University secures HEFCE award to support the mental health and wellbeing of doctoral researchers

The Doctoral School are delighted to announce that the University has been successful in securing funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) in response to their Catalyst Fund call ‘Supporting mental health and wellbeing for postgraduate research students’. This is one of only 17 bids funded. The project, which will be formally …

Research Image Competition at Sussex

We are excited to invite our doctoral researchers to take part in our Research Image competition, just one of the events forming part of our Festival of Doctoral Research (Tues 26th-Thurs 28th June 2018) This is a chance to share your research and provide a visual perspective of your doctoral research- submit an image which …

External summer school in software and data analysis (bursaries available)

methods@manchester will hold their annual Summer School from 2-6 July and 9-13 July 2018.  Seven courses have so far been announced for the two week event which will provide training in software and data analysis.  The Summer School takes place at the University of Manchester. Courses announced are:- Generalized Linear Models: a comprehensive system of …

Microgrants for new researchers

Gradconsult,  a Sheffield-based specialist in graduate recruitment, learning and development, are running a microgrants programme for the second year, after the success of their 2017 grants. This is an early-careers funding opportunity for PhD students and early-career researchers. Researchers can apply for up to £2,000 in order to support their research. Gradconsult hopes these microgrants will help engaged and hard-working …

Blogs for academics – 5 great reasons to get involved

Originally posted on the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Blog. Reposted with permission from Dr Anne Hole, TEL Team Blogs are all around us on the internet and you may sometimes read posts from popular news blogs without necessarily thinking of them as blogs or formally subscribing to them. For anyone involved in teaching and/or learning, however, there …

Cumberland Lodge Scholarship Scheme for doctoral researchers

Cumberland Lodge Scholarship Scheme for doctoral researchers Founded in 1947, Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park is home to an educational charity with the vision of more peaceful, open and inclusive societies. Designed for doctoral students studying in the UK to fit around their university studies, the Cumberland Lodge Scholarship Scheme invites six successful students …