Library starts Click and Collect service for print collections

Since the Library building closed in March the team have been working hard to provide Sussex students and staff with the online resources and support they need. Now - after consultation with Health & Safety, SEF and campus unions - they've launched a Click and Collect Service to enable access to some printed materials in …

Festival round-up: Three Minute Thesis 2020 Final

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) returned to Sussex a few weeks ago for the Festival of Doctoral Research 2020. It was, however, different to previous years as the proceedings took place entirely online! The 3MT event usually takes centre stage at the Festival, and we were determined not to let a global pandemic and national …

Why you need the support of other Doctoral Researchers

As we come out of lockdown and a period of uncertainty and anxiety, and with the University still shut, never has it been more important to connect with other doctoral researchers than now. If you are looking for ways of linking up with other people in your School or in the wider University to form …

Festival round-up: staying connected at a distance

This year's Festival of Doctoral Research posed a unique challenge - how to celebrate the doctoral community when we're all working and living at a distance? How can we bring people together when we have to be apart? Converting some of our regular events was straightforward - the 3MT live final, the new Finishing your …

UCL / openDemocracy competition: What is your view of the world after COVID?

Source: openDemocracy What might democracy look like as countries emerge from lockdown? How will our societies and cultures respond to this global crisis and its aftermath? UCL and openDemocracy are teaming up to invite school and university students to have a say in how the world should look after coronavirus. They want to find and …

Creating a PhD support network – sign up for the webinar this Thursday

The Doctoral School is launching a scheme to connect researchers together to create Online Peer Support Groups.  This initiative is inspired by Claire Durrant (ESW), who set up a monthly online support group with three other doctoral researchers when she started her PhD. Claire will be hosting a webinar on Thursday 25th June to share her own experiences and …

TOMORROW – two careers workshops on postdoc fellowships and looking beyond academia

The Research Staff Office has opened two workshops to doctoral researchers tomorrow, Tuesday 23rd June, looking at post-PhD careers options and proactive steps you can take to reach your career goals inside or outside academia. Both sessions will be taught by Joanne Young from the Scientific Editing Company. Careers beyond research - applying your skills …

Last minute training opportunity – How to Develop a Plan B (SeNSS)

SeNSS DTP is partnering with how2glu to deliver Plan B Training. This training has been developed especially for PGRs and ECRs in response to current events and will help you to identify key outcomes and objectives of your research and map out realistic and achievable alternative routes to achieving them. WORKSHOPS (Duration 2.15 hrs) Monday 22 June: …

Making sense of PhD research – winners of the Research Poster competition

Like the Image competition, the Research Poster Competition is an integral part of the Festival of Doctoral Research, showcasing the variety and impact of PhD research at Sussex. The prize winners for this were also announced on Wednesday following the Three-Minute Thesis final. This year's judges included Sussex PhD graduate Dr Shonali Banerjee and Joanna Young …

Festival Daily Check-Ins: Creativity at home (Friday)

The Festival Daily Check-ins are signing off with a bang as we hear about the creative things the Crafternoon team (Katharina Hendrickx, Kate Meakin, and Manuela Salazar) have been up to during lockdown socially distanced fun! What creative activities have you got (back) into throughout lockdown? Some of the hobbies we've really got really into are …