RGSConf2017

Research Student Conference 2017

Research Graduate School
Faculty of Arts

Tuesday, 17th January, 2017

Room: LT-8 (H-105)

Main H-Block Building

Ulster University, Coleraine

Coleraine
Northern Ireland

RGS Conference Programme 2017:
Room: LT-8 (H-105)

    • 09.00am: ARRIVAL & REGISTRATION: RECEPTION DESK, MAIN FOYER (H-Block)

 

    • Mrs. Elaine Kane [RGS Admin.] & Mrs. Jane Boylan [Faculty Admin.]

 

    • 09.30am: “Opening Address”

Prof. Jan Jedrzejewski, Dean, Faculty of Arts

    • 09.40am: “The Doctoral College & 5&50”

Tim Brundle, Director of Research & Impact, Ulster University

    10.15am: REFRESHMENTS BREAK; THE HUB [U-101] (H-121) (U-Block)
    • 10.30am:

Final-Year Ph.D. Student Presentations I

    • (Parallel sessions by Research Institutes [4 x 15mins. parallel talks])

 

      • Irish & Celtic Studies Research Institute (ICSRI) [Room: LT-9 (H-107)]

 

      • Chair:

Dr. Peter Smith, M.Res. Course Director

      • Reviewers:

Dr. Neil Comer

      • ,

Dr. Nicholas Mac Cathmhaoil

      • Arts & Humanities Research Institute (AHRI) [Room: LT-8 (H-105)]

 

      • Chair:

Prof. Jan Jedrzejewski, Dean, Faculty of Arts

      • Reviewers:

Dr. Stephen Butler

      • ,

Dr. Kathleen McCracken

    11.30am: REFRESHMENTS BREAK; THE HUB [U-101] (H-121) (U-Block)
    • 11.45am:

Final-Year Ph.D. Student Presentations II

    • (Parallel sessions by Research Institutes [7 x 15mins. parallel talks])

 

      • Irish & Celtic Studies Research Institute (ICSRI) Room: LT-9 (H-107)

 

      • Chair:

Dr. Peter Smith, M.Res. Course Director

      • Reviewers:

Dr. Neil Comer

      • ,

Dr. Nicholas Mac Cathmhaoil

      • Arts & Humanities Research Institute (AHRI) [Room: LT-8 (H-105)]

 

      • Chair:

Prof. Ian Thatcher, Head of School, English & History

      • Reviewers:

Dr. Gabriel Guarino

      • ,

Dr. Emmet O’Connor

    01.30pm: BUFFET LUNCH; THE HUB [U-101] (H-121) (U-Block)
    • 02.00pm:“Postgraduate Research: Information assurance, security & ethics”

Ted Leath, Information Assurance Manager, ISD, Ulster University

    • 02.30pm:

Final-Year Ph.D. Student Presentations III [Room: LT-8 (H-105)]

    • (3 x 15mins. talks)

 

      • Arts & Humanities Research Institute (AHRI)

 

      • Chair:

Prof. Frank Lyons, RI Director AHRI

      • Reviewers:

Dr. Giuliano Campo

      • ,

Dr. Victoria McCollum

    03.15pm: REFRESHMENTS BREAK; THE HUB [U-101] (H-121) (U-Block)
    • 03.30pm:

Final-Year Ph.D. Student Presentations IV [Room: LT-8 (H-105)]

    • (2 x 15mins. talks)

 

      • Arts & Humanities Research Institute (AHRI)

 

      • Chair:

Prof. Elizabeth Crooke, Professor of Museum & Heritage Studies

      • Reviewers:

Dr. Tanya Dean

      • ,

Prof. Frank Lyons

    • 04.00pm:

Final-Year Ph.D. Student Presentations V [Room: LT-8 (H-105)]

    • (1 x 15mins. talk)

 

      • Centre for Media Research (CMR)

 

      • Chair:

Dr. Victoria McCollum, Lecturer in Cinematic Arts

      • Reviewers:

Dr. Tanya Dean

      • ,

Prof. Paul Mc Kevitt

    04.15pm: REFRESHMENTS BREAK; THE HUB [U-101] (H-121) (U-Block)
    • 04.30pm: “Digital Humans: Articulating The Conversational Interface”

Professor Mike McTear, Professor Emeritus, Ulster University

    • 05.15pm: Open Forum & Best Final-Year Student Presentation Award

 

    • Chair:

Prof. Paul Mc Kevitt, Head of Research Graduate School (Pro-Tem)Arts Faculty RGS HandbookArts Faculty RGS M.Res. HandbookResearch Studies HandbookResearcher Development Programme (RDP)Students’ Aide MemoireSupervisors’ Aide Memoire

    05.45pm: TRUMP’S UP!

Music Installation:
THE HUB [U-101] (H-121) (U-Block)

“Bike String Quartet”, Eamonn McCrossan, Ph.D. (Part-Time), Music.

Partners:

Faculty of Arts Research Graduate SchoolResearch Student AdministrationResearcher DevelopmentInnovation at Ulster[HE]Arts of STEMCentre for Media Research (CMR)Irish & Celtic Studies Research Instutute (ICSRI)Arts & Humanities Research Instutute (AHRI)School of Creative Arts & TechnologiesSchool of English & HistorySchool of Irish & Celtic StudiesSchool of Media, Film & JournalismComputer Science Research Institute (CSRI)Institute for Research in Social SciencesPsychology Research InstituteInternational Conflict Research Institute (INCORE)The Imagineering Quarter

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