Thinking about applying for Postgraduate funding, but not sure where to start?  This workshop will cover the basics of writing research proposals for funding applications and will give students the opportunity to ask any questions they have about obtaining funding for postgraduate research courses.  This workshop is open to everyone with an interest in applying … Continue reading WriteFest 2018 – Postgraduate Funding Applications (Skills Centre)

Working on an extended piece of writing but need tips on how to improve? This event offers friendly, social space for writing. Tutors will be on-hand to offer tips and advice, and to answer any questions about your writing. Book via Unihub:  https://unihub.shu.ac.uk/students/events/detail/731518

Are you stuck on your dissertation or literature review and needing to get started writing?  Do you need techniques to get your thinking flowing again?  Stop by for an energising writing session with Michele: all you need is your preferred writing materials! Book via Unihub:  https://unihub.shu.ac.uk/students/events/detail/731191

Learn to enhance your self-questioning to help free yourself from being stuck, recognise unhelpful habits in your writing and reflect and build on your strengths. You will be introduced to the principles of meta-cognition and co-coaching and then put these into practice in pairs. You will need to bring a section of your work (3 … Continue reading WriteFest 2018 – Coaching Circle (Skills Centre)

Thinking about applying for Postgraduate funding, but not sure where to start?  This workshop will cover the basics of writing research proposals for funding applications and will give students the opportunity to ask any questions they have about obtaining funding for postgraduate research courses.  This workshop is open to everyone with an interest in applying … Continue reading WriteFest 2018 – Postgraduate Funding Applications (Skills Centre)

Join us on Friday 30th November at 16:00 for a guest lecture from Jenny Valentish at The Mary Badlands Lecture Theatre, Collegiate Campus, Sheffield Hallam University. Jenny Valentish is a UK-raised, Australia-based journalist for The Guardian and The Sydney Morning Herald. She is the author of a non-fiction book, Woman of Substances: A Journey into Drugs, Alcohol and Treatment, … Continue reading Postgraduate Women in Academia – Guest Lecture