York Open Research Awards: Recipients Announced

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

Launch Event: Postgraduate Pedagogies Journal (Volume 2)

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)

Call for Posters: Doctoral Poster Workshop on Human Rights

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

Job Opportunity – Two Research Trainees, Department of Social Policy and Social Work

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

ACU-Early Careers Researcher Training Programme on Presentation Skills and Proposal Writing

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

Designing an Online Academic Poster Presentation

Virtual conferences have enabled researchers to communicate and share their work online during the pandemic, leading us to wonder whether online meetings could now become the norm? We asked Jamie Cockcroft, a third year PGR student from Psychology to share his top tips on how to design an effective poster presentation for an online conference. … Continue reading Designing an Online Academic Poster Presentation

World Universities Network – Networking Workshops

WUN (World Universities Network of which York is a member), in collaboration with UNESCO and UNSDSN, is holding a series of free virtual networking workshops for early career researchers (ECRs) under the theme of ‘developing the next generation of research leaders for sustainable development’. The workshops will bring together early career researchers from all around the world interested in establishing connections to colleagues … Continue reading World Universities Network – Networking Workshops

Covid 19: Update for fieldwork guidance

Following the email earlier in the week stating that fieldwork has been suspended, we can provide the following update: Specific approvals are needed for a limited amount of essential field work. All fieldwork activities, including face-to-face data collection, will ordinarily have a risk assessment and guidance (or standard operating procedure) produced prior to them being … Continue reading Covid 19: Update for fieldwork guidance