News and information for all postgraduate researchers at the University of York.
20th July, 10:00 – 11:30, Online While imagining our future careers and selves can be exhilarating and satisfying, our imagining can be coloured by anxiety, doubt…and not infrequently, fear. In this 90 minute session (with a break) we are going to explore the sources of career fear, understand when and why anxiety can be useful … Continue reading Take the Fear Out of Career
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
The Open Research team are pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s York Open Research Awards, celebrating projects and advocacy initiatives across a variety of disciplines and recognising work which encourages dialogue, reflection and broader thinking about some of the issues involved in open research and its implementation. The awards highlight projects from all … Continue reading York Open Research Awards: Recipients Announced
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)
Deadline for Expressions of Interest – June 13th For more information see: york.ac.uk/cahr Are you interested in human rights issues? Does your doctoral research address human rights challenges? Would you like to meet and share your experiences with a community of human rights researchers? The Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR) is soliciting proposals from … Continue reading Call for Posters: Doctoral Poster Workshop on Human Rights
Deadline: 30 May 2022Hours of Work: 11.1 hours a week, 0.3fte (1 post for 3 months, 1 post for 7 months) Interview Date: TBC About the Role The Department of Social Policy and Social Work are looking to recruit two research trainees to join our ongoing project exploring how we can use asset-based approaches to … Continue reading Job Opportunity – Two Research Trainees, Department of Social Policy and Social Work
5 April – 12 May, every Tuesday and Thursday online Join the Association of Commonwealth Universities for a free series of events with Christ University, covering training on presentation skills and proposal writing. With online sessions taking place each Tuesday and Thursday, the programme aims to help develop your skills, techniques and confidence in delivering … Continue reading ACU-Early Careers Researcher Training Programme on Presentation Skills and Proposal Writing
Applications are open for the Cumberland Lodge Fellowship 2022-24, offering doctoral students the opportunity to work with the charity on addressing the causes and effects of social division, and working towards more open and inclusive societies.
The Emerging Researchers’ Forum is a new informal network for researchers (PhD, MRes, ECRs) to share experiences, offer peer-support and socialise with those at a similar level within the University.