News and information for all postgraduate researchers at the University of York.
January can be a time of reflecting on the past year, whilst thinking about the months ahead. What better way to start your year than with a look at potential extra opportunities and experiences that you could take part in, to really get the most out of your PhD? Join our Postgraduate Careers Consultant, Janice … Continue reading Making the most of your PhD
Work placements are available for BBSRC-funded PhD students under the Doctoral Training Partnership programme. You should be interested in gaining work experience at BBSRC’s Swindon office in: corporate policy and strategy science and innovation policy public engagement project management. You can gain work experience unrelated to your PhD through a three-month professional work placement at … Continue reading BBSRC: professional internships for PhD students
Pint of Science returns to venues across York in 2022 to continue its mission of empowering individuals and organisations to engage with the public and share their scientific research in an accessible, relaxed, and creative manner. They are looking for volunteers in York to help make Pint of Science happen. This will involve helping to … Continue reading Help make Pint of Science happen
The 2022 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science UK & Ireland Rising Talent Programme awards five outstanding early-career women scientists a grant of £15,000 to support their research in the fields of Physical Sciences, Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Life Sciences and Sustainable Development. The awards have been designed to provide flexible and practical financial support to … Continue reading L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Rising Talent Programme
YorkTalks Wednesday 12 January 2022Ron Cooke Hub Join us at our popular showcase event to find out more about York’s research in bite-size 15 minute talks. Subjects this year include plastic pollution mental health resilience robots in space coding skills for musicians There are 16 talks throughout the day split into four sessions – you … Continue reading YorkTalks 2022
Booking now: Introduction to Teaching and Learning training Spring and Summer Terms If you’re planning to teach as a GTA at York, you need to complete this training (once only), delivered by Academic Practice. Introduction to Teaching and Learning
The University of York is leading a region-wide project to help improve opportunities for under-represented postgraduate students. The University is part of the Yorkshire Consortium for Equity in Doctoral Education (YCEDE) which has been awarded funding from the Office for Students and Research England to tackle ethnic inequalities in access to postgraduate research. Regional partners … Continue reading Improving opportunities for under-represented postgraduate researchers
The British Library Doctoral Open Days are aimed at first-year PhD students to explain the practicalities of using the Library and accessing its resources. To make the Open Days more easily accessible to PhD students nationally, the 2022 events series is largely delivered online. The webinars take place every Wednesday afternoon between 12 January and 2 … Continue reading British Library Doctoral Open Days open for bookings
Reflections on Learning and Teaching in the Autumn Term 2021-22Tuesday 14 December • online • 2-3.30pm Call for contributions from staff and students on experiences of learning and teaching during the Autumn Term 2021-22: what have your experiences of learning and teaching been like this term? how have experiences gained during the remote teaching phases … Continue reading Reflections on learning and teaching in the Autumn Term 2021-22
The PhD Spotlight poster competition is an opportunity for researchers from all disciplines to demonstrate the value of their research to society. Enter the PhD Spotlight competition for the chance to exhibit your research as part of YorkTalks, a key University research showcase event, and to win prizes. Application deadline: 5pm on Monday 29 November … Continue reading Develop your research communication skills and raise your profile
