The Progression Assessment Panel (sometimes abbreviated to PAP) arrives at the end of the first year for all doctoral researchers. But what needs to be prepared? How long is it? Is it the same for everyone? Does it carry a notion of success or failure for the Ph.D.? This informal workshop will explore all this […]
Thinking, researching, and being online We are pleased to invite you to the final in a series of workshops on ‘thinking, researching, and being online.’ The past year has brought about changes we could hardly have predicted. With archives closed and research participants accessible only via video calls, much of the research in the humanities […]
A brilliant chair can make all the difference in making a conference, symposium or roundtable truly brilliant—for speakers as well as participants. It is also a crucial skill that you can use in teaching and even your supervision meetings! You've most probably experienced the dark side of chairing: that chair who shoehorns their research into […]
Led by Dr Helen Kara, this practical workshop will enable you to explore different aspects of the writing process, writing strategies and will be a chance for you to do some PhD writing. It is tailored specifically for Arts, Design & Media PhD researchers in the early to mid-stages of their research. Here’s what some our researcher’s […]
Completing an ethical review early on in your PhD is just the first step. Plans change, methodologies can take new directions, participants vary, and situations can be hard to predict. How do you continue to negotiate ethics along the way? This workshop will include talks from staff who have developed, and who preside over, ethical […]
Creative, collaborative, and fuelled by coffee vouchers, the ADM PhD Mentoring Scheme seeks to pair PhD students/post-docs at different stages of their research journeys in order to support and to learn from each other, and to benefit from insights across disciplines. At an initial workshop, we'll explore what mentoring is, what it might be and […]
This is the first session of the Library and Learning Resources’ Autumn Workshop for Researchers. This session will focus on open-access publishing options for BCU researchers. Please book via Moodle: Course: Working towards a Doctorate (bcu.ac.uk)
This is the second session of the Library and Learning Resources’ Autumn Workshop for Researchers series. This session will explore ways of managing your literature search. Please book via Moodle: Course: Working towards a Doctorate (bcu.ac.uk)
This is the third session of the Library and Learning Resources’ Autumn Workshop for Researchers series. This session will explore how to get your PhD theses published as monographs. Please book via Moodle: Course: Working towards a Doctorate (bcu.ac.uk)
This is the last session of the Library and Learning Resources’ Autumn Workshop for Researchers series. This session will introduce you to the opportunities for research at the University Archive & Special Collections Centre (UA&SCC). Please book via Moodle: Course: Working towards a Doctorate (bcu.ac.uk)