This follow-on session from the Doctoral School session will be run for PGRs within the Social & Economic Research Institute with a focus on completion planning and project management. All returning PGRs in SERI will be invited to this session via the PGR Institute Admin Team. The session will be followed by a social event. … Continue reading PGR Essentials – session for returning SERI PGRs
What is the session about? The event is intended to enable a more detailed discussion around PGR wellbeing and to hear from your perspective. We will firstly feedback to the group as a whole (Students and Supervisors) of some of the activities we have implemented to support PGR wellbeing over the last 2 years and … Continue reading PGR Wellbeing Focus group – POSTPONED
These sessions are being run in January and February by the Skills Centre and will be bookable via UniHub (links below). In these collaborative online sessions, you will share a sample of your work in progress and gain practical tips and advice from two other doctoral researchers and an Academic Skills Advisor. By acting … Continue reading Doctoral Skills session: Feedback Seminars for Doctoral Researchers
PhD study is a long haul and requires vision, purpose, resilience, and motivation. Does your resilience and motivation fluctuate? Do you get nervous when submitting your drafts for comment? Do you feel deflated, upset or frustrated when you get your supervisory feedback, and do you sometimes get conflicting views which you need to integrate? … Continue reading PhD Resilience Workshop
Supervisors of Doctoral students are invited to attend a session addressing the wellbeing of PGR supervisors. The session will specifically focus on three themes: Self-care strategies for stressed out supervisors Having courageous conversations Negotiating and navigating boundaries when supporting the wellbeing of your PGR students The session is hosted by Márjory Da Costa-Abreu … Continue reading ** POSTPONED ** Let’s Talk about Supervisor Wellbeing
These sessions are being run in January and February by the Skills Centre and will be bookable via UniHub (links below). In these collaborative online sessions, you will share a sample of your work in progress and gain practical tips and advice from two other doctoral researchers and an Academic Skills Advisor. By acting … Continue reading Doctoral Skills Session: Feedback Seminars for Doctoral Researchers
In this workshop we will explore the influence of unconscious processes as a way of understanding and pre-empting relationship problems. You will learn communication skills geared around gaining the outcome you want from interaction with peers and supervisors. There will also be tips and strategies for keeping your stress responses and self-confidence healthy while navigating … Continue reading Healthy Relationships – making the most of professional relationships – POSTPONED
This free conference, organised by the UK Data Service, will be held online in January 2022 (rather than the usual November date). The programme contains a mixture of presentations from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and researchers who have used data from the UK Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Annual Population Survey (APS). Follow the event … Continue reading Labour Force and Annual Population Surveys User Conference 2022
CCRI have advised that regretfully this session has had to be postponed. New dates will be arranged and advertised as soon as possible. This follow-on session from the Doctoral School session will be run for PGRs within the Culture & Creativity Research Institute with a focus on completion planning and project management. All returning … Continue reading ** POSTPONED ** – PGR Essentials – session for returning CCRI PGRs
Academic English for your Doctorate – Wednesday mornings 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. from 26 January - 30 March on the following Zoom link. https://shu.zoom.us/j/5468144170 These 10 sessions run as part of the University English Scheme (UES), specifically for students working independently on a research degree who wish to develop the Academic English needed for research settings. … Continue reading Academic English for your Doctorate