Postgraduate Pedagogies is an online open-access journal devoted to articulating and sharing the perspectives of graduate teaching assistants (GTAs). They publish texts that convey the experiences, reflections, and analyses of current and recent graduate teaching assistants, those who work with GTAs, and those who support them. The journal is holding a competition to design the … Continue reading Postgraduate Pedagogies Journal: Call for artwork
Facilitator opportunities – deadline 11 Jan
Careers and Placements are recruiting a small team of postgraduates to help facilitate a range of Community Projects. These are part time paid roles (£14.06 per hour), starting in Spring term week 3 (23rd Jan) and running until week 4 of Summer term (12th May). Community Projects are delivered by small teams of student volunteers, and … Continue reading Facilitator opportunities – deadline 11 Jan
ACU Summer School 2023: Applications now open
Deadline: Monday 30 January 2023 Applications are now open for the Association of Commonwealth Universities’ (ACU) Summer School 2023, which will be hosted by Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Taking place from 2 – 10 July 2023, the Summer School is a fascinating opportunity for interested students to learn about the political, social and economic … Continue reading ACU Summer School 2023: Applications now open
Library opening hours over the winter break
The Library will have winter vacation opening hours between Saturday 24 December and Tuesday 3 January. All Library buildings and services will be open as normal until Friday 23 December. The Morrell helpdesk and chat/email services will be closed from Saturday 24 December until Tuesday 3 January. Kings Manor Library will also be closed during … Continue reading Library opening hours over the winter break
GSA: Become a Network Coordinator
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
Creativity Lab: learn about emerging technologies
Based in the Harry Fairhurst Building, the Creativity Lab is a vibrant hub for all things digitally creative, offering local businesses, academic colleagues and students the opportunity to play with and learn about emerging technologies. Whether you want to develop new skills and access technical support through our range of practical kit workshops and masterclasses or for those … Continue reading Creativity Lab: learn about emerging technologies
YESI: Training on fieldwork safety, better peer review
The York Environmental Sustainability Institute was set up by the University of York to facilitate and deliver world-class collaborative interdisciplinary research on environmental sustainability. YESI is running a number of training courses that may be of interest to postgraduate researchers: Sign up for events via the YESI Eventbrite page
Come to YorkTalks and the PhD Spotlight competition!
Join us on Wednesday 11 January 2023 for a rollercoaster journey through a series of free short talks highlighting the breadth and depth of the fascinating research underway at York. Topics this year range from feeding the world with crop waste and bugs, single-session phobia treatments for children, limitless clean energy production – and much more… … Continue reading Come to YorkTalks and the PhD Spotlight competition!
Take part in Research Culture Cafés
Over the next few months we’re running a series of Research Culture Cafés to get input from our research community into the topics we should address in our forthcoming Research Culture Action Plan. These are informal opportunities to raise issues, highlight best practice, and share your thoughts and ideas about research culture at York. The sessions will … Continue reading Take part in Research Culture Cafés
YGRS Induction January 2023
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