Material Encounters research event: Flora Parrott

School of Art lecture theatre Margaret St, Birmingham, United Kingdom

The new MATERIAL ENCOUNTERS Research Centre in the School of Art, BCU are delighted to announce our first event with invited artist/academic Flora Parrott. MATERIAL ENCOUNTERS intends to extend and interrogate the boundaries of materiality within the context of contemporary art. The centre provides a critical intellectual space for the exploration of embodiment, subjectivity and […]

Getting to know your library

P133 The Parkside Building Birmingham City University, 5 Cardigan Street, Birmingham

As you progress through your PhD, the university library will be your most important contact point for access to a wealth of resources, whether electronic or physical. It will be your first port of call as you begin to survey the field of literature for your thesis. It will also be your last as you […]

Show me the money!

6/8 Kafe Millennium Point, Birmingham

The PGR Studio Researcher Development Fund enables Arts, Design & Media PhD students to apply for funding to organise and facilitate development initiatives. These initiatives could take the form of workshops, events, training or social activities. They should clearly benefit PhD students across ADM or within smaller research areas, enhance the ADM PhD environment and […]

Viva Survival

Curzon C315 4 Cardigan Street, Birmingham

Whether you are on the verge of your viva or want to know more about what it entails, this workshop is for you! This Viva Survival workshop aims to equip you with useful strategies to help you prepare for your viva, get through the big day itself and provide relevant information to demystify the viva […]

Working towards a doctorate: library and learning resources

Session One   Using Microsoft Word for thesis creation This practical workshop will help you incorporate essential and useful features of Microsoft Office Word for a professional finish. It covers: Inserting a cover page Navigating through large documents Using styles Page breaks, Section breaks and pagination Inserting a Table of Contents, footnotes and endnotes, and bookmarks Applying captions to figures, […]

Building your Research Profile

Joseph Priestly JP004 6 Cardigan Street, Birmingham

Organised by ADM Research, this session explores different approaches you can take that will assist you in building an external research profile. This might involve setting up a personal website, engaging with external partners or having a podcast that relates to your own research. Book your free place online here.

Teaching Practice and Academic Literacy for PhDs

MP 491

The Centre for Academic Success is running an event for PhD students on teaching practice and academic literacy on Wednesday 27th March in MP 491. Feel free to attend any time between 9:30 - 14:00. Light refreshments will be available.

ACE Funding Opportunities

Curzon B C487 Birmingham City University 4 Cardigan Street, Birmingham

Many PGRs may not have experience of securing external funding or be aware that they are eligible to apply to organisations such as Arts Council England (ACE) to deliver a project. The half-day round table (12-3pm) provides a forum in which PGRs interested in ACE can ask questions about the process, and receive guidance from ACE […]

Art Activisms

Eastside Projects 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham

We will have a number of presentations including a screening of Stuart Whipp's new film, "Necessary Amendments" (followed by a book launch); Demitrios Kargotis will talk about his recent Arts Council funded project and its post production phase; and Nat Muller will be presenting an overview of her curated show for the Venice Biennial. As part of this Art Activisms event, the second to date, we will be inviting […]

Getting to know your library

Curzon Library

As you progress through your PhD, the university library will be your most important contact point for access to a wealth of resources, whether electronic or physical. It will be your first port of call as you begin to survey the field of literature for your thesis. It will also be your last as you […]

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