University English Scheme, Semester 2 Non-credit Academic English Classes Academic English for your PhD is a module for students working independently on a research degree (e.g. PhD). The focus will be on practising and developing the language and rhetoric to explain and present your research in both written and spoken formats. UES Classes Sem 2 … Continue reading Academic English for Your PhD
The aim of Open Access scholarly communication is to increase access to research outputs, making them freely available to a wider audience. Come along to this session to find out about the personal and community benefits of publishing your work Open Access, how to achieve Open Access through the 'green' or 'gold' routes, how you … Continue reading Open Access Publishing
Choosing where to publish can be a challenge and there are many factors that you may need to consider when choosing a publisher or a journal. This session will help you to navigate your choices, considering factors such as your aims, the scope of the publication, reaching your audience, the publication’s review process, journal metrics … Continue reading Choosing where to publish
Social media has a key role to play in raising your academic profile, but how can we utilise it? This session builds on the bitesize session and gives time to create accounts for and explore social media tools. No experience or knowledge of these tools is assumed. Booking link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/raising-your-profile-social-media-practical-tickets-43090257119
IMPACT 2018 is a conference exploring the impact research makes to society. This year all doctoral researchers at SHU are invited to participate. All C3Ri researchers must present at IMPACT at least once in their PhD career as it is an essential part of training. All doctoral researchers are welcome to participate in more than one. If you are … Continue reading Deadline for Impact 2018 abstracts
Ahead of the deadline for entries on 16 April, Dr David Broom will be facilitating a session on preparing for the 3MT competition. The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition challenges you to deliver a compelling spoken presentation on your research topic and its significance, in just three minutes. As in previous years, there will be … Continue reading Preparing your 3 minute thesis presentation
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 20 October 2017 Information and booking 17 November 2017 Information and booking 15 December 2017 Information and booking 12 … Continue reading Shut Up and Write! – City
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
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
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.
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
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
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! 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
The residency 'Interrupteur' by Rachel Smith at Jessop West Foyer, University of Sheffield. This includes a substantial programme of events and live works involving current and past ADRC PhD, Sheffield Institute of Arts MA alumni, and artists and curators working in Sheffield. There is a blog associated with the residency which will be regularly updated with work in progress: https://residencyinterrupteur.blogspot.co.uk An ERRANT, … Continue reading An ERRANT, or Improper Form
Exhibition Launch Event 6pm 17th April, Persistence Works Gallery, Yorkshire Artspace, Brown Street, Sheffield S1 2BS The title of SHU doctoral student MB O'Toole's exhibition is taken from Stéphane Mallarmé's poem Un coup de Dés jamais n'abolira le Hasard, . First published at the turn of the nineteenth century, Stéphane Mallarmé's generative poem continues to influence the work of … Continue reading New PhD Student Exhibition – MB O’Toole: NOTHING WILL HAVE TAKEN PLACE OTHER THAN THE PLACE
Part of the Doctoral Research Training Series. Aimed at Year 2 (3-4 PT). This session is intended to spark discussion and debate around planning for finishing the doctoral thesis, drawing on the experiences of doctoral programme leaders, supervisors and previous doctoral students. The session will also include ‘need to know’ advice on open access and … Continue reading Planning for Finishing the Thesis
This is a brief introductory session on the importance and benefits of managing your research data. It will cover - • RDM and the wider Open Access agenda • Data management planning • Benefits • Support for the research life-cycle o BEFORE - Planning Data o DURING - Managing Data o AFTER- Preserving / Sharing Data Booking link
The aim of Open Access scholarly communication is to increase access to research outputs, making them freely available to a wider audience. Come along to this session to find out about the personal and community benefits of publishing your work Open Access, how to achieve Open Access through the 'green' or 'gold' routes, how you … Continue reading Open Access Publishing (Bitesize)
This is an introductory session aimed at those starting out in research, or returning to research. It is useful for people conducting an extensive search, for example as part of a literature review. It is about planning for a search - it does not cover specific subjects or databases. The session covers • Planning for … Continue reading Finding Sources (Bitesize)
Join the Postgraduate Women in Academia group on Tuesday 24th April, from 12.30 - 2.30 in the Cantor Building of SHU's City Campus, for an interactive session on public speaking. Dr Sophie Bush of Sheffield Hallam University's Performance Studies department will be sharing some tips on confident public speaking, useful to all PG students giving … Continue reading Public Speaking in Academia: The PG WiA April Event
Students need to complete and submit the HWB Doctoral Workshops registration form 2017-18 to cses@shu.ac.uk to register for this workshop.
Day trip to Liverpool for just £7! Tickets include return coach travel from HUBs to Liverpool city centre. Departing 8.30am returning in the evening. Limited spaces. Purchase your ticket here: https://www.hallamstudentsunion.com/soc/prss/ PRSS members prioritised.
This is an introductory session to IEEE, an engineering database. In the session we'll demonstrate various search tips which are useful in IEEE. Booking link
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 the Final of our 2018 (3MT®) competition on 24 May 2018 as part of our Doctoral Showcase - this … Continue reading Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) – City Heat
Social media has a key role to play in raising your academic profile, but how can we utilise it? This bitesize session will introduce you to tools which can help with this. No experience or knowledge of social media tools is assumed. Booking link