College of Arts and Social Sciences – PGR Summer School 2012

MediaCity Campus, 2nd Floor, Lecture Theatre 236

Register on the day at the reception desk and come to as many or as few sessions as you want.

Tuesday 24th July 2012

10.30-11.00 Welcome by Professor Ben Light, Associate Dean Research & Innovation

11.00-11.30 Research Workshop: Dr. Pascal Venier, Mind Maping & Concept Mapping for Researchers

11.30-12.00 Research Workshop: Dr. Pascal Venier, Getting things done for Researchers

12.00-12.30 Professor Ben Light, Postgraduate Research Update

12.30-1.30 Lunch

1.30-2.00 Research Presentation: Dr. Tina Patel, Researching the Agenda – What To Do With Unwelcome Truths

2.00-2.30 Research Presentation: Zeeshan Amin, The Trojan Horse(s) of “Hello World” Culture

2.30-3.00 Break

3.00-4.30 Research Panel: Joe Darlington, Laura Wilson & Erin Taylor, Literature, Film and Resistance

Wednesday 25th July 2012
10.30-11.00 Prof Jim Yip, Pro-Vice Chancellor: Research & Innovation

11.00-12.00 Research Workshop: Dr. Deborah Woodman, Survival Guide to doing a PhD

12.00-1.00 Lunch

1.00-2.30 Information Session: Fiona Christie, Student Life for Postgraduate Researchers

2.30-3.00 Break

3.00-3.45 Research Workshop: Victoria Moody, Developing Impact for Your Research

Thursday, 26th July

10.30-11.15 Research Workshop: Victoria Sheppard

11.15-12.00 Research Workshop: Frances Bell, Ethics

12.00-1.00 Lunch

1.00-2.30 Research Workshop: Janet Morana, Knowledge Exchange for Research

2.30-3.00 Break

3.00-3.30 Research Workshop: Germaine Loader, Obtaining Research Funding

3.30-4.00 Research Presentation: Dr. Ben Halligan, What is “Immaterial Labour”?

4.00-4.30 Research Presentation: Daniel Cookney, Dead and Buried: The Worker and Dubstep

4.30-5.00 Research Presentation: Dr. Phoebe Moore, Is precarity revolutionary?

Friday 27th July 2012

10.00-11.00 Professor Huw Morris
Pro Vice Chancellor: Academic & Executive Dean: College of Arts and Social Sciences

11.00-11.30 Research Workshop: Professor Ben Light, Structuring Thesis’

11.30-12.00 Research Workshop: Dr. Ben Halligan, Viva’s, Internal Evaluations and Interim Assessments

12.00-1.00 Lunch

1.00-1.30 Information Session: Anne Sherwin, Library Services for Postgraduate Researchers

1.30-2.00 Research Presentation: Professor Ben Light, Vernacular creativity: doing graffiti with YouTube

2.00-2.30 Research Presentation: Jonathan Lord, Employment tribunals barrier to justice?

2.30-3.00 Evaluation and Close

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