1st International Conference on the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Postgraduate Researchers

The Doctoral School is delighted to announce the 1st International Conference on the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Postgraduate Researchers, which will be taking place in Brighton at the Jury's Inn Waterfront Hotel from 16-17 May 2019. Taking place during Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 and in association with Nature Research, the conference is organised by the UK Council for Graduate …

Doctoral Open Days at The British Library

Have you just started your doctorate? Doctoral Open Days are a chance for you to discover the British Library. Learn about their manuscripts, archives, books, maps, visual art, sound recordings, newspapers, zines, stamps, official publications, journals, databases, websites … and more! Spanning over 3,500 years of history, drawn from across the world and covering hundreds …

Understanding the mental health of doctoral researchers: there’s still time to get involved!

Kick-started in April, our Office for Students funded project to better understand the mental health of doctoral researchers (U-DOC) has made excellent progress, but we still need your help! The project includes a mixed methods research package conducted by mental health researchers Dr Cassie Hazel and Dr Clio Berry, including one of the first national surveys …