Jun 14
Cyprus will have the EU Presidency from 1 July to 31 December 2012, following on from the Danish Presidency. It is expected that the Cypriot presidency will include European research and innovation in its list of priorities, wishing to progress the development of programmes such as: Horizon 2020 (which is due to start on 1 January …
Jun 14
Most of us have now returned from this year’s ARMA conference (apart from those who’ve bravely stayed on another few days for the PraxisUnico conference). A full write-up will follow, but in short the event was largely excellent: I attended several exceptionally interesting and useful workshops, made new connections with colleagues across the sector, and …
Jun 13
The British Science Festival is coming to Newcastle in 2013. With Newcastle University acting as the host for the 2013 Festival, Northumbria University are playing a key role as an Associate Partner along with Newcastle City Council. Come along to the 2013 Festival launch event on Wednesday 4th July, 12-2pm at the Clore Suite, Great North Museum, …
Jun 12
North East Regional Research Staff Programme 2012 Full day workshop on 19 June 2012 09:30 — 16:00 Great North Museum: Hancock Newcastle upon Tyne It is a well-known fact that building strong networks is essential for a research career – but how do you actually do this? This interactive workshop will teach you practical tools, …
Jun 12
Northumbria University recently received notification of four successful AHRC Fellowships awarded in the last round of the competition, worth over £233,000 in total. This is a major achievement particularly given that there were only 73 awarded nationally. Here’s more on the story from the Comms team: The fellowships form the largest ever award package for …
Jun 12
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Research and Business Services have a dedicated funding stream to support public engagement and impact from your research Funding of up to £3,000 per proposal is available for activities which allow you to engage the public in your research. The funding is specifically for the delivery of public engagement activities, which could include, engaging users in research …
Jun 12
A few of us from RBS are heading down to Southampton tonight for this year’s Association of Research Managers and Administrators conference, subtitled “Making a Difference!”. Taking place over 12th-13th June, the conference provides an opportunity to hear from our peers on a range of topics related to research management, from ways to improve pre-award …
Jun 11
The new version of the Research Professional site went live at the end of May. If you haven’t yet checked it out, I suggest you do so. I think it’s a significant improvement, certainly in terms of speed but also simplicity of layout in comparison to the previous incarnation. We’ll be running some Finding Research …
Jun 08
Following the recently released EPSRC/AHRC/ESRC Design for Wellbeing call, Research and Business Services have organised a collaboration meeting for all interested parties to discuss the call and how they might contribute to any proposals which go forward. It will take place on Friday 15th June, 10 am – 12 midday in City Campus East building …
Jun 07
Last week the Northumbria Research Support Blog hit a milestone of 100 posts! Now that we’ve been running for 6 months, it’s a good time to take stock of where we are and look ahead to some new things that you’ll see over the next few months on the blog. Where we are now: Looking …
