As a doctoral researcher you will be developing a unique set of knowledge, skills and behaviours that are important both for timely completion of your research degree and your future professional success. Success looks different for all of us, so it is up to you to decide what your priorities are, how you need to … Continue reading Planning your Development as a New Researcher – Where to Start?
Euan is a highly experienced agent with one of the oldest agencies in the UK. He will talk about being a literary agent and how to seek representation with a literary agent. “Unearthing a gem of a novel or an idea that no-one else has spotted, developing an author into a household name, or … Continue reading Creative Writing Masterclass: Euan Thorneycroft, Literary Agent from A M Heath|
This event has had to be postponed. We will advise of a new date as soon as possible At SHU supervisors have a role to play in advising candidates about their choice of topic and then assisting them to produce a formal research proposal at RF1 stage, develop their ideas at RF2 stage and … Continue reading RSP: Supporting Research Projects – EVENT POSTPONED
APOLOGIES - THIS SESSION HAS BEEN POSTPONED. We will advise of a new date as soon as possible Universities set clear timescales for doctoral student registration. Managing timely progression and completion is one of, if not the, the key role for supervisors. This requires supervisors to encourage, support and motivate students to progress in their … Continue reading POSTPONED – RSP: Encouraging Timely Progression
Most students embark on a doctorate with a set of motivations and aspirations. Supervisors need to have awareness of these professional and personal goals to support the development of doctoral students. In this session we consider the role that supervisors may have in supporting candidates to prepare for future career decisions. We also focus on … Continue reading RSP: Supporting Student Aspirations
Producing a doctoral thesis is likely to be the longest and most difficult piece of work that a student has ever undertaken, and supervisors have a key role in supporting students to complete their final submissions for examination. Supervisors need to be able to support students to have a clear understanding of the criteria for … Continue reading RSP: How to Prepare Students for Their Doctoral Examination
One way that we can support our students to optimise the value and influence of their work and share original contributions to knowledge and understanding, is through supporting doctoral students to publish. One responsibility of supervisors is to support students to disseminate their research findings. In this session we focus specifically on writing with doctoral … Continue reading RSP: Writing with Doctoral Students
On 6 & 7 September we are organising, together with the University of Sheffield, Sheffield's OpenFest. OpenFest provides an opportunity to explore issues around open research, share experiences and consider how open research can be applied in your discipline. OpenFest will include an in-person Sheffield Showcase (with hybrid capability) bringing together researchers from the … Continue reading OpenFest | 6 & 7 September 2023 | Joint Event with the University of Sheffield
The workshop is intended to be of benefit to a wide range of Sheffield Hallam staff with an interest in, or responsibility for, research degree student examinations. It is likely to be of particular interest to inexperienced research degree examiners and inexperienced independent chairs and staff who are considering putting themselves forward for either or both … Continue reading Independent Chair/Examiner Workshop
PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL SESSION DUE TO THE LEVEL OF DEMAND - the content is the same as that on 21 September The workshop is intended to be of benefit to a wide range of Sheffield Hallam staff with an interest in, or responsibility for, research degree student examinations. It is likely … Continue reading Independent Chair/Examiner Workshop