• 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 […]

  • Your skills, your future: gain confidence in your transferable skills

    Zoom

    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 […]

  • Depth Ontologies and Causal Powers: Critical Realism Educational Research

    Senate House 2:22 PGR Hub Senate House, Bristol, United Kingdom

    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 […]

  • It’s Not About You – Workshop

    Exeter Details TBC, Exeter, United Kingdom

    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 […]

    Free
  • SWDTP Summer School – Write up, Reach out, and Move on

    Mercure Rougemont Hotel queen street, Exeter, United Kingdom

    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 […]