PhD Research Student Development Programme - Upcoming events

Tuesday 21 April 2009

Careers in Academia - Vitae Event

On Monday 8th June Vitae are holding a one-day conference for postgraduate researchers focusing on Careers in Academia. The event is in Birmingham, and will be repeated later in the year in Bristol.

Participants will have the opportunity to:

* meet with current academics from a range of disciplines to hear about their experiences of an academic careers and ask the questions you’ve always wanted to, but weren’t sure who to ask

* explore how to market yourself for a career in academia, both within your department, and at interview

* look at how to write effective grant/paper applications

*discover what life is like as a postdoctoral researcher

*work with fellow researchers and share experiences with other participants


Further details can be found here.

Wednesday 15 April 2009

Are you working on Human Centred Technology?

The University of Sussex is proud to announce the 11th Human-Centred Technology Postgraduate Workshop, and invites postgraduate students to participate in this year’s event in Brighton, England.

HCT is generally concerned with interactions between people and technologies, particularly in everyday contexts. Themes include, but are not limited to,

* Affective Computing
* Human-Computer Interaction
* User-Centred Design
* Pervasive Computing
* Social Networking
* Virtual Worlds
* Video Games
* Music
* Tangible and Embodied Interfaces
* Computer Supported Collaborative/Cooperative Work
* E-Learning

Delegates from previous years have remarked on the excellent opportunities for networking with other postgraduate students researching in the diverse and exciting area of human-centred technology, as well as the applied workshop activities to help improve research skills in practical ways. Additionally delegates have the opportunity to present their research during short poster and demo sessions. This is an ideal opportunity to get friendly and constructive feedback on your own work from peer researchers in the field.

Details of how to apply to be part of this conference can be found here.

Tuesday 7 April 2009

Spring issue of GRADBritain out

The Spring 09 issue of GRADBritain, the magazine by and for PhD researchers, is out now. You can download a copy from here.

In this issue you will find reflections on a GRADschool experience, an article about the role of academia in the arts, the importance of building up an on-line profile and much more. Definitely worth a look!

Also, don't forget that GRADBritain are always seeking contributions from PhD students, so if you're interested in writing an article see the author guidelines here. The deadline for articles for the summer issue is June 1st.