In DC News this week, we posted a piece about Conception X: Cohort VI Discovery Session for prospective PhD students, held on 15 November 2022. Conception X is a programme and platform that helps PhD students become venture scientists and commercialise their research in impactful ways. Via a nine-month programme that includes training, coaching and […]
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I like to think of myself as a reasonable person, able to take criticism and comment in a level-headed manner and willing to change and adapt my behaviour and plans in light of targeted advice or critique. There is, however, something uniquely excruciating for me about receiving and reading comments from peer reviewers. I just […]
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All staff and PGRs are invited to: SABMA Blockchain Training Session 2 1-2pm Monday 21st November 2022 at APLAB2, Stag Hill To learn The difference between Web 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 The fundamentals of blockchain What is Smart Contract Basics of Smart Contract Simple Smart Contract by using Solidity Compiling, testing & deploying Smart Contracts 2 popular […]
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The School of Psychology would like to invite you to this seminar on Wednesday 23rd November 2022, 12:00-13:00 We are delighted to announce our speaker Dr Benjamin Gardner, CPsychol MBPSs – Reader in Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Surrey Abstract ‘Often what we do is what we do often.’ Much of our everyday behaviour is done […]
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Thinking about the big picture When I began my PhD, I, like many PGRs in my faculty and others, had the same query: why is our three-year PhD thesis supposed to be 80,000 words long? Why not 75,000? Or 90,000? Or 100,000? I haven’t seen a definitive explanation as to why 80,000 words came to […]
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Guest post from Dr Christine Daoutis, Open Research Manager, Library and Learning Services Happy Academic Writing Month! We hope that your writing is going well and that you’ve had the chance to set some goals, adopt some good writing habits and share tips with others along the way. This post is not about writing as […]
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