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About Daniel
Director of Studies CSD, Acting Programme Director CEMUS, Uppsala- Uppsala University and SLU.Self-study week 37
All material and text have yet to be included, but there's plenty to do over the weekend. We will continue to update the page until Monday morning.
Deadline September 9: Work at CEMUS
Course Coordinator Positions Announced – Amanuensanställningar utlysta
Kreativa och utvecklande anställningar som kursamanuenser på CEMUS utlyses. Anställningarna är tidsbegränsade och på deltid. Du arbetar tillsammans med en kollega med en universitetskurs – planering, genomförande och uppföljning – som ett projekt. Sista ansökningsdag tisdag 9 september 2014. Välkommen med din ansökan!
Apply no later than Tuesday September 9 midnight 2014. Read more and instructions of how to apply here: http://www.csduppsala.uu.se/2014/work-at-cemus-course-coordinator-positions-announced-amanuensanstallningar-utlysta-2/
Library resources
Download the powerpoint here: Finding the information resources of Uppsala University Library and the: Search Manual for Web of Science
New deadline for pre-assignment poster
For those of you that have missed handing in the pre-assignment poster there's a new deadline Wednesday September 10 at 23.30. You find the assignment here: Introductory Assignment: Regional Sustainability Challenges
Erik Rosenberg – DiaNa Communication Tool
You can download the powerpoint here: MSD DiaNa Presentation 2014-09-02 (pdf)
Literature
There are three books that you will work with during the course.
- Öberg, Gunilla. (2011). Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies: A Primer. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Graff, Gerald. & Birkenstein, Cathy (2010). They say / I say: the moves that matter in academic writing. 2. ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
- Hald, Matilda (ed.) (2011). Transcending Boundaries: How CEMUS is changing how we teach, meet and learn. Uppsala: Centrum för miljö- och utvecklingsstudier i Uppsala (CEMUS). Available online: download pdf
Updated schedule – the first autumn session is on September 8
Welcome back from the summer break, hope you all are rested and excited to start the semester!
You'll find an updated schedule in the category above and here (autumn sessions from page 8).
The first sessions is on Monday September 8: History, Conservation and politics, the example of Australia, student organiser: Ramsey Morag and Kristina Berglund.
How to create an academic poster
We included the following links in the actual assigment as inspiration and resources:
- http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/articles/10.1038/nj7387-113a
- http://colinpurrington.com/tips/academic/posterdesign
- http://www.cns.cornell.edu/documents/ScientificPosters.pdf
A simple search for "academic poster" on YouTube will also give you some help, as the one embedded below. And don't forget to read through the instructions again.
Happy researching and poster making!
Introductory assignment and preliminary schedule posted
You find them in categories above and here: