Digital Discovery Week: 5 – 9 November 2018

  This year’s Digital Discovery Week takes place 5-9 November with a packed schedule of workshops, seminars and online opportunities to enable students and staff to experiment with new technologies, showcase examples of innovations in teaching and research at Sussex, and horizon-scan for emerging technologies which will impact our sector. The week launches with Sussex …

Apply by 15th November for Thesis Boot Camp

Are you a late-stage Sussex doctoral researcher, struggling to finish your thesis? Do you keep putting off your writing? Are you finding it tough to get motivated? The Doctoral School are now accepting applications for the next Thesis Boot Camp, which will be taking place in December 2018: Day 1: Saturday 15th December (09.30 - …

Applications invited for the Researcher-Led Initiative Fund

We are pleased to announce that the autumn call for applications to the Researcher-Led Initiative Fund is now open. The fund is open to doctoral researchers and early career research-only staff, and aims to complement the training and development opportunities provided through the Researcher Development Programme and within schools. Researchers can now also apply to the fund to organise …

Careers Fair 2018 – Wednesday 7th November (11.00am – 3.00pm)

When? Wednesday 7 November 2018, 11am – 3pm Where? American Express Community Stadium, Falmer, Brighton Book your place on CareerHub Careers Fair 2018 is your chance to meet over 130 employers offering roles, vacation work, placements, work experience and voluntary positions. 80% of the exhibiting employers are targeting students from any discipline; so use the …

The Importance of Gaining Administrative and Non-Academic Experience

This post is written by Julia Winstone, Doctoral Researcher in the School of Law, Politics and Sociology. Earlier this year, I attended a CV workshop for Doctoral Researchers run by the Careers and Employability Centre (CEC) here at Sussex to update my CV and I found it was relatively straightforward for me to write about my …