News and information for all postgraduate researchers at the University of York.
Running from 2022 to 2026 and led by Black, Asian and minority ethnic female professors from six universities — Goldsmiths, Leeds, Plymouth, Reading, Sheffield, and Sunderland — the aim of Generation Delta is to lay the foundations for a long-term increase in the number of women of Black, Asian and minority ethnic heritage who are … Continue reading Generation Delta Annual Student Survey 2023
The White Rose Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership is running a range of online courses centred around wellbeing specifically in the context of postgraduate learning and research. Academic Writing: Reducing Anxiety4 May10am – 1pmThe academic writing course is a practice-based 7-step strategy developed by Dr Catriona Ryan SFHEA which turns the traditional approach to academic … Continue reading WRDTP: PGR Wellbeing in Research and Learning
Deadline: 1 August 2022 We understand from departments that Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) may be being approached for support by students in need or distress, or encountering them unexpectedly in the routine course of your teaching, even as you are strictly speaking not supposed to be offering wellbeing support to students. Not only is this … Continue reading GTAs and Student Wellbeing and Support: Focus Group Invitation
Struggling to sleep? Read our tips for getting a good night’s sleep and come along to our online workshop this Thursday (22 April) where college tutors will provide guidance and share some practical techniques to help improve your sleep. Book your place at the sleep workshop Future wellbeing workshops Pushing through perfectionism Overcoming feelings of worry and … Continue reading Secrets to successful sleep
The PGR liaison officer explains why we have decided to change the name of the ‘PhD Survival’ project