Welcome to our weekly update highlighting news and upcoming events for the PGR community for the week ending Friday 18 June 2021.

In our update this week:

  1. Creating Knowledge Conference 22-25 June 2021
  2. Sheffield Institute of Education Doctoral Conference 2021  |  19 June 2021
  3. PubhD | Wednesday 23 June | 1900 – 2030
  4. IMPACT 2021 training session | 5 July 2021, 1030 – 1200
  5. Call for STEM researchers to present at a Science Education conference | Jan 2022

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1.   Creating Knowledge Conference 22-25 June 2021  

The programme for this year’s Creating Knowledge Conference is now available via the conference site (SHU google login required instructions for accessing Google Apps).  The site contains information about the sessions, posters for you to view in advance and the 3MT® talks will be added soon.

The online event offers four days of exciting and thought-provoking content designed to showcase the excellence and diversity of Hallam’s research and innovation work, to share research practice and engender a supportive and inclusive research culture.

We start the conference off with the popular 3MT® competition and the broad range of panels, workshops, symposiums and posters promises plenty of opportunities for.  Live sessions will be hosted on Zoom and you can also join the conversation over on Teams throughout the week.  All SHU staff and students are welcome to join us for as much or as little as you have time for, please register via Eventbrite using the link from the Friday email.

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2.  Sheffield Institute of Education Doctoral Conference 2021  |  19 June 2021

 You are invited to join the SHU Doctoral Online Conference on Saturday 19 June, from 0900 to 1300.

The conference theme is ‘The Doctoral Journey: Past and Present’, and Dr Aimee Quickfall is the Keynote Speaker talking about their doctoral journey.

Further information on the schedule for the day and contact details can be found on the Doctoral School events calendar on Sheffield Institute of Education doctoral conference

To sign up for this exciting event, please use the link from the Friday email

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3.  PubhD | Wednesday 23 June | 1900 – 2030

A reminder of the final PubhD Online before returning to the pub! Grab a drink of your choice, sit back, and enjoy some informal chat about Sheffield PhD research, from the comfort of your home.  You can book your ticket to attend via the Eventbrite link in the Friday email.

If you want to speak at a future event, please get in touch via email.

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4.  IMPACT 2021 training session | 5 July 2021, 1030 – 1200

If you are a Postgraduate Research Student or Early Career Researcher and are intending to submit an abstract for the IMPACT 2021 conference, you are invited to attend an abstract writing training session with a research impact focus. Please book a place using the link and password given in the Friday email.

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5.  Call for STEM researchers to present at a Science Education conference | Jan 2022

The Association for Science Education’s annual conference for teachers is coming to Sheffield Hallam in January 2022.  This four-day international conference brings together hundreds of science teachers, school leaders, researchers and stakeholders. As part of the programme, a series of Frontier Science lectures allows the host HEI to showcase its research in the STEM subjects, providing opportunities for science teachers to update, deepen and/or extend their science subject knowledge.

The organisers are now seeking volunteers from across SHU to present their research in a Frontier Science lecture.  Examples of potential areas of interest include (but are not limited to): energy and climate change, forensics, sports science, psychology and behavioural science, food engineering, materials, digital technologies, robotics and AI, health and wellbeing, languages, special educational needs and disabilities, and of course anything relating to children. And of course, in 2022, much research related to Covid-19 will be of particular interest.

To nominate yourself, a team or a colleague to present a Frontier Science session, please complete the form using the link in the Friday email. The organisers will come back to you in the coming weeks to confirm your participation and/or to request for further information if needed.  If you would like to discuss whether your research is appropriate for a science teacher audience, feel free to get in touch with Professor Emily Perry (e.perry@shu.ac.uk), in Sheffield Institute of Education.

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Please get in touch if you would like to highlight or request any specific events, opportunities, or development sessions that might appeal to cross-disciplinary PGR students or supervisors. We’re always keen to hear about any PGR good news stories that can be shared: doctoralschool@shu.ac.uk  A reminder of upcoming events is available in the doctoral school calendar: https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/doctoralschool/events/

The situation with lockdown is continually changing and we’re now able to get out more and reconnect with friends and family, but it’s still important to try to stay motivated, look after our physical and mental health, and each other.  You can find help and information about supporting your wellbeing via the University website on https://www.shu.ac.uk/wellbeing

Best wishes

Nicola, Elizabeth and Liz