Category Archives: Talks & Lectures

Academic Skills Session – Research Survival Guide

This Wednesday’s Academic Skills session is aimed at those thinking about a dissertation, thesis or other large-scale research project. The session will be run by Liz Osman (College Librarian) and Annie Gleeson (Senior Library Assistant) and is on Wednesday 19th … Continue reading

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Academic Skills Session – Critical Evaluation of Journal Articles

Continuing the Academic Skills Programme, this week’s topic is critical evaluation of journal articles. This will be divided into two sessions on 12th February at 17.30, with Dr Liz Duignan leading the Arts & Humanities session in Horobin Room and … Continue reading

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Academic Skills Session – Navigating the Information Jungle

The Academic Skills Programme runs throughout February. Every Wednesday evening at 17.30 there will be a session in the Horobin Room. The sessions cover research, referencing, revision, and much more. Liz Osman, the College Librarian, is running the next session … Continue reading

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Philippa Pearce Memorial Lecture 2011

It is almost five years ago since local author Philippa Pearce died on 21 December 2006. Since 2008 the Faculty of Education, sponsored by Homerton College, has celebrated her contribution to children’s literature with the annual Philippa Pearce Memorial Lecture. This year’s lecture … Continue reading

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Free research skills courses

Brush up your research skills, or even learn new skills, with these free research skills courses from the University Library: Newspaper research (1 course this term) Get cited: publishing your thesis with DSpace@Cambridge (1 course this term) How to do a literature … Continue reading

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Philippa Pearce Memorial Lecture

This year’s Philippa Pearce Memorial Lecture will take place at 5.00pm on Thursday 10 September 2009 in the College Auditorium, Mary Allan Building. The Lecture, to be given by Michael Rosen (a well known children’s book author and ex Children’s Laureate), is titled: What … Continue reading

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