Treat yourself at the Fab Feminist Festive Fair, Thursday 9 December

All welcome at Fab Feminist Festive Fair, a mini-market of festive goodies and cheer featuring local, ethical, women-led businesses transforming the way we shop and live. Including The Ethical Shop and The Feminist Bookshop! Where: Falmer House reception, University of Sussex campus When: Thursday 9 December 11.00 - 15.00 No need to book, just pop …

Technology Enhanced Learning support for Doctoral Tutors

Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) provides resources and support for people teaching at Sussex, from pedagogic advice, to step-by-step guidance on how to use learning technologies. They can be contacted at tel@sussex.ac.uk but there are also a wealth of resources available online. The Teaching Online Learning Anywhere (TOLA) Canvas site was created to support the move …

Career resources for PhD researchers: advice from new careers consultant Kathryn Mountford

Where will your PhD career journey take you? I joined Sussex in August this year, following three decades in Human Resource management, most recently working as the Head of HR at Genomics England. I really enjoyed being part of the leadership team working with the NHS to embed genomic analysis into routine healthcare. Also, working …

Candle-making fun and festivities: 6th December

The final PhD Creative Outlets of the Autumn term will be running next week, on Monday 6th December, and to kick off the festive season, we will be making candles! It's taking place on-campus in the Meeting House from 4pm, but feel free to drop by whenever suits you. The session is open to all …

Can’t make it to a workshop? Our Researcher Development Online site has you covered

For many doctoral researchers, attending classroom-based workshops on a regular basis is unrealistic - whether that's because of location, caring responsibilities, or because they're studying (and working) part-time. The Covid-19 pandemic has brought this issue to the fore. In the Doctoral School we are committed to providing more online resources that you can engage with …

Creative Outlets PhD Craft and Chat, November 18th – Collage

Our next Creative Outlets session - Thursday November 18, 4pm, at the Meeting House - is open to all PhD students at the University of Sussex and will be focused on collaging! Collaging has been particularly soothing for me over the past year or so, making posters, cards and zines using a range of different materials. …

How do you solve a problem like reference management software? Join our drop-in surgery, 19 November

One thing that the past couple of years has shown us, is just how good for researchers remote learning can be. Putting all the talk of Zoom fatigue aside, remote training enables researchers to fit sessions around their busy work/life schedules, remote conferences have been a blessing for anyone with caring responsibilities, and remote supervision …

Register now to receive downloadable recording releases of quantitative skill resources – 10th December

We are pleased to offer three downloadable recording resources, available to all postgraduate researchers this December. If you'd like to learn more about some key quantitative methods, or just brush up on your skills ahead of your data analysis - then these resources might come in very helpful! All recordings will be available on the …

How new technologies are aiding research – Digital Discovery Week, 8-12 November

Digital Discovery Week is your chance to find out about the exciting ways new technologies are contributing to research at Sussex, and try out tools that could help in your own research. Check out the events below, and see the Library's #DDW webpage for full listings and to book. Open data technologies at CERN and …

PGR job opportunity: Postgraduate Student Facilitators

The Student Life Centre are currently advertising the role of: Postgraduate Student Trainers/Facilitators, which is now live on CareerHub, that may be of interest to current Postgraduate Research students that are looking for part-time work. The team are looking for a group of postgraduate researchers to deliver their 'Healthy Relationships' workshops. They are looking specifically …