The University will soon be launching the new Studentship Approval Recording Tool (StART), an app for recording the full financial details and governance approvals for individual studentships. This app will help streamline the launch of studentship projects and ensure the finances are set up correctly. This should improve both the PGRs’ and supervisors’ experience. The […]
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Similarly to the last few years, Surrey continues to be involved in the Collaborative Virtual Writing Retreats offered by a group of UK universities that are working together to offer more regular writing opportunities for their researchers. If you are a PGR at Surrey, you can join any of the writing retreats listed on the […]
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AcWriMo is an international initiative that takes place every November. At Surrey, we put together a programme of writing development workshops, writing retreats and other activities for PGRs to support their academic writing. Have a look at the AcWriMo 2024 programme below and sign up for the sessions you are interested in here. Date Time Event […]
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In addition to the writing retreats and writing cafés offered at Surrey (which you can sign up for on Surrey Self-Service), our doctoral and early career researchers can benefit from collaborative Virtual Writing Retreats offered by a group of universities that we have teamed up with. These retreats are of varying lengths and formats, and […]
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We are very pleased to welcome AcWriMo (Academic Writing Month) to Surrey again! AcWriMo takes place every November and provides a great opportunity for our doctoral researchers to engage in some writing development activities and make progress with their academic writing. Have a look at the AcWriMo 2023 programme below and sign up for as […]
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By Nadya Yakovchuk (Lecturer in Academic Writing, Doctoral College) In early July we hosted our annual Doctoral College Summer Writing Retreat – an intensive two-day event aimed at supporting PGRs and ECRs in making substantial progress with their writing. Since emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been running this retreat in a hybrid format. […]
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