Welcome to our weekly update about news and upcoming events for the PGR community.
- WriteFest 2019 and AcWriMo
- Upcoming Training and Development Sessions
- Winning Entry at the Vitae Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition
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- WriteFest 2019 and AcWriMo
Don’t forget that November is Academic Writing Month (AcWriMo) and WriteFest 2019.
Next week will be week 3 of WriteFest and we have more events that you can join in with. The Skills Centre are running events on Reading and Synthesis and on Critical Writing for your Doctorate. We also have both online and face to face Shut Up and Write! Sessions facilitated by the Doctoral School and by the PG Society. Please visit our WriteFest page to find out more and book your place. You can also find out about the sessions coming in up weeks 3-4 there too.
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- Upcoming Training and Development Sessions
Next week sees the PGR Careers Essential session on Becoming an Academic. Book your place here for this 50 minute lunchtime session here
Don’t forget to check the Events calendar on the Doctoral School blog for the most up to date information about training/development sessions and social events that are taking place.
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- Winning Entry at the Vitae Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition
We are very proud that, in September 2019, Shruti Mandhani (STA, MERI) won the national Vitae Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition. This is a brilliant achievement and you can see and enjoy her presentation here