Doctoral College news

The latest news and updates from the postgraduate research (PGR) and early career researcher (ECR) community at the University of Surrey

Call for Student Panel Members – Validation of University of Surrey Programmes  

Dear students, We are seeking to appoint student panel members to validate new programmes at the University of Surrey. Please see the attached flyer. As a panel member, you would provide vital student perspective on one of these new programmes. Training is provided. There will be some correspondence related to the validation/periodic enhancement and you […]


Celebrating the Recent Publication of work by a Surrey Black Scholar, Jacqueline Bleicher, co-authored with Professor Prashant Kumar.

Climate Change endangers 3.6 billion lives worldwide, especially in coastal cities, an urgent call for action. Urban areas must transform to become climate resilient and sustainable. Following PRISMA-SCR methodology,  Jacqueline Bleicher and Professor Prashant Kumar review and identify key urban design principles that resolve regional climate hazards, identified by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). […]


Studentship Approval Recording Tool: coming soon

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 […]


Academic Writing Month (AcWriMo) 2024

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 […]


Collaborative Writing Retreats in 2023-24

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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