PG Tips

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Dear Postgrads,

Don’t forget that the nominations for this years Teaching Awards closes at 5pm on Friday 11^th April.

In the last two years Psychology has done really well with several members of the academic and support staff receiving nominations, being short-listed, and in the case of Jo Dunn last year-winning!

We are very proud and honoured to be recognised in this way by YOU the students, as your opinions count!

“If you like what we’re doing tell others, if you don’t tell us”!

Let’s make this a bumper year for our School!

If you haven’t done so already then please visit:

http://www.kentunion.co.uk/representation/teachingawards/nominate/

Or fill in a card at the counter to vote.

Thanks

Esmé Rigden

Dear all,

As Chair of the Disciplinary Committee, I have been alerted to an increase in the number of written coursework that include plagiarised material. The School of Psychology, and the University, would like to remind you that we take plagiarism very seriously, and it is not tolerated. Just to let you know the software we have available for detecting plagiarism is very sophisticated, and thus, there is a very good chance that violations will be detected.

We have available resources that can assist you in improving your written assignments and avoiding plagiarism.

For workshops to assist you, please visit the following link: http://www.kent.ac.uk/student/skills/canterbury/index.html – Week 17 and Week 18, “Referencing your resources/avoiding plagiarism”, “Paraphrasing.”

I advise you to familiarise yourself with the University’s guidance and procedures regarding plagiarism, which can be found at the following link: http://www.kent.ac.uk/socsci/studying/general/plagiarism.html and also here: http://www.kent.ac.uk/uelt/ai/students/whatisplagiarism.html

Best regards,

Eduardo

The London and Home Counties (LHC) Branch of the BPS are running a number of workshops aimed at PG students. These are offered at a discounted rate for members of the branch (if you are a member of the BPS registered with a postcode in London, Essex or Kent then you are automatically a LHC member). The details of the next workshops are as follows:

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Dear colleagues,

As a reminder, our School of Psychology is holding the BPS Social Psychology Section Postgraduate Conference in April 2014.

The deadline for abstract submissions is fast approaching (3^rd Feb 2014).

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Julie Van de Vyver will be starting an ESRC fellowship in the Department for Communities and Local Government on the 17^th February (for the duration of four months). She will be working within a team of social researchers and conducting research around community rights policies.

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Last year we ran a successful evening course in Forensic Psychology.  The course is starting up again on February 19^th and will run on Wednesday evenings (with a two week Easter break). Lectures will last an hour and a half each from 6pm, and each one will be presented by a member of the Forensic Psychology lecturing staff along with a lecture from Markus Bindemann. The full schedule, and a summary of each topic is attached as a flyer.

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