Artwork on global warming and workshop presented by artists the Harrisons

Environmental & Ecological Artists Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison present their work The Force Majeure followed by an interactive workshop for attending researchers.

Full details are described below:

New PARC NW Event: Opportunities for Postgraduate Researchers and Early Career Researchers

Where: MIRIAD, Righton Building
When: 10.00 am – 5.00 pm, 23 May 2012

PARC North West is holding an exciting regional event to give PGRs, ECRs and their Supervisors the opportunity to generate a series of funded, cross-institutional events for the rest of this Academic Year. If you have an event idea already, or would like to be involved in one, this is your opportunity to develop it with your peers. These ideas can be topic or disciplinary based, specific or broad in nature, PARC North West is here to support your events.

With lunch and refreshments, the event will feature:

1) The ‘Event Generator’ is a creative process to develop the new events

This creative activity is based on ‘Open Space Technology’ to generate ideas. It is a powerful way to lead any kind of organisation in everyday practice and extraordinary change. All who participate will be able to develop their own ideas or join with others. Together we will then transform these ideas into one or more events in the coming months.

2) Introduction to what PARC NW is and what it can offer

3) Introduction to the Skills Development Programme

Designed for and by the region’s students, the programme aims to support PGRs and ECRs working with non-academic partners to build their skills, expertise and networks. It will help them to identify new knowledge exchange opportunities, disseminate their research findings and enhance their long-term career potential. The programme will run between October 2012 and September 2013, and is open to any postgraduate or early career researcher from the North West region and beyond.

Please email RSVP to MIRIAD@mmu.ac.uk, headed ‘Opportunities’.

Upcoming PARC NW events…

Salford Postgraduate Research Training (SPoRT) Programme

The Salford Postgraduate Research Training (SPoRT) Programme is open to all PARCNorthWest Consortium PGRs and their Supervisors.

The University of Salford delivers the Salford Postgraduate Research Training (SPoRT) Programme which provides support for research studies in four areas: Knowledge and intellectual abilities (including research methods, information literacy, cognitive abilities and creativity); Personal effectiveness (including personal qualities, self-management, and professional and career development); Research governance and organisation (including professional conduct, research management, project planning, finance and funding); Engagement, influence and impact (including working with others, communication, dissemination, teaching, public engagement and enterprise). SPoRT includes training on Learning Agreements and on Progression Points.

Further information can be found at:
http://www.pg.salford.ac.uk/page/sport

MIRIAD Research In Practice Skills Training Programme 2011-12

Full details available at the Research in Practice website.

This programme is designed for postgraduate researchers in the Faculty of Art & Design. It addresses a series of processes, practices and strategies central to successful research in the professions, practices, theories and histories of Art, Media, Design and Architecture. A key element of this programme is to provide methods for effective research to increase employability and to facilitate career progress. These sessions are integral each research student’s studies and contribute to their Annual Review and Evaluation.

The programme is also open to staff.

Wednesdays 1.30pm – 3pm.

Please see the full event listings on  the Research in Practice website for up to date venue information

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Registration Open…

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Salford Media, Music and Performance Graduate Programme

Please find below full details of talks from Salford academics and visiting guest lecturers that constitutes the Salford Media, Music and Performance Graduate Programme for this academic year.

The programme is open to everyone and please do circulate this information amongst your networks.

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City Camp event

CityCamp, one of our partners from July’s Carnival event, are hosting a free two day ‘un-conference’ on 14th and 15th October at the Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester. It will feature participatory talks and workshops around the theme of making susatinable change happen in Manchester.

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Thankyou!

Thankyou to all of the speakers, exhibitors and delegates who helped to make the PARC NW event a memorable one. All of your diverse, thoughtful and critical contributions came together to create a valuable and timely conversation on the subject of Practice as Research. We look forward to seeing you and continuing these conversations at future events.

Reminder…

A number of PARC NW consortium members have agreed to open up their Research Training Programmes to students from other universities. Details of these will be posted here at the beginning of the next academic year. We will also be hosting our next PARC NW event in November and look forward to seeing you there – details to follow shortly!