News and information for all postgraduate researchers at the University of York.
What could you do with £1000? The GSA is offering funding of £1000 for at least four community building projects designed to specifically benefit the postgraduate student community. Applications are welcome from individual students, networks and societies, and University of York staff members. Previous examples of projects include: Find out more on the GSA website
Being a Network Coordinator is one of the most enjoyable parts of being a student at the University of York. Networks are social groups exclusively for postgraduate students, designed around specific themes. And Network Coordinators are the volunteers in charge, each with a £500 budget to spend throughout the academic year. Our Networks include PhD … Continue reading GSA: Become a Network Coordinator
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 Yorkshire Consortium for Equity in Doctoral Education (YCEDE) is pleased to announce the launch of our first Postgraduate Researcher (PGR) mentoring programme. The YCEDE PGR Mentoring programme has been created in consultation and collaboration with staff and PGRs from across the consortium to provide a bespoke mentoring programme for UK black, Asian and minority … Continue reading Bespoke mentoring programme for UK black, Asian and minority ethnic PGRs
The latest peer to peer support session in our ‘How to thrive and survive in your PhD’ series takes place on Thursday 1 December at 1pm. A common belief that the work/life balance of a PhD student is difficult to manage can be true in some cases. In this workshop, current PhD students and postdocs … Continue reading How to thrive and survive in your PhD – Work/Life Balance
We’ve re-opened applications for new postgraduate researchers to be matched with a buddy in our popular Postgraduate Researcher (PGR) Buddy Scheme! The scheme enables new PGR Students to be connected to an existing research student. They will help you settle into the York research experience, to provide a friendly welcome and help you to get to know … Continue reading New PGR? Apply for a buddy
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
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
The Career Management for Early Career Academic Researchers MOOC has re-opened and will be available to all researchers until July 2023. This online course is designed specifically for research students and staff who are exploring their career options and preparing for the next stage in their career, whether in academia or beyond. It is a 4 part/week … Continue reading Free online course: Career Management for Early Career Academic Researchers
Thank you to everyone who came to our recent Postgraduate Researcher (PGR) Induction. It was wonderful to meet so many of you and welcome you to the university! We’d really appreciate it if you could spare a couple of minutes to fill out our Induction Feedback Form – your thoughts on this year’s event will … Continue reading PGR Induction – Resources