The Library and Research Commons Graduate Student Workshops series has many upcoming workshops on How to Complete your Ethics Application in RISE, Thesis Formatting, SPSS Data Mgmt, Citation Mgmt and more.  See the upcoming sessions here http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/series/7 . There is still space available for this week’s: Friday, January 24, 9:00 – 10:30 AM Intro to […]

One of the professors at IRES, Gunilla Öberg, is offering a course that looks at the similarities and differences in different academic disciplines, for students interested in doing interdisciplinary work and publishing in more than one discipline. It’s a new course, and late for this term, so she is looking for a few grad students […]

Dr. Anneke van Enk’s section of EDUC 500 (Research Methodology in Education) still has spaces. It meets Tuesday afternoons this term, 4:30-7:30 pm in Scarfe. Please see the attached outline. If you haven’t yet taken EDUC 500, please consider registering for this class. Please contact the instructor for more information: Anneke.vanEnk@ubc.ca<mailto:Anneke.vanEnk@ubc.ca>

EPSE 630: Advanced Seminar on Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood Course Specifics: Dr. Jenna Shapka (jennifer.shapka@ubc.ca) will be offering this course in Summer Term 1 (May to June, 2014) on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:30-4:30. Course Description: As children grow and interact with their environment, the processes underlying their development become increasingly complex. By adolescence, the […]

Registration is now open for: Creative Project Planning through Concept Mapping: Are you trying to organize your thinking about a project, thesis, teaching or learning challenge?  Join us to explore concept maps as a thinking tool to help you in your process. Wednesday, Nov 20th, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM For a  complete session description, […]

Registration is open for the Instructional Skills Workshop December 6, 7, 8, 2013.  Please note that participants must be able to attend the entire 24 hour workshop. The Instructional Skills Workshop is an internationally recognized program and students receive transcript notation for their participation.  It is a 3-day intensive workshop that develops participant’s teaching skills and confidence.  It is appropriate for first […]

LLED 565B – Scholarly Discourses in Education: The How and the Why   Date: Term 2 (January – April), Mondays Time: 4:30-7:30pm Location: Ponderosa Annex E, room 117 Description: Chances are you didn’t get many opportunities to engage directly with the research culture of the university during your undergraduate years. But when you embark on […]

Registration is open for the Instructional Skills Workshop November 26, 28, December 2, 2013.  Please note that participants must be able to attend the entire 24 hour workshop. The Instructional Skills Workshop is an internationally recognized program and students receive transcript notation for their participation.  It is a 3-day intensive workshop that develops participant’s teaching skills and confidence.  It is appropriate for first […]

Registration is now open for: Getting the Word Out: Writing your research for the public sphere Monday, October 28th, 2013, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm For a complete session description, please visit https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/10621-gps-workshop-getting-word-out-writing-your-research-public-sphere To register, see: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2cb2 Building Effective Supervisory Relationships Wednesday, October 30th, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm For a complete session description, please visit: […]

1) HELP FALL RESEARCH EXPO: October 21 at UBC Robson Square For details and registration please use this address: http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=3Dff5a335143a00900d87de4831&id=3D3b3309c598&e=3D1d46044efd (free event) 2) Course for graduate students: On behalf of Agata Stefanowicz, at HELP, I am forwarding you some information about our HELP seminar course in hopes that perhaps it may be of interest for […]

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ONLINE AUTISM COURSE AVAILABLE STARTING IN JANUARY 2014! UBCs Dept. of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education and Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration in Autism (CIRCA) are pleased to offer EPSE 449: Educating Students with Autism ONLINE for the first time in the January-April 2014 semester.

Dear UBC Graduate Students and Faculty: I am writing to let you know that, as in past years, free statistical consultation will be available this fall term, from graduate students enrolled in our practicum course STAT 551 (Statistical Consulting). Students in this course have already completed STAT 550 (Techniques of Statistical Consulting), and will be […]

Citation Management Using RefWorks, Zotero, or Mendeley Need to manage large numbers of references and citations as part of your research, teaching or administrative work? Citation management tools are for you. These tools provide a simple way to store, organize and retrieve your citations in an effective manner, and can also help you in formatting […]

EDUC 517 Wellbeing as the aim of Wisdom – and of Education too?  taught by Drs. Christopher Martin and Joe Dunne is being offered from July 29-August 16, 2013 from 9am-12pm Monday thru Friday at UBC’s Okanagan campus.  This three credit course is open to all graduate students. NOTE: Dr. Joseph Dunne is a member […]