Category: Graduate Program Opportunities
Registration is now open for:
Working toward Wellness: Health and Graduate Student Life
Monday, January 28th, 4:30 – 6:30 PM
To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g226e
3MT Coaching Session and Webinar (info session on 3MT logistics + tips on giving an effective presentation)
Tuesday, January 29th
9:00 – 10:30 AM @ Graduate Student Centre OR 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (via webinar)
To register (and receive webinar login access) please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g222a
Time Management (webinar):
Tuesday, January 29th, 4:00 – 6:00 PM
To register (and receive webinar login access) please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g226f
Presentation Skills: (in collaboration with Mitacs Step)
Wednesday, January 30th , 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
To register, please visit https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2270
There is still space available in this week’s sessions:
Wednesday, Jan 23rd
1:30 – 3:00 PM 3MT Coaching Session (learn about the Three Minute Thesis competition including tips on giving an effective presentation)
3:00 – 4:00 PM Introduction to Interacting with the Media (learn tips for delivering your key messages effectively, to help with 3MT and beyond)
To register for one or both of these sessions, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2217
Thursday, January 24th
9:30 – 10:30 Preparing for your Doctoral Exam
10:45 – 12:00 Submitting your Thesis
To register for one or both of these sessions, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2218
1:00 – 3:00 Copyright for your Thesis
To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2219
For a complete session descriptions or information on upcoming sessions, please visit https://www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/gps-graduate-pathways-success/gps-workshops-events .
Dear UBC Graduate Students, Research Staff and Faculty:
We are writing to let you know of an opportunity available in Term 2 of 2012-2013. As part of our ongoing efforts to bring current research into the classroom, free statistical analyses will be available this term, from the students enrolled in STAT 450: Case Studies in Statistics. The students will be carrying out this academic activity under the co-supervision of Craig Burkett and Gabriela Cohen Freue. The data will be treated with confidentiality within the course and will be destroyed once the course ends.
Please consider whether the type of feedback described might be helpful to you. If so, please submit your projects, carefully following the guidelines provided in the announcement below. We have received some projects in response to our fall announcement, however we still have potential for a few more.
Sincerely,
Gabriela Cohen Freue
Craig Burkett
Department of Statistics
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STAT 450, Case Studies in Statistics
TERM 2 of 2012-2013
Research projects from all UBC-affiliated units and all levels of researchers (but particularly undergraduate and graduate students) are welcome. Research projects requiring primarily advice on appropriate methods of statistical analysis are ideally suited for STAT 450. We may also consider some projects that require a statistician to design the experiment. To allow us to expose the students to a variety of projects in one term, the total time spent on each project has to be limited, so well-focused projects with one or two specific questions to be addressed are most suitable. The students will identify appropriate approaches to the analysis, carry these out, and provide a report interpreting their results.
If you are uncertain about how best to carry out the statistical analyses for some question arising in your research project and are willing to have others explore your data relevant to that question, you likely have a suitable project for STAT 450. To take advantage of this unique opportunity to receive free statistical feedback, please submit your project description to us by e-mail (stat450@ugrad.stat.ubc.ca).
A submission of at most one page (as a separate WORD file) is preferred.
Your submission should consist of a concise description of your research problem in non-specialist language, clearly indicating the specific questions for which statistical analyses are desired. Supplementary material, if essential, can also be provided. Once your project is approved for STAT 450, you will need to provide the data set as an .xls, .txt, or .csv, with all the variables, including units and coding where relevant, clearly identified. It will often be most efficient to provide this information as a separate data dictionary. The data will be treated with confidentiality within the course and will be destroyed once the course ends.
Once your project is approved, your description will be added to the list from which students will select projects. The clearer your description, the more likely students are to select your project, so it is to your advantage to submit as clear a description as possible.
If you are willing to come to the STAT 450 class to describe your research project in more detail and to answer questions the students may have, that would be wonderful. This will be a good opportunity for the student(s) working on your project to ask questions in the course of their work on your project. In addition, the student(s) working on your project will need to meet with you to ask questions and/or provide preliminary results. This will give the students the opportunity to practice and enhance their communication skills and, to your advantage, will result in a better final product.
Undergraduate and graduate students seeking feedback via STAT 450 need the permission of their research supervisor. An e-mail from the research supervisor at the time of project submission suffices.
If you know others who might be interested in this opportunity, please pass on this information. Thanks in advance for submitting interesting and challenging projects for the students enrolled in STAT 450 this term.
Registration is open for the Instructional Skills Workshop February 23, 24, 25, 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 time teachers or those with years of experience. Join the thousands of students who have taken this workshop.
This workshop is always in high demand. To register for the February ISW, please go to:
The OGPR is pleased to announce three internal Faculty of Education funding opportunities: the HSS Seed Grants, John and Doris Andrews Research and Development Award, and the Jacqueline Farquhar Endowment for Children’s Mental Health Fund.
The application deadline for all three initiatives is Monday March 18th in the OGPR. I encourage you to contact me if you wish to explore any of these grant programs. As the Farquhar award requires faculty/student collaboration I will also advertise it on the graduate student listservs.
Sincerely,
Rita
Jacqueline Farquhar Endowment for Children’s Mental Health Fund
Value: A committee will consider proposals with a range of values, from smaller requests for a few hundred dollars, to larger requests up to $6,000.
Description: This award is made available through a fund established by the Vancouver School Board and Jacqueline Farquhar’s family and friends, and is specifically designed to carry on her passion for enhancing schools’ capacity to identify and respond to students struggling with depression and anxiety. The primary goal of the fund is to a) translate completed research into accessible forms that community stakeholders and educators can utilize, disseminate and take into the classroom and/or community with a goal of impact on practice; b) to find practical uses for completed research i.e. production of a brochure, books, workshops, instructional materials, web sites, etc., with a clear potential for impact on practice (technology component as a tool for sharing); and c) to increase the awareness of issues that deal with child mental health.
Eligibility: The funds are open to faculty/graduate student teams, consisting of faculty at the rank of Assistant Professor and above, and graduate students registered in the UBCV Faculty of Education. The faculty member is expected to play a leadership role in the knowledge mobilization project; teams will consist of one faculty member and one or more graduate students. One grant per collaborative team project is available. The grant targets activities designed to disseminate/mobilize research findings/outcomes to the community with a tangible product/activity, and does not support the data collection and analysis stages of research.
Faculty of Education HSS Seed Grant
Value: Proposals with budgets up to $7,000 will be considered.
Description: Funding for the Faculty of Education HSS Seed Grant is made available through the annual SSHRC Institutional Grant, and is specifically designed to promote research in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The primary goal of the Faculty of Education HSS Seed Grant is to support high-quality research in the social sciences and humanities by providing small funds that will aid in the early-stage development of a research project. Funds may be used to further Faculty members’ research programs by supporting, for example, pilot research, networking activities (including bringing external community partners to UBC to develop research partnerships), field/library research, literature reviews or synthesis or re-analysis of data sets collected through previously completed projects. Applicants must make a strong case for how the proposed research activities will advance their research.
John H. M. and Doris D. Andrews Research and Development Award
Value: One $3,700 award.
Description: Dr. John H. M. Andrews, former Dean of Education, UBC (1973-79), and his wife Doris have generously endowed an annual award designed for research and development projects that have an impact on the community and make a contribution to society. The research component must have a direct impact on the community and increase our knowledge and understanding of Canadian education. The development component must be conducted in collaboration with a community educational partner.
Registration is now open for:
Monday, January 21st
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Managing Effective Collaborative Research Teams (develop tools and techniques for managing projects, group dynamics, leadership and conflict within collaborations)
To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g21c1
Wednesday, Jan 23rd
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Time Management
To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2216
1:30 – 3:00 PM 3MT Coaching Session (learn about the Three Minute Thesis competition including tips on giving an effective presentation)
3:00 – 4:00 PM Introduction to Interacting with the Media (learn two tools of the trade to get your messages across effectively)
To register for one or both of these sessions, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2217
Thursday, January 24th
9:30 – 10:30 Preparing for your Doctoral Exam
10:45 – 12:00 Submitting your Thesis
To register for one or both of these sessions, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2218
1:00 – 3:00 Copyright for your Thesis
To register, please visit: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g2219
For a complete session descriptions or information on upcoming sessions, please visit https://www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/gps-graduate-pathways-success/gps-workshops-events .
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at any time.
Kind regards,
Jacqui.
Dear Colleagues: this note is to announce two endowed post-doctoral fellowships for two academic years starting in the fall of 2013 at Arizona State University. This is a residential fellowship. The selected fellows will work on research related to the complex equity demands of urban education and its impact on PreK-12 schools and students (please see attachments for details; or consult the Division G Blog: http://aeradivg.wordpress.com/
Luis Moll
An American Educational Research Association List
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I’ve attached a pdf of our TerreWEB Seminar Series Schedule for Term 2. This can also be found here TerreWEB Seminar Schedule 2012-2013 T2.
Seminars are in the same time, same place (Thursdays at 1pm, FRST 1221). As usual, we will have live webinar during the time of the seminar. The webinar link will be included with each announcement, on each week’s blog post.
Registration is now open for:
Resume Clinic
Thursday, January 10th, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
For a complete session description, see https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/7718-gpscareer-services-event-resume-cover-letter-clinic
Please submit your registration at: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g21c2
Registration remains open for New Graduate Student Orientation
For a complete schedule for the event, please visit: http://orientation.grad.ubc.ca/schedules/january-2013/
You may register at: https://www.surveyfeedback.ca/surveys/wsb.dll/s/1g208c
For information on all other upcoming GPS workshops and seminars, please visit: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/gps-graduate-pathways-success/gps-workshops-events
As promised, Dr. Samson Nashon, the EDCP Graduate Advisor would like to meet you ALL to discuss the use of our grad spaces. In particular the Palace and the Den.
Please come to the Den (SCARFE 6A) on January 3, 2013 at 11:00 am.
To make this discussion easier, your Peer Advisors, Anita and Sarah have prepared a “Grad Space Questionnaire” (Grad Space Questionnaire). Could you please fill it up and send it to Anita Prest at: anita_prest@yahoo.com.
It’s important that you all come, or at least share your opinion through the questionnaire.
The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) invites proposals for presentations at its 33rd Annual International Conference under the theme “Sustainability: Learning to Live, Learning for Life.”
Conference Dates and Locations:
June 19, 2013 Preconference Workshops at Canadian Coast Guard College (Sydney, NS, Canada)
June 20-22, 2013 Concurrent Sessions at Cape Breton University (Sydney, NS, Canada) For additional information about the call or to submit your proposal online visit the STLHE 2013 conference website. Additional information will be added to the website in the coming days.
The deadline for proposal submissions is Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 11:59 pm AST.
We’re looking forward to meeting you in Cape Breton in June 2013.
STLHE 2013 Organizing Committee
The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) invites reviewers to vet incoming conference presentation proposals for its 33rd Annual International Conference under the theme “Sustainability: Learning to Live, Learning for Life.”
Conference Dates and Locations:
June 19, 2013 Preconference Workshops at Canadian Coast Guard College (Sydney, NS, Canada)
June 20-22, 2013 Concurrent Sessions at Cape Breton University (Sydney, NS, Canada) For additional information visit the STLHE 2013 conference website.
If you are interested in being a reviewer, please contact Mindy Carter at mindy_carter@cbu.ca