Welcome to our New Thrive & Survive Coordinator!

Hi! I’m Zara, your Thrive and Survive Coordinator. I’m a second-year PhD student in the English and Related Literature department. My research explores food studies, mysticism, and gendered embodiment in contemporary writing. I also work as a GTA, so I have a real sense of the context of current PGRs in terms of balancing teaching … Continue reading Welcome to our New Thrive & Survive Coordinator!

European Doctoral Summer School 2023

Organised by the University of York, University of Munster and Maastricht University, the European Doctoral Summer School (EDSS) offers doctoral candidates an opportunity to work with colleagues from different institutions, culture and values, in sessions that will enable you to consider how to maximise your strengths, skills, career prospects and self confidence. This year’s Summer … Continue reading European Doctoral Summer School 2023

Can you help lead our Thrive & Survive Programme?

Be a part of our award-winning ‘How to Thrive and Survive in your PhD’ initiative! Recognised across HE institutions as a leading example for Postgraduate support, The University of York’s Thrive and Survive initiative was set up to facilitate peer-peer support for PhDs, through panel discussions and community building. The aim of the initiative is … Continue reading Can you help lead our Thrive & Survive Programme?

YGRS Induction January 2023

Our next Postgraduate Researcher (PGR) Induction will be on Wednesday 25th January 2023.  The induction is open to all new PGRs who weren’t enrolled in September 2022 (or who missed our September Induction), and their supervisors. Those who attend our induction events say they would recommend it to other PGRs – so be sure to join … Continue reading YGRS Induction January 2023

The York PG Research Supervisor Programme

The University has committed to enhancing support for Postgraduate Researcher (PGR) supervisors. The York PG Research Supervisor Programme includes completion of the mandatory online ‘Being an Effective Research Supervisor Tutorial’ (BERST); a set of comprehensive web resources and a programme of workshops. FAQs about the requirements are also available. These new changes are reflected in … Continue reading The York PG Research Supervisor Programme

Be part of our award winning Postgraduate Research Student Mentoring Scheme

Did you know that the University of York has an Award Winning PGR mentoring Scheme?! This scheme matches 2nd, 3rd and final year PGR students (and part time equivalents) with a mentor – a Postdoc/Early Career Researcher at York. Everyone will want to gain different things from working with a mentor, but previous mentees asked for support … Continue reading Be part of our award winning Postgraduate Research Student Mentoring Scheme

Collaborative Academic Writing Retreats

Do you have a deadline coming up or a piece of writing that’s long overdue? Or maybe some data analysis that just keeps slipping to the bottom of your to-do list? Alongside everything else that needs to fit in with our busy research lives, it can be hard to schedule devoted time in which to sit, think, … Continue reading Collaborative Academic Writing Retreats

How Can York Reach a Just Transition to Net Zero?

What’s on offer? This workshop is to answer the question, “How can York Reach a Just Transition to Net Zero?” from the perspective of young people. The goal is to work with young people in York to find out about their communities, what they think are the key barriers and assets towards reaching net zero, … Continue reading How Can York Reach a Just Transition to Net Zero?