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Pavitira Sanker is one of two recipients of the Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) Women in Aviation Scholarship fund, in partnership with Cranfield University. Here, Pavitira, who is studying for an MSc in Air Transport Management, ...
Tags: air transport, air transport industry, air transport management, air transport management msc, scholarship|08/03/2023
I started looking for graduate jobs and internships during my induction week in September 2022. I went through many applications; too many cover letters to count, virtual assessment tests, video recordings, and phone interviews. Most ...
Tags: career advice, career support, careers and employability team, student experience, student journey, SWEE|07/03/2023
Are you aware that Cranfield University has signed a number of publisher deals to allow Cranfield corresponding authors to publish immediate (gold) open access at no additional cost? These include Elsevier, Wiley, Springer, Sage and ...
Tags: barrington, knl, mirc, publisher deals, publishing, research, SOMLibrary|06/03/2023
In the School of Management Library at this time of year we are asked lots of questions on where to start researching a country and its economy. Here are some hints and tips on how ...
Tags: country information, FitchConnect, gme, macroeconomics, mirc, passport, SOMLibrary, statista, ukds, web-mirc-economics|03/03/2023
Hi, I'm Major Richard Robinson, Head of School for the Caribbean Special Tactics Centre within the Caribbean Military Academy, Jamaica (West Indies). I'm from Montego Bay, Jamaica! I am pursuing a MSc in Counterterrorism within ...
Tags: cds, CFI, counterterrorism, student journey|28/02/2023
My name is Francis Otieno. I am from Kenya. I studied civil engineering for my undergraduate at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya, where I graduated in 2018. While doing my ...
28/02/2023
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A new film has been released called Paywall: The Business of Scholarship. It explores issues that are very pertinent to all academics, not just at our university, but across the world. The documentary focuses on the ...
Tags: barrington, knl, mirc, movie, OA, open access, paywall, publishing, research, SOMLibrary|20/11/2018
In an earlier post we explained how to install the Bloomberg Office add-in which allows data to be exported from the Bloomberg terminal to Excel. Within Excel, the Bloomberg add-in toolbar has various tools you can use ...
Tags: Bloomberg, data, excel, mirc, SOMLibrary, web-mirc-finance|12/11/2018
Are you interested in world trade flows? Would it be useful to know which nations are your country's major trade partners? If so, the Bloomberg terminal has a rather nifty function where you can view ...
Tags: Bloomberg, exports, gme, imports, international trade, mirc, SOMLibrary, web-mirc-economics|25/10/2018
So you've got your thesis topic approved, but you are struggling to find data or information on your field of study. Most importantly - don't panic! Here are some hints and tips to get you ...
11/10/2018
If you missed the Library Service's screening of "Paywall: The Business of Scholarship” on Wednesday 19 September, you can now watch it direct from your desktop. Paywall gives you the inside track on the big ...
Tags: barrington, knl, mirc, movie, OA, open access, paywall, publishing, research, SOMLibrary|19/09/2018
You might have heard or seen the word ORCID but may not be sure exactly what it is or how important it is to all Cranfield researchers… What is an ORCID? An ORCID id is ...
Tags: barrington, cris, knl, mirc, OA, open access, orcid, publications, research, SOMLibrary|10/09/2018