Category Archives: Events

Staffs Fest 2013

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The External Projects Team is looking forward to running some enjoyable events during Staffs Fest 2013. Details are below. You can book places using My View or by contacting the Universities Continuous Professional Development team on professional.development@staffs.ac.uk or 01782 294127 / 01782 294872

Falling in Love with Funding

Tuesday 25 June 10:00-11:00

Activity Space Cadman Yard, Stoke

Speed Dating activity with an open access surgery with the External Projects Team and the Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Team

This session provides a chance to meet other people in the University who are looking to develop projects and enterprise activities. This is a chance to meet people outside your normal work area who could collaborate with you on projects.  Staff from Enterprise and Commercial Development will also be on hand to answer your funding or enterprise questions.

With Alex Harvey and Josephine Beech

 

Deconstructing Contracts

Tuesday 25 June 13:30-14:30

L134 Flaxman Building, Stoke

An opportunity to demystify contracts with our resident expert Christopher Kenning

 

EuroTrash: A quiz to outdo all Quizzes

Tuesday 25 June 15:00-16:30

L134 Flaxman Building, Stoke

A fun quiz guaranteed to make you smile. Prizes to be won! EU national dress is optional!

With Margaret Bennett

NESTAS Creative Enterprise Programme –For Creative Supporters

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Event for academics who are supporting students in the arts with enterprise

Title: NESTAS Creative Enterprise Programme –For Creative Supporters
Date: 22 -23 May 2013
Location: London
Cost: £600
More Details:
This new two day programme is aimed at Further and Higher Education professionals who support creative students and graduates to identify and reach their creative and professional aspirations.
Through this new programme Nesta will share a suite of creative enterprise methodologies; giving attendees the opportunity to try the tailored approaches and develop their own structured group and one to one sessions.
The materials can be embedded across all creative sectors from visual arts to digital technology, offering a flexible way of engaging students in enterprise and employability skills.
Who should attend: University and college lectures, tutors, careers and enterprise advisers and heads of departments – those who consider themselves ‘creative supporters’ who support students with professional development skills or enterprise and employability activities.
Further Details: http://www.nesta.org.uk/assets/events/nestas_creative_enterprise_programme_-_for_creative_supporters

The Social Impact of Academic Research

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The Westminster Higher Education Forum are hosting a seminar to discuss the challenges, opportunities and implications resulting from the inclusion of social and cultural impacts in the Research Excellence Framework (REF). In addition to discussing the implications on REF, the challenges of quantifying social research output and potential impact for Open Access policy will also be raised.

Dr David Halpern, Director, Behavioural Insight Team, Cabinet Office; Andrew Miller MP, Chair, House of Commons Science and Technology Committee and Dr Graeme Rosenberg, REF Manager, HEFCE will be delivering keynote addresses at this seminar. The seminar is on the 10th October and is £190 plus VAT to attend. Further details can be found at http://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/forums/event.php?eid=616.

Vitae Conference Call for Workshop Proposals and Special Interest Sessions

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The annual Vitae Researcher Development International Conference aims to address the strategic and practical implications for researcher development and doctoral education.  The conference has a number of themes including policy developments, building institutional capacity for research excellence, supporting professional and career development and demonstrating the impact of research development on research, careers and society.

The 2013 conference will include the launch of the UK aggregate analyses of Careers in Research Online Survey and Principal Investigators and Research Leaders Survey. There will also be updates from RCUK update on funding for researcher development and from the European Commission’s work on HR management of researchers.

The conference is being held on 4th-5th September in Manchester. To submit a proposal or to book your place, go to www.vitae.ac.uk/conference2013 where you can find out more detail on workshop themes. The deadline for proposing a workshop is Thursday 6 June 2013. Special Interest Sessions are shorter 30 minute sessions and ideas for these should be submitted by 5th July for inclusion in the conference programme.

Innovation, Internationalisation and Sustainable Growth

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Join ECD and partners in sharing valuable lessons to influence and improve performance in areas of Innovation, Internationalisation and Sustainable Growth.

On 23rd April there is an event at Birmingham Science Park to mark the success of the District+ Programme and support delegates in making the most of ongoing funding and business opportunities in Europe.

Further information is available on the flyer here: Innovation Internationalisation Sustainable Growth.  The following link has registration information: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/5865203983#.

If you are interested in this event but unable to attend please contact externalprojects@staffs.ac.uk who can provide feedback.

Life Sciences Summit – Free W Midlands Event

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THE FUTURE BUSINESS OF HEALTHCARE

Monday 18th & Tuesday 19th March 2013 Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham

Join high profile speakers, leading clinical and academic experts and business leaders from across the UK at the inaugural Life Science Summit.

 Attend this FREE 2 day event and benefit from a unique opportunity to hear about major developments taking place in the region’s Life Science sector.

 Featuring a keynote speech from the Office of Life Science, delegates will also hear from representatives of the University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, University of Birmingham, Health Technology Co-operative, West Midlands Academic Health Science Network and the pioneering NIHR Surgical Reconstruction & Microbiology Research Centre. 

 In addition, presentations from key business leaders will provide a unique opportunity to learn, understand and discuss where the future of healthcare business lies.   Discover what’s new and meet with those who can help you innovate, improve effectiveness and build competitive advantage.

 The final summit programme will be released soon, however themes to be covered include:

  • Translating research into business
  • Digital Health
  • Academic Health Science Networks – changing the way academia, industry and the NHS engage
  • Marketing the Business of Healthcare
  • Incubation and start up for life science business
  • Evidence based innovation
  • Trauma medicines and technologies – the opportunities for industry

The event will also incorporate the launch of the Edgbaston Medical Quarter – which provides a focus on and recognition of the world-class medical and healthcare provision Edgbaston, Birmingham has to offer.

 This event is FREE to attend and will attract at least 250 delegates each day.   With over 100 bookings taken already, register today to avoid disappointment.

 For more information on exhibition and sponsorship opportunities please contact Lucy Watkins on 0121 452 5630 or email LucyW@MedilinkWM.co.uk

UK Research Office Visit – 13th Feb – Book your place now!

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The External Projects Team are delighted to be hosting the Annual UKRO event on the Wednesday 13February 2013

The event is aimed both at colleagues who have experience of, and those who would like to know more about EU funding

This is an opportunity to hear about the new EU Funding Programmes (2014-2020) with UKRO European Advisor Jo Frost as well as first-hand experience of running EU partnerships and projects from Professor Nachi Chockalingam and Enterprise Reader Jon Fairburn

Programme – All sessions are being held in BG21 Brindley Building, Leek Road, Stoke Campus

Session 1

9.00am Horizon 2020: the new EU research and innovation funding programme (2014-2020)

Jo Frost, European Advisor, UKRO

11.00 am Coffee/ networking

Session 2

11.30am Working with EU partners: Staffordshire University experience Nachi Chockalingam, Professor of Clinical Biomechanics, School of Psychology, Sport and Exercise; Faculty of Health Sciences

Session 3

12.00pm How to make the most of UKRO services (repeated at 3.00pm)

Jo Frost, European Advisor, UKRO

Session 4

2.00pm Erasmus for all: replacing the Lifelong Learning Programme, includes education funding and funding related to Sport  

Jo Frost, European Advisor, UKRO

Session 5

2.30pm Working with EU partners: Staffordshire University experience Jon Fairburn: Enterprise Reader, Business School – Research & Enterprise. Faculty of Business, Education and Law

Session 6

3.00pm How to make the most of UKRO services (repeat of 12.00pm)

Jo Frost, European Advisor, UKRO

Session 7

3.30pm-4.30pm Marie Curie Individual Fellowships: session for all or 1-2-1 individual slots.

Jo Frost, European Advisor, UKRO

Please register by 6 February via externalprojects@staffs.ac.uk , specifying which sessions you wish to attend.

Innovate UK

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Save the date! Innovate UK: the UK’s largest innovation and trade event

Mon 11 Mar 2013 until Wed 13 Mar 2013 – Business Design Centre, London

Innovate UK is the leading networking, conference and exhibition event for businesses to meet other businesses, Government and academia with the aim of making innovation and trade happen – creating opportunity and growth for the future.

Hosted by the Technology Strategy Board and UKTI, Innovate UK is all about technology-enabled innovation, looking at the best of current technology, and future markets in a 3-30 year time frame and the new innovation and trade opportunities for business – creating a climate of innovation in the UK where great ideas can become commercial reality.

The TSB are currently working on the event programme so more information will be posted in the new year, if you are interested in the TSB and their activity and how Staffordshire University engages please get in touch with Naomi Arblaster at N.Arblaster@staffs.ac.uk

 

Event: UK Research Office (UKRO) Visit

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Save the date!!!

The External Projects Team will be hosting our annual UKRO visit on the 13th February 2013. The session will be based around the latest EU news and oppoortunities for funding.

This is your chance to hear firsthand about the preperation for Horizon 2020 and recieve advice on EU funds.

The team are still preparing the agenda so if you have any requests or areas of EU funds that you would like to be covered please do get in touch with us at externalprojects@staffs.ac.uk

More details on times and venue will follow in the new year