Doctoral researcher wellbeing reflective group

Are you doing research with difficult, emotive or sensitive materials? Is this causing you stress or affecting your wellbeing in other ways? Would it be helpful to talk about your experiences with other doctoral students doing similar work? We are offering a new peer discussion group to provide a space for you to share concerns, …

Hive Festive Winter Social! Join other doctoral researchers for a games night on 01 December

Bells, and cakes, and lights and trees. We can't believe we are already at the end of the year. A year that seems to have flown by us. Before we close the calendar year , the Hive Research Scholars would like to invite all Sussex Doctoral Researchers to the 2022 Hive Festive Winter Social! Take …

The Brilliant Club – PhD and ECR opportunities 2022-23

Looking for paid opportunities alongside your PhD? The Brilliant Club is an award-winning university access charity. They recruit and train PhD students and ECRs to support less advantaged school pupils access the most competitive universities and succeed when they get there.  The Brilliant Club provides PhDs and ECRs training in widening participation, research communication, and …

What is Research Culture and why does it matter? New podcast episodes from the University of Leeds

Across the globe, the urgent need for a better Research Culture in Higher Education is widely accepted – but how do you make it happen?  In Season 2 of a new podcast from the University of Leeds, Research Culture Uncovered, conversations are revolving around what is Research Culture and why does it matter? The first …

Sussex Nightline – a confidential listening service run for students by Sussex students

Have you heard of Sussex Nightline? Sussex Nightline is a confidential listening service run for students by Sussex students. It offers non-judgmental and non-advisory support for its callers, no matter what situation they are in. Nightline accepts all calls, be it for a casual chat or to support those who are really struggling. It runs overnight while …

Call for Participants in Research Study: The Lifelong Researcher – Supporting Doctoral Students’ Development of Digital Literacies

Digital skills are a fundamental part of historical research in the twenty-first century: historians produce, consume, and interact with all manner of information in online environments. Dr Hope Williard, is a fellow researcher on the AHRC-RLUK Professional Practice Fellowship Scheme, and is underataking a research project, ‘The Lifelong Researcher: Supporting Doctoral Students’ Development of Digital …

Visa costs added to Doctoral Overseas Conference Grant for Sussex PhD researchers

A change to the Doctoral Overseas Conference (DOC) Grant, coming into force on 9 November 2022, means that for the first time visa costs will be covered by the fund. If you're presenting your doctoral research at a conference overseas and require a visa to travel to the host country, you can now apply for …

Introducing Charity Ubia – your Postgraduate Research Officer at the Students’ Union

Charity Ubia is a PhD researcher at the University of Sussex Business School and joined Sussex in September 2022. Charity was recently elected as Postgraduate Research Officer at the Students' Union representing all doctoral researchers at Sussex.  My research explores the role of Nation Branding in Nigeria's Oil and Gas Industry. This study aims to examine the …

Open Research in Sussex – PGRs invited to respond to short survey

As part of the efforts from the Open Research Working Group, who are working towards discovering and linking people and groups inside University that are already working on projects related (or that implement) Open Research practices (eg open data, open access, open source hardware, etc), doctoral researchers are asked to respond to a small survey …

‘There is life beyond the PhD!’ Attending the Cumberland Lodge Conference

In August 2022, the ‘Life Beyond the PhD’ conference took place at Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park. Two PhD researchers and one ECR were funded by Sussex to attend, offering them the opportunity to share their experiences with other researchers from around the UK and to take part in invaluable training in communication, public engagement, and …