News and information for all postgraduate researchers at the University of York.
We are always looking for ways to enhance the learning and supervision experience. To do that, we need your feedback on your experience. The Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES) is the only national survey of postgraduate researchers’ experience. We use the feedback to improve the experience of PGRs. The survey is an opportunity for you … Continue reading Give your feedback in the Postgraduate Research Experience Survey
Do you check emails or constantly find ways to distract yourself from your work? Are you very self-critical about your ability to work? Do you feel drained yet have nothing to show for it? Explore the causes of procrastination and look at practical ways to overcome putting things off. Read our tips to beat procrastination. Come … Continue reading Pushing through procrastination
As we develop our University Strategy, we’re exploring different ways of talking in our communications, so we can better connect with you and others. Please could you spare five minutes to let us know the words and messages that best resonate with you? There are three simple questions and you’ll be shown a number of … Continue reading Take part in our survey to help shape what we say about York
The next session in the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) Early Career Researcher International Network Development Series is now open for registration. The focus area of this session is Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, and will take place on Wednesday 24 March. The workshops are intended to bring together early career researchers from … Continue reading WUN ECR Networking Workshop: Registration open
Be part of York’s history and enter a unique competition to design the shield for the new Anne Lister College, opening September 2021. We’re looking for draft ideas or completed designs. Submit your design by Friday 23 April. Find out more about the Anne Lister College shield competition
As a response to the pandemic, the Postgraduate Research Writing-up+ Support Fund provides financial support for postgraduate researchers who are currently in their writing-up period or who have been granted an extension to their studies. The Fund has now also been extended to PGRs who are due to enter their writing-up or an extension period … Continue reading Updated criteria: Postgraduate Research Writing-up+ Support Fund
As members of the York Graduate Research School community you are warmly invited to take advantage of the academic skills training and community groups organised by the Academic Skills Community team. These complement the peer to peer led Thrive and Survive and transferable skills sessions offered by the RET Team. PhD Community Group The Academic … Continue reading Academic Community Group and Skills Sessions
Are you a PhD student who wants to connect with others in a less formal environment? If so, this community group event could be what you are looking for. Each week, PhD students from diverse backgrounds and academic disciplines get together to share thoughts, ideas, ways of working – and so much more! The idea … Continue reading Join the PhD Community Group
The Emergency Student Support Fund has reopened. The Emergency Student Support Fund (ESSF) aims to provide short-term financial support for the unanticipated needs of York students caused or exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Students can apply for a maximum of £500 of non-repayable funding. All current students who are fully-registered at the University of York … Continue reading Emergency Student Support Fund open
The Covid-19 PhD Scholarship Fund is a package of support for PhD researchers receiving their stipend via York, and for UK self-funded PhD researchers, who have been most impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Postgraduate researchers can request up to three months of scholarship funding, either through a partial fee waiver or an additional stipend payment. … Continue reading Covid-19 PhD Scholarship Fund (CPSF) – Round 2 open
