The Brilliant Club Information Event

The Brilliant Club: A meaningful, well-paid teaching opportunity for PhD and Post-Doc researchers The Brilliant Club is an award-winning charity that recruits, trains and pays doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to deliver programmes of university-style teaching to small tutorial groups of high-performing pupils in schools that serve disadvantaged communities. Please come along to The Brilliant Club Information … Continue reading The Brilliant Club Information Event

IMPACT 2018 Training – The Confident Presenter

Cantor 9135 (City)

This training will support your presentation skills for the IMPACT conference (and others). This workshop explores the practical science and art of presenting - for academia, for employability, for life: how identifying your audience affects how and what you present how preparation is crucial: your facts, your media, yourself how confidence underpins everything how practice … Continue reading IMPACT 2018 Training – The Confident Presenter

Converis Ethics Drop-In Session for Doctoral Students

Howard 5221

This session is specifically for Doctoral Students who wish to talk to someone about using the Converis system for their Ethics Review application. It is on a drop-in basis and there is no need to book.

Reputation, Risk and Reward – The Challenges and Opportunities of Research Integrity in Bioscience

Stoddart 7331 (City)

Excellent research can only exist where intellect and integrity combine. This wide-ranging session will explore the moral, cultural and procedural responsibilities of being a bioscience researcher. It will move beyond standard research ethics training to look at the evolution of research integrity and how it has shaped and will continue to share the life sciences. … Continue reading Reputation, Risk and Reward – The Challenges and Opportunities of Research Integrity in Bioscience

Getting Started with Refworks (Bite Size)

Howard 5421 (City)

This is an introductory session, in which we present a brief demonstration of the major features of Refworks. Booking link:  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-started-with-refworks-bite-size-tickets-43090434650

Deadline for Doctoral Researcher of the Year expressions of interest

The SHU Doctoral Researcher of the Year competition is new for 2018 and recognises excellence in doctoral research. Successful nominees from each Faculty will be judged on their ability to communicate their doctoral research and its potential impact to a non-specialist audience at the Doctoral Showcase on 24 May 2018. The winner will be awarded … Continue reading Deadline for Doctoral Researcher of the Year expressions of interest

Shut Up and Write! – Collegiate

Heart of the Campus HC.1.47

Shut up and write! sessions are open to Doctoral Researchers and Research-Active staff and provide a dedicated time and space for writing, be it a funding application, project plan, book chapter, or article. Information and booking 30 October 2017 Information and booking 27 November 2017 Information and booking 22 January 2018 Information and booking 19 … Continue reading Shut Up and Write! – Collegiate

Converis Ethics Training

Collegiate Library C036

Converis Ethics Training for: - Staff Researchers / PhD Student - Directors of Study - Ethics Reviewers - Faculty Research Ethics Chairs Booking link

Deadline for Doctoral Research Image Competition entries

New for 2018, the SHU Doctoral Research Image competition is open to all doctoral researchers in any year of study. We welcome attention-grabbing images to intrigue, inform or excite a lay/non-specialist research audience about your research. Images may be arresting, beautiful, moving or even amusing but they must relate to your doctoral research project. Each … Continue reading Deadline for Doctoral Research Image Competition entries