This participative online workshop will help you understand what skills and behaviours are valued by different sectors, explore ways to identify and communicate your considerable existing transferable skills and pinpoint strategies to further develop desirable skills. Your facilitator, Dr Sabina Strachan is an example of the transferability of the skills you will have cultivated during […]
In the field of educational research, the interplay between depth, ontologies, and causal powers is a topic of profound significance. This event will delve into the philosophical underpinnings of critical realism, a robust framework that challenges conventional assumptions about reality and knowledge and looks at how it is being applied in current research. This day […]
Hosted by Bud Development Feel-good ways to raise your profile for new opportunities. There’s a whole load of pressure to be seen. Start a podcast, have a website, speak at all the conferences, have a brand, tweet, don’t tweet. An endless list of self-promotional advice often leaves us feeling anxious and overwhelmed. In this […]
The late stages of a PhD can be a time of mixed emotions- excitement, pressure, relief. As you approach the end of your studies, you’re probably thinking about what’s next, and how you navigate life post-PhD. Whether you want to stay in academia, move into industry or if you have no idea about your future […]
This course will offer an in-depth exploration of decolonising academia by asking: What are the possibilities when it comes to decolonial research? This one-day course will be split into four sections: Examining the decolonial critique of academia. This will involve exploring some of the main themes found within decolonial scholarship and activism with a specific […]
The Researcher Wellbeing Group will be hosting its final guest talk of the academic year (we’ll be taking a break over August and coming back in September). This session will be a guest talk by Dr Donna Poade from Falmouth University, Cornwall. Donna is a senior lecturer in experience design and has a special academic expertise in […]
We at the SWDTP love connecting with our community and what better way than to come straight to you! The purpose of this meet-up is for students to have the chance to come and speak directly with the SWDTP team, it need not be a PhD or academic-related discussion either, we always love to simply […]
We at the SWDTP love connecting with our community and what better way than to come straight to you! The purpose of this meet-up is for students to have the chance to come and speak directly with the SWDTP team, it need not be a PhD or academic-related discussion either, we always love to simply […]
We at the SWDTP love connecting with our community and what better way than to come straight to you! The purpose of this meet-up is for students to have the chance to come and speak directly with the SWDTP team, it need not be a PhD or academic-related discussion either, we always love to simply […]
What: This hybrid condensed workshop will help participants to quickly grasp public policy analysis methods that are commonly used and to become familiar with how to write policy analysis findings. You will gain an overview of the methods and also have an opportunity to analyse sample data and discuss your thinking on the methods for […]