News and information for all postgraduate researchers at the University of York.
In collaboration with The PhD Survival Project, we recently held an online discussion on “How to Survive Public Engagement and Research Communication”. The session was hosted by our very own Jamie Khoo (PGR Liaison Officer), with contributions from a range speakers – including 3 Minute Thesis and PhD Spotlight competition winners, Falling Walls finalists and people who have gained … Continue reading Top Tips for Successful Public Engagement!
Recognising that people are working at home, the RET Team have added extra iterations of the ‘Preparing for your Viva’ course at different times of day to enable people to take advantage. The 90 minute course will run online (zoom or Google Hangouts) and be supplemented with resources which will be sent two working days in … Continue reading Preparing your Viva – new online session
The RET Team are moving all training for summer term online (via Zoom, Google Hangouts and through webinars). Resources and slides will be housed in our new RET VLE and made accessible to participants in advance coupled with an online session/discussion at the time scheduled. This will be recorded where possible. If we are unable … Continue reading RETT Professional Development and Training for PGRs
Like other teams at the university, we in the Research Excellence Training Team are getting used to the strange reality of working remotely from home (we are enjoying seeing each other’s houses). We’re still here to provide a friendly (digital!) face, ongoing support, and training to the PGR community at York. Remember the research you … Continue reading An Update on PGR Training and Support
2nd March 2020, 10:30-15:30YH/001b (Research Centre for Social Sciences)Book here This training session will provide a detailed overview of the ways in which you can protect your ideas and the main types of intellectual property rights including patents, copyright, and trademarks and branding. This one day training event will be led by Vitae and the … Continue reading Upcoming Workshop – Introduction to Intellectual Property with Vitae & the Government IP Office
At this workshop current and recently graduated international University of York PhD students will present a wide range of the tips and strategies they to succeed in their PhDs whilst adapting to life in the UK. This workshop will provide a space for the discussion of what a PhD is and is not, and how … Continue reading How to survive the international PhD student experience
Vitae (in partnership with UKRIO) have been commissioned by Research England, on behalf of UKRI to undertake a research integrity landscape study considering the effects of incentives in the research system on researcher behaviour in the context of research integrity. The study involves a large-scale survey, which is currently running until Wednesday 6 November. We … Continue reading Research Integrity Survey
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