• SWDTP Summer School – Building Resilience, Community and Confidence

    Zoom

    Sometimes, the greatest gift a researcher can give themselves is a bit of time to step back, regroup and remind themselves of what’s important. The SWDTP is proud to announce our first ever Virtual Summer School. Through workshops, group work and mentoring sessions, we’ll explore what being a researcher means to you and how to reach your […]

  • Addressing Secondary Trauma in Emotionally Challenging Research: impacts, coping and proactive interventions

    This workshop will offer guidance on Researcher Wellbeing Plans and Risk Assessments that consider the emotional impact of research. Researchers embark on explorations of diverse topics, aiming to deepen our understanding of the numerous issues impacting individuals in today’s society, a journey that often leads them into the more disturbing and distressing aspects of the […]

    £20
  • We Encourage Each Other to (Re)fuse: A Writing Workshop on Queer and Decolonial Practices for Liberating Participatory Inquiry

    Howard House Howard House, University of Bristol Business School, Bristol, United Kingdom

    This interactive half-day workshop is for politically engaged researchers and writers who seek to address the root causes of socio-ecological injustice, and who work with/in modern/colonial knowledge institutions and systems. Please join if you have an inkling that this might be you! During our time together, we’ll move through a flow of ‘thinking-feeling’ writing exercises […]

  • We encourage each other to (re)fuse: a writing workshop on queer and decolonial practices for liberating participatory inquiry

    This interactive half-day workshop is for politically engaged researchers and writers who seek to address the root causes of socio-ecological injustice, and who work with/in modern/colonial knowledge institutions and systems. Please join if you have an inkling that this might be you! During our time together, we’ll move through a flow of ‘thinking-feeling’ writing exercises […]

  • Home and Belonging: Summer Research Festival 2024 – AHRC, South West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership

    Zoom

    We are excited to invite you to the 2024 Summer Research Festival. Taking place on Zoom, this year’s AHRC-funded festival aims to bring researchers, students, artists, professionals, and the public together for a series of enriching workshops, presentations, and networking opportunities.   What to Expect: Exciting Keynote speakers, Valda Jackson MBE and Professor Corinne Fowler, discuss their latest […]

  • SWDTP Summer School – Find your Voice and Vision and make things happen

    Bailbrook House Hotel Eveleigh Ave, London Rd W, Bath, United Kingdom

    You didn’t get to where you are by accident. But at the start of your PhD, the thought of the task ahead can be daunting, to say the least. In this summer school, we’ll help you to combat imposter syndrome, to set healthy boundaries and to think about and develop your project management skills. Ideal for: researchers […]

  • Media Training

    Zoom

    This media and communications workshop is designed to ensure that the next time you address a rolling camera, an audience or an interview panel, you’re fully equipped to get your message across. This interactive session covers a range of tips, techniques and broadcast skills including: developing and boosting your messages, tackling nervousness, communicating academic research […]

    Free
  • Creative Methodologies Seminar: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Researching through Creativity

    Room 4.10, School of Education, 35 Berkley Square, Bristol, BS8 1JA 35 Berkley Square, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Join us for a one-day, PGR-focused seminar on creative methodologies to explore the power of creative & arts-based approaches in your research. You will have the opportunity to join in interactive workshops hearing from a range of researchers from different disciplines who have used creative approaches in their research. Drawing from the principles of doing ‘slow […]

  • Open House – University of Exeter

    University of Exeter University of Exeter, Exeter, IN, United Kingdom

    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 […]

    Free
  • 4M Conference 2024: Menstrual and Mental Health in Society

    University of Exeter University of Exeter, Exeter, IN, United Kingdom

    The Menarche, Menstruation, Menopause and Mental Health (4M) Consortium have been awarded SWDTP funding to hold the inaugural 4M conference in June 2024. Abstract submissions for the conference are now open under the overarching theme of Menstrual and Mental Health in Society. Some example topics might include: Bidirectional relationships between socioeconomic position and menstrual health […]