Resources

Useful information and opportunities for PGRs

Funding Opportunities

Details	Links
Arts and Humanities Research Council	www.ukri.org/councils/ahrc
British Academy	www.britac.ac.uk/funding-opportunities
Arts Council England	www.artscouncil.org.uk
Horizon 2020: the EU framework for research and innovation	https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/what-horizon-2020
Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions	https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/about_en
Economic and Social Research Council	http://www.esrc.ac.uk/funding/funding-opportunities/
European University Institute	https://www.eui.eu/ProgrammesAndFellowships
Leverhulme Trust	https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/grant-funding

Careers

Details	Links
Find a postdoc: Job listings for new and recently qualified PhDs	www.findapostdoc.com/
Jobs.ac.uk: The leading platform for academic jobs in the UK	jobs.ac.uk
Humanities and Social Sciences net: Job opportunities worldwide	https://www.h-net.org/jobs/
The Guardian: For jobs within and beyond academia	https://jobs.theguardian.com
BCU careers service	www.bcu.ac.uk/student-info/student-affairs/careers-and-job-prospects

Communities and Networks - at Birmingham City University

Communities and Networks - beyond the University

Details	Links
British Black Academics: A network of academics dedicated to tackling racial inequality in higher education	http://blackbritishacademics.co.uk
British Council Network UK: to help you make the transition to take up a research post in the UK smoothly	www.britishcouncil.org/study-work-abroad/alumni-uk
British Federation of Women Graduates	bfwg.org.uk
Euro doc: an international federation of researchers from the European Union and the Council of Europe	www.eurodoc.net/eurodoc
The Guardian Higher Education Network	www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network
Midland4Cities doctoral training partnership	www.midlands4cities.ac.uk
The National Union of Students	https://www.postgraduateforum.com
The Times Higher Education	www.timeshighereducation.com

Development and Training

Details	Link
The Brilliant Club: An award-winning charity that exists to increase the number of pupils from under-represented backgrounds progressing to highly-selective universities	www.thebrilliantclub.org
Society for Research in Higher Education	www.srhe.ac.uk
Advance-HE: a member-led, sector-owned charity that works with institutions and higher education across the world to improve higher education for staff, students and society	www.advance-he.ac.uk
Midland4Cities research training	www.midlands4cities.ac.uk
UK Council for Graduate Education	www.ukcge.ac.uk/
Vitae: A national organisation set up to provide support for training for all postgraduate researchers.	www.vitae.ac.uk
Nadine Muller: A regularly updated blog with helpful sections for Research Survivors and Guides to Academia	www.nadinemuller.org.uk/category/the-new-academic
The Thesis Whisperer: A blog newspaper dedicated to the topic of doing a thesis and has a number of useful sections relevant to PGRs	https://thesiswhisperer.com
‘Piling Higher and Deeper’ - the PhD comic	http://phdcomics.com/comics.php

Welfare and Wellbeing

Details	Link
Disability support at BCU	www.bcu.ac.uk/student-info/student-affairs/enablement-and-wellbeing/disability-support
Mental health and wellbeing at BCU	www.bcu.ac.uk/student-info/student-affairs/enablement-and-wellbeing/mental-health-and-wellbeing/overview
Research Councils UK Disabled Student Allowance	DSA-Framework-March-2021.pdf

Library

Details	Link
BCU Library Resources	www.bcu.ac.uk/library
British Library	www.bl.uk/
ETHoS	https://ethos.bl.uk/
The School library liaisons are:
Emma Brown	School of Art School of Game, Film and Animation School of Visual Communication Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Chloe Smith	School of Architecture & Design School of English School of Fashion & Textiles School of Jewellery School of Media
Susan O'Sullivan	School of Social Sciences

Student Reps

Name	Discipline
Emily Scarrott	Birmingham Institute of Creative Arts
Harrison Charles	Birmingham Institute of Media and English
Daniel Blanco Albert	Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Roxanne Korda	Midlands4Cities

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