Images of Research Photography Competition - Voting Open!

Images of Research photography competition - 17 October to 5 November 2012

15 stunning photos have been shortlisted and have gone on display at a special exhibition at the John Ryland’s Library, Deansgate.

This year’s theme is “Making a Difference”. The images demonstrate how research at the University is affecting the wider world and benefitting society. Research staff and students from all academic levels have entered. An overall winner will be chosen by the public who can vote both online and at the exhibition.

http://www.manchesterimagesofresearch.co.uk/

http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=8881

Some recent tweets: 

Science Spectacular ‏@manc_science

You can also hear an interview with us on @bbcradiomanc (1hr49min) re the Images of Research Competition! http://tinyurl.com/bwm8m8e  #msf12

‏@McrSciFest

http://ow.ly/ezlIU  University of Manchester highlight the Images of Research photography competition. Voting open now http://ow.ly/ezlZ5

 

 

Manchester Enterprise Centre - Venture Out Competition

Manchester Enterprise Centre

Ideas Factory and Venture Out ideas competition launch

Do you have a great idea? Here’s your chance to win a £500 cash prize!

 

Our annual enterprise ideas competition Venture Out launches on Monday, 8 October at the first in a series of Ideas Factory guest entrepreneur events.

The first Ideas Factory event sees Venture Out competition leader Dr. Martin Henery joined by past winners and finalists who have gone on to set up successful new ventures. They will explain how to get the best out of the competition and share advice on how to go from the initial idea to setting up a business.

Prizes

Venture Out has three categories – Venture Out Business, Venture Out Social and Venture Out Technology. There are three prizes to be won in each category:

1^st - £500.00

2^nd - £250.00

3^rd - £100.00

The closing date for entries is Tuesday, 27 November and winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in December.

Ideas Factory

Ideas Factory is our new series of weekly enterprise events where we invite successful entrepreneurs to share details of their entrepreneurial journey and give you the opportunity to meet them and ask your questions.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided at all Ideas Factory events.

 

For more information about Monday’s event and registration details, visit our website >>

 

Kind regards,

The Manchester Enterprise Centre Team

W: www.mbs.ac.uk/mec

E: enterprise@manchester.ac.uk

The Digital Researcher

The Digital Researcher

19 October, Nottingham

Are you making the most of new technologies in your research?

The Vitae Midlands Hub and the Midlands Energy Consortium are running the Digital Researcher to help researchers make the most of new technologies in their research. This event will provide hands on experience and will allow researchers to explore the use of Web 2.0 in research, networks and building their own online profiles.

The interactive event, which will be held at the University of Nottingham, is for postgraduate researchers and research staff. It will include presentations and interactive sessions on subjects such as microblogging, RSS feeds, social networking and social citation sharing.  Participants will explore and develop the skills needed for research in an increasingly digital world and gain ideas for managing information.

On the day participants will have the opportunity to gain an understanding of:

• the role that online networks can play in supporting research and researchers' careers


• how to manage your online profile (positively)


• how to build networks to support your research and career


• the range of different tools that are available to support you and your research

For more details and to book your place, visit www.vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice/916-571061/The-Digital-Researcher.html

Policy@Manchester New Researchers Lunch

Policy@Manchester New Researchers Lunch: Calling all research students and post-docs with an interest in policy

https://www.intranet.ls.manchester.ac.uk/structure/communications/announcements/search.aspx?id=2955

We are pleased to invite you to attend the first ever Policy@Manchester New Researchers Lunch. The main aim of this event is to enable research students and post-docs with an interest in policy from across the University of Manchester to meet in an informal environment.

The essentials

Date: Monday 29 October 2012

Time: 1.00 - 2.30 pm

Place: Whitworth Council Chamber

What: Elevator pitches, discussion and free lunch

Who: Research students and post-docs from the University of Manchester researching policy or doing research relevant to policy making

The elevator pitches

To get to know each other’s work we want to provide as many attendees as possible with the opportunity to give an elevator pitch about their research. These mini-presentations will last up to three minutes.

To Register

Places are limited. Please register for the Policy@Manchester New Researchers Lunch by sending us an email with the following information before Tuesday 23 October 2012 noon:

- Name

- Position (e.g., MPhil/ PhD/ Post-doc)

- Department and faculty

- Research topic

- Title of your elevator pitch

- Email

- Contact telephone number

- If applicable: dietary requests

 

For further information about the Policy@Manchester initiative, see: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/policy

For registration and any questions, email NewRes.PolMcr@gmail.com

Organisers

Artan Karini (Institute for Development Policy and Management – Faculty of Humanities)

Ellen van Reuler (Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine – Faculty of Life Sciences)