News and information for all postgraduate researchers at the University of York.
This year, we’re expanding University Mental Health Day into a whole week of activities, under the theme ‘Five Ways to Wellbeing’. With a packed list of events including wellbeing workshops to an Instagram takeover with York Student Minds, there are a range of options and resources to explore. See also our collection of wellbeing resources … Continue reading University Mental Health Day
Now is a good time to check on your IT security. Remember to: Enable two-factor authentication by Tuesday 22 March and use it for access to apps and systems Don’t reply or click on links in unsolicited emails asking for usernames or passwords – if in doubt, go directly to the web page or app … Continue reading Maintain good IT security
The deadline to receive bids for the next round of YGRS Conference Funding for self-funded PhD researchers is midnight on Tuesday 1 March 2022. Bids can be made for research activities including but not limited to conferences. Applicants may also bid for funding to support training courses, language courses, summer schools or similar events in or outside the UK or online. Find out more … Continue reading YGRS Conference Fund for self-funded PhDs
The Research Excellence Training Team is now offering a limited number of training sessions face to face. This term’s remaining face to face training sessions are: Preparing a Funding Proposal 24th Feb, 11:00-13:00 Career Planning 3: Developing Your Career Plan 1st March, 09:30-11:30 Academic Careers: CVs & Applications 1st March, 15:30-17:00 Getting Published in Peer-Reviewed Journals 9th March, 13:00-15:00 … Continue reading Face to face research skills training
The Maths Skills Centre is recruiting PhD researchers working across all disciplines to teach. You must have: a good first degree in a subject with a large mathematical or statistical content a good grounding in first-year undergraduate Mathematics and/or Probability and Statistical Theory a good level of digital literacy – with knowledge of Statistical software- … Continue reading Teaching opportunities in Maths Skills Centre – Statistics
UKRI is offering up to £15,000 for a 12-week research placement in Canada for UKRI-funded doctoral students. Placement projects can be on a topic unrelated to your studies, helping to create multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary researchers. Placement projects should not include activities that are part of your planned PhD. Placements must take place between 1 August … Continue reading Opportunity: Research placement in Canada
The University has partnered with Flywire to accept payments from international students worldwide. Using Flywire you can easily and securely make tuition fee and accommodation payments in your own currency, using local payment methods. Flywire also offers real-time tracking of payments, bank transfer price match guarantee, competitive rates and 24/7 multilingual support from the Flywire team. … Continue reading Flywire international payments
The Research Excellence Training Team is hosting a workshop for postgraduate researchers and early careers researchers with little or no experience of developing funding applications. Preparing a Funding ProposalThursday 24 Feb 2022 11:00 – 13:00Ron Cooke Hub This workshop will help you to: Recognise the wide range of potential sources of research funding that exists … Continue reading Preparing a funding proposal
Career Planning 2: Understanding your PersonalityTuesday 15 February 2022, 09:30-11:30, ATB/042 This is the second of a series of workshops that will help you to plan your next career steps, but each one can be attended as a stand-alone session. This workshop will focus specifically on understanding your personality preferences using the Myers Briggs Type … Continue reading Career planning workshop for PGRs
In the Library we’ve changed how study space bookings work based on student feedback. We now have a blended approach, with some spaces remaining bookable and some not. The Morrell 2nd floor, Fairhurst 1st floor and Burton 1st floor are areas where booking is required, as are all Single and Group Study Rooms. The rest … Continue reading A new approach to booking study space in the Library
