News and information for all postgraduate researchers at the University of York.
Postgraduate and early career researchers from a variety of UK universities are invited to join Networking Knowledge’s book review mailing list. Book reviews will be included in future issues of the journal and are generally 1,500 – 2,000 words, though longer reviews will be considered. Why take part? Book reviewing is an excellent way to … Continue reading Networking Knowledge – Call for Book Reviewers
24th June 11:30 – 12:30, Online This session has kindly been made available courtesy of our colleagues at Queen’s University Belfast. In this live online podcast recording, Dr Claire Tonry (postdoc at Queen’s) will interview Dr Kyle Matchett, lecturer in Molecular Immunology at Ulster University, and Dr Sheila McCartan, Data Strategy Team Lead at Exploristics. … Continue reading Career Insights Interviews
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, and … Continue reading Collaborative Summer Writing Retreats
Deadline: 17:00 (UK Time), 30 June 2022 About the opportunity The new ESRC Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre, co-hosted at the Universities of York and Leeds, is advertising a fully funded PhD studentship on over-policing communities of colour and vulnerability. This studentship is ringfenced for British BAME candidates and is part of a co-ordinated plan to increase diversity and inclusion among our postgraduate research community. The closing date … Continue reading ESRC and White Rose funded PhD studentship opportunity
Defra has three secondment opportunities for postdoctoral and postgraduate researchers in the area of environment and public health. Please see this document for descriptions of the roles and time commitment involved. Closing date for applications 1st July 2022.
Join the Postgraduate Pedagogies Journal team for an online event to celebrate Issue 2 of Postgraduate Pedagogies and hear about the future plans for the journal When: Thursday, 30 June, 4-5pm BST About the event The second issue of Postgraduate Pedagogies includes eight exciting and topical essays written by GTAs from a range of UK … Continue reading Launch Event: Postgraduate Pedagogies Journal (Volume 2)
Through our membership with Vitae, University of York Researchers have free access to this event. As part of our commitment to the Researcher Development Concordat, the YGRS has extended our support for postdocs and early career researchers to take part in 10 days of Professional Development, to our Postgraduate community. Researchers across the world are … Continue reading Ten is Zen: Counting 10 days of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Choose the new GSA Sabbatical Officer team for 2022/23. Sabbatical Officers lead your postgraduate union and are in the rooms where key decisions are made at the University, representing you. Have your say in who represents you for the next academic year. The roles to vote for are President, Vice-President Academic, and Vice-President Wellbeing and … Continue reading GSA elections: voting now open
The Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) is launching a student research campaign to inform its new three-year strategy and postgrads are in with a chance of winning vouchers for participating. They’re looking for students to share their thoughts with the GSA about: What your ideal student experience is What you would change about your current experience … Continue reading GSA launches strategy research project
The Brilliant Club is an award-winning university access charity. They recruit and train PhD students and ECRs to support disadvantaged school pupils access the most competitive universities and succeed when they get there. The Brilliant Club provides PhDs and ECRs training in widening participation, research communication, and teaching. Researchers are then paid to deliver academically … Continue reading Become a Brilliant Club tutor – PhD and ECR opportunities – 2022-23