Scotland will take to their soapboxes on Edinburgh’s Mound. We’re looking for 12 passionate female scientists or engineers to join us for this challenging but fun opportunity. Soapbox…
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grainnebarkess
January 31, 2018
Researcher development, Training
Applications are now open for the latest round of the Scottish Crucible. With the deadline of 5pm 13th February fast approaching, in this guest post Dr Richard Kyle, a Reader in our School of Health and Social Care, and a…
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grainnebarkess
January 22, 2018
Research degrees, Researcher development
thesis, writing
Over the last couple of years we have run a number of off-campus writing retreats for staff and PhD students – our most recent one was just before Christmas. Taking people out of their normal environment helps prioritise writing, and…
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callum.egan@napier.ac.uk
November 24, 2017
Funding, Internal funding, Researcher development
researcher development framework
Lyndsey Jenkins, a PhD student in the School of Computing discusses a PhD Workshop Series she and fellow PhD students put together with support from Edinburgh Napier’s Research and Innovation Office. PhD Workshop Series Launch Event! A while ago, some…
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grainnebarkess
November 7, 2017
Miscellaneous, Research student, Researcher development, Training
webinar
Did you know that as well as face-to-face development sessions we run a number of webinar sessions to keep you up to date? Using WebEx you can join us from any location, saving you some time and letting you join…
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lindsayramage
October 19, 2017
Events, Research information management, Researcher development
OA, open access
Open access week is an International event which has been running for 10 years to promote Open Access to research. This includes OA publications and research data. This year’s theme is the question “Open in order to…” This is to…
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lindsayramage
September 13, 2017
Funding, Research information management, Researcher development
Peer-review, Research Quality
Its peer-review week 11-15th September! Peer-review is important in research to ensure the quality and integrity of research activity. Peer-review is normally associated with publishing original articles in Journals. It is also an important part of the research funding process…
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lindsayramage
September 1, 2017
External funding, Research information management, Researcher development
Research funding, Research news
Research Fingerprinting is a service to identify tailored research funding opportunities for academics. This is one of the services provided by *Research Professional, an online service offering an extensive database of open research funding opportunities as well as research policy…
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grainnebarkess
September 1, 2017
Events, Research student, Researcher development
3 minute thesis, conference, research students, researchers
Just under a month ago we held our second university wide research conference and it was great to see so many research staff and students getting together from across the university. The day had lots of presentations – using the…
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