METHOD 2017 is an inter-disciplinary doctoral conference exploring research method. The event offers an intense, condensed one-day training session focused on how we plan, scrutinize and articulate our methods. This learning feeds directly into the preparation needed for Confirmation (RF2). Every research student must use a method to find something out, or gain new insights, … Continue reading METHOD 2017 Conference
The critically renowned film Suffragette (2015) will be shown at The Void on the 1st floor of SHU's Owen Building on Friday 5th May at 3pm. Join us to watch the fascinating and historically based film, and feel free to bring snacks! This free screening will be followed by a discussion over drinks at The Red … Continue reading PG Women in Academia Event: Suffragette – A Free Screening
Registration link: Book via Eventbrite If you struggle to find time to make regular progress with your writing then a change of scene and some (supportive) peer pressure could help. The aim of a Shut Up and Write! session is to provide you with dedicated time and space, away from everyday distractions, to progress your … Continue reading Shut Up and Write!
Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a competition developed by the University of Queensland which challenges doctoral students to present a compelling spoken presentation on their research topic and its significance, in just three minutes. We are holding our first 2017 heat on 9 May - please come along to support your colleagues in the competition … Continue reading Three Minute Thesis – City Heat
The conference begins with keynote overviews of the university strategy from the University's Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation, Professor Paul Harrison and the University's new Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Student Experience, Professor Christina Hughes. Then some of the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities available at Sheffield Hallam are highlighted and how they fit into and help you … Continue reading The Hallam Academic: Developing your Teaching and Research under the new strategy
Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a competition developed by the University of Queensland which challenges doctoral students to present a compelling spoken presentation on their research topic and its significance, in just three minutes. We are holding our second 2017 heat on 23 May - please come along to support your colleagues in the competition … Continue reading Three Minute Thesis – Collegiate Heat
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. Over the course of the 2016-17 academic … Continue reading The Brilliant Club – Information Event
Registration link: Book via Eventbrite If you struggle to find time to make regular progress with your writing then a change of scene and some (supportive) peer pressure could help. The aim of a Shut Up and Write! session is to provide you with dedicated time and space, away from everyday distractions, to progress your … Continue reading Shut Up and Write!
The Postgraduate Research Students' Society Conference 2017 will be taking place in the Students' Union on 1st and 2nd June. The two day multi-disciplinary conference will include presentations from 28 postgraduate students from Sheffield Hallam and other universities from across the country, under the theme of "Break-up: Separations, Estrangements, Disjunctions." The event will also include two … Continue reading Break-up: SHU Postgraduate Research Students’ Society Conference 2017