One-to-One Research Support: Don’t know where to start? Don’t panic, the Library can help you

Stuck? Cemented, grounded, shipwrecked. There’s nothing worse than that feeling of being stuck with your research. It can assume many forms. Perhaps you’re overwhelmed by the sheer scale of the project, or mountain of literature you need to get through. Or maybe you’re underwhelmed by the lack of previous scholarship on your topic. Or, and …

Share your life, reflections and hopes for the future in a Mass Observation diary on 12 May

On 12th May 2021 the Mass Observation Archive will be repeating its national call for day diaries, capturing the everyday lives of people across the UK.  As we post this call, lockdown restrictions are lifting. We don’t know how life will be on 12th May, but we would like your help to document it. In 2020 Mass …

Adapting to change: “Speaking with others in the same boat over this period, was both reassuring and practically helpful”

Rachel Claydon, a PhD researcher at the Institute of Development Studies. In this Adapting to Change series, we interview Sussex PhD researchers and supervisors about the challenges they faced in 2020, and the different approaches they took to tackle the issues, adapt their projects and continue with their research. Below we hear from Rachel Claydon …

Recognising and celebrating outstanding academic impact: 2021 Adam Weiler Award opens

The Adam Weiler Award launches this week, recognising doctoral researchers at Sussex who show the potential to achieve oustanding impact in their field. Judged by a panel of Sussex academics, including the Head of the Doctoral School, Prof George Kemenes, the winner will be awarded £1,000 towards their research. This year, for the first time, …

Do you feel qualified to help your fellow researchers? ‘Looking Out for One Another’ RDP workshop open for bookings

Looking Out for One Another - RDP workshop open for bookings Tuesday 27 April, 14.00 - 17.00 Who do doctoral researchers turn to when they're struggling with their mental health? Do you feel qualified to help your friends and colleagues?  Designed specifically for PhD researchers by the U-DOC team and Student Minds charity, this workshop …

RLI Projects: A virtual conference sharing PhD research with the wider community in MPS

James Van Yperen is a postdoctoral research assistant in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, working with local authorities and NHS partnerships on modelling Covid-19 and healthcare demand and capacity for the Sussex region. Together with Fabrizio Trovato and Hannah Wood he organised PhD in a Pandemic: Festival of the MPS PostGraduate Researcher, a …

Adapting to Change: “It’s been a journey together, of adapting”

Dr Maria Moscati In this Adapting to Change series, we interview Sussex PhD researchers and supervisors about the challenges they faced in 2020, and the different approaches they took to tackle the issues, adapt their projects and continue with their research. Today we talk to Dr Maria Moscati, a Senior Lecturer in Family Law, about …

The Brilliant Club – Application deadline approaching: 18th April

The Brilliant Club – PhD & Post-Doctoral Researcher Opportunity – 2021-22 Deadline: 18th April 2021 The Brilliant Club is an award-winning university access charity. They work closely with PhD and post-doctoral researchers, training them as university access professionals and placing them as tutors in schools. Here they deliver academically rigorous programmes to small groups of …

27th SPRU PhD Forum: Call for presentations

Collaboration in Context: Advancing Research and Policy Practices in Science, Technology, and Innovation Thursday 17 & Friday 18 June, 2021 In an increasingly complex world, the key to innovative problem-solving lies in challenging old system boundaries and using the potential of many actors, institutions, and knowledge sources – in short, collaboration.   Under this umbrella, …