The Library Research Support team are holding drop-ins using Blackboard Collaborate- these are on Mondays at 10-11am and Fridays at 2-3pm. You can join the drop-in using the link on the skills centre page.
The Post Graduate Research Society will continue to run our Weekly Focus Thursday via Twitter and Zoom from 1st October onwards. You can join us via Twitter or Zoom every Thursday 9:30-11:30 to work in 30 min blocks, have quick chats inbetween and feel productive and social all at once! We will send out a link to all … Continue reading Focus Thursday – Postgraduate Research Society
As a researcher you will be developing a unique set of knowledge, skills and behaviours that are important both for timely completion of your research degree and your future professional success. Success looks different for all of us, so it is up to you to decide what your priorities are, how you need to develop … Continue reading Planning your Development as a New Researcher – Where to Start?
Drop in PGR Virtual Café The Doctoral School runs a Friday morning Drop-in PGR Virtual Café – so please join us each Friday via the RESEARCH DEGREES blackboard site collaborate session (email doctoralschool@shu.ac.uk for the link). The virtual café offers an opportunity to network with other members of the SHU PGR community in an informal … Continue reading Virtual PGR Cafe
This is an introductory session covering important issues to consider when getting published. It is suitable for all doctoral students. Book via Unihub (https://unihub.shu.ac.uk/students/events/Detail/1090285/doctoral-skills-workshop-getti)
This session introduces effective approaches to reading and synthesising literature at doctoral level. We will explore techniques for synthesising large volumes of literature, strategies for reading motivation, as well as identifying what to extract from your reading. Book via Unihub
Would you like some help with finding and managing information? We will go over how we can help you and give you some useful tips to make your searching more effective. This session is suitable for all doctoral students but may be of particular use for people starting out on their project. Book via Unihub … Continue reading Doctoral Skills Webinar – Finding and Managing Information
A drop-in aimed at new doctoral researchers to answer your questions on how to use the Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF) planner online tool in preparation for your RF1. email doctoralschool@shu.ac.uk for the zoom link
Would you like guidance on how to add your thesis to the university’s research archive? In this session we will cover issues such as copyright and publishing work based on your thesis and how this affects adding your thesis to the archive. This session is suitable for all doctoral students. Book via Unihub (https://unihub.shu.ac.uk/students/events/Detail/1090307/doctoral-skills-workshop-your-)
The Post Graduate Research Society will continue to run our Weekly Focus Thursday via Twitter and Zoom from 1st October onwards. You can join us via Twitter or Zoom every Thursday 9:30-11:30 to work in 30 min blocks, have quick chats inbetween and feel productive and social all at once! We will send out a link to all members. … Continue reading Focus Thursday – Postgraduate Research Society
Would you like support with managing your data and writing your data management plan? We will cover how we can help with managing your research data and completing a data management plan. This session is suitable for all doctoral students. Book via Unihub (https://unihub.shu.ac.uk/students/events/Detail/1090398/doctoral-skills-webinar-managi)
Drop in PGR Virtual Café The Doctoral School runs a Friday morning Drop-in PGR Virtual Café – so please join us each Friday via the RESEARCH DEGREES blackboard site collaborate session (email doctoralschool@shu.ac.uk for the link). The virtual café offers an opportunity to network with other members of the SHU PGR community in an informal online setting. … Continue reading Drop in PGR Virtual Café
Speaker: Sarah Smizz Host: Rose Butler | Respondent: Sharon Kivland “To transmit is to transfer, from communication, action sending a message, to radiant energy that passes through a substance like in radiotherapy. In this talk I will discuss how the act of transmission underpins the values and hopes of my practice – to help reveal … Continue reading Transmission Event – Sarah Smizz
The Social and Economic Research Institute (SERI) Doctoral Student Colloquium is a great opportunity to engage in 3 practical, hands-on short sessions led by doctoral students from social and economic research areas: Deepali Brahmbhatt: 5 things I wish I'd known before I started my PhD Fides Matzdorf: How to get TOO much consent from your … Continue reading SERI Doctoral Student Colloquium
The Post Graduate Research Society will continue to run our Weekly Focus Thursday via Twitter and Zoom from 1st October onwards. You can join us via Twitter or Zoom every Thursday 9:30-11:30 to work in 30 min blocks, have quick chats inbetween and feel productive and social all at once! We will send out a link to all members. … Continue reading Focus Thursday – Postgraduate Research Society
Drop in PGR Virtual Café The Doctoral School runs a Friday morning Drop-in PGR Virtual Café – so please join us each Friday via the RESEARCH DEGREES blackboard site collaborate session (email doctoralschool@shu.ac.uk for the link). The virtual café offers an opportunity to network with other members of the SHU PGR community in an informal online setting. … Continue reading Drop in PGR Virtual Café
Following on from our Induction/Welcome session, the Ethics briefing and the Researcher Development session, we’d now like to invite you to the fourth session in the series. The quality of your relationship with your supervisor or supervisors can be crucial to the progress of your doctorate. There are some common student: supervisor relationship issues for … Continue reading Let’s Talk about Managing Supervisory Relationships
The Post Graduate Research Society will continue to run our Weekly Focus Thursday via Twitter and Zoom from 1st October onwards. You can join us via Twitter or Zoom every Thursday 9:30-11:30 to work in 30 min blocks, have quick chats inbetween and feel productive and social all at once! We will send out a link to all members. … Continue reading Focus Thursday – Postgraduate Research Society
This session will demonstrate strategies for editing your doctoral thesis. We will explore a range of editing techniques that cover the whole thesis, focusing on three key priorities for doctoral writing: Clarity, word count, and narrative coherence. Book via Unihub - link to follow
Who doesn't love a Virtual Pub Quiz!? Our next pub quiz will take place on Friday 20th November 6:30 - 9:30pm this is a BYO-beer/pizza/whatever you fancy quiz with four rounds: General Knowledge, Music, Say What You See, and Idiot Questions - with a bonus picture round. There is also a Prize up for grabs for each member of the … Continue reading Postgraduate Research Society Virtual Pub Quiz
A virtual writing retreat following Rowena Murray’s writing structure. Murray, R & Newton, M (2009) Writing retreat as structured intervention: Margin or mainstream?, Higher Education Research and Development, 28(5): 527-539. email Katrina Fleming for details.
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** The Creative Writing Masterclass Series exists to supplement the Masters and UG students of creative writing with talks and readings from excellent writers, agents, publishers and others with knowledge of the world of writing. All interested members of the university or public are welcome to attend. Links are provided on request email Dr Harriet … Continue reading WriteFest 2020 – Creative Writing Masterclass** Frances Leviston – The Painful Knots of Stories
The Post Graduate Research Society will continue to run our Weekly Focus Thursday via Twitter and Zoom from 1st October onwards. You can join us via Twitter or Zoom every Thursday 9:30-11:30 to work in 30 min blocks, have quick chats inbetween and feel productive and social all at once! We will send out a link to all members. … Continue reading Focus Thursday – Postgraduate Research Society
Thinking about creating an event? In this one-hour informal lunch-time workshop, we’ll talk about identifying, creating, funding, and/or launching your creative event. You may leave the workshop ready to launch your own open mic, exhibit, experience, performance night, and/or platform. It’s easier to start something if you don’t have to start it alone. When: Friday … Continue reading Lunch-Time Let’s Create Series – Creating an Event (Workshop)
The workshop is intended to be of benefit to a wide range of Sheffield Hallam staff with an interest in, or responsibility for, research degree student examinations. It is likely to be of particular interest to inexperienced research degree examiners and inexperienced independent chairs and staff who are considering putting themselves forward for either or … Continue reading Independent Chair/Examiner Training for Doctoral Supervisors