Inside//Out PhD Festival

After the success of our two PhDfest, we are thrilled to announce our third Inside//Out PhD festival on the 22nd of January 2020. Inside//Out invites PhD researchers at all stages from across the Arts, Design and Media faculty to join the festival line-up to present / discuss / exhibit / perform their research. It offers a […]

Drink/Discuss

6/8 Kafe Millennium Point, Birmingham

Come and join us for our regular monthly session, where you can get a drink and meet up with other research colleagues. This is an informal gathering where you can gain new perspectives, share successes and problems, and talk through ideas; or perhaps just be around people, and take a break from your research journey.

Brilliant Club research cafe

C484, Curzon Building

The Brilliant Club offers a unique paid opportunity for current and completed PhD researchers! Tutors deliver programmes of university-style teaching based on their research to small groups of high-performing pupils in schools that serve disadvantaged communities based on their research to help them secure places at top universities. Enjoy free coffee/tea/cake, find out more about applying, and hear from current […]

Free

Shut up and Write!

C384, Curzon Building

Ever want to have just a few hours in amidst all the PhD chaos to just focus on writing? These regular Shut Up & Write sessions offer a space for like-minded PhD students to meet and get on with, well errr … writing! Tea, coffee and snacks will be available. Feel free to bring food! […]

Free

Drink + Discuss

Come and join us for our regular monthly session, where you can get a drink and meet up with other research colleagues. This is an informal gathering where you can gain new perspectives, share successes and problems, and talk through ideas; or perhaps just be around people, and take a break from your research journey.

Writing intensive workshop (with Helen Kara) – postponed

C428 (9:30a.m.) and C459 (1p.m.) 4 Cardigan Street, Birmingham

Sadly, we have had to postpone the writing intensive workshop. This is a precaution, related to the ongoing situation with COVID-19. We hope to reschedule this as soon as we can. Are you an Arts, Design & Media PhD researcher in the mid to late stages of your PhD and working hard on your thesis? […]

Free

Demystifying the P-A-P

Microsoft Teams

The Progression Assessment Panel (sometimes abbreviated to PAP) arrives at the end of the first year for all doctoral candidates. 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.? Dr Sian Vaughan will lead a informal […]

PhD Writing Intensive

Microsoft Teams

We've adapted our popular one-day Writing Intensive with Dr Helen Kara into three online shorter sessions! Each session will include group half-hour writing sessions, with breaks in between, plus opportunities to discuss academic writing with Helen and your fellow students. This intensive is for writing first draft material; you’ll need to arrive ready to work […]

The Brilliant Club research cafe

The Brilliant Club offers a unique paid opportunity for current and completed PhD researchers! Tutors deliver programmes of university-style teaching based on their research to small groups of high-performing pupils in schools that serve disadvantaged communities based on their research to help them secure places at top universities. Join our online research cafe with a cup of coffee to find […]

Drink + Discuss

Microsoft Teams

Come and join us for our regular weekly session, where you can grab a drink and meet up with other research colleagues. This is an informal gathering where you can gain new perspectives, share successes and problems, and talk through ideas; or perhaps just be around people, and take a break from your research journey. […]

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