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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Academic Language and Skills for PhD This course is for students who have entered through Category 1 of the IELTS Exception policy or for any early years PhD students who may benefit from attending. The aim of the course is to help students further develop their English academic language and skills through the four areas […]
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Opportunities for PGRs and ECRs 22/23 The Brilliant Club is an award-winning university access charity. They recruit and train PhD students and ECRs to support less advantaged school pupils access the most competitive universities and succeed when they get there. The Brilliant Club provides PhDs and ECRs training in widening participation, research communication, and teaching. Researchers […]
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Discuss your innovative or business ideas with colleagues Surrey Centre for Innovation and Commercialisation (SCIC) is inviting you to our drop-in sessions. You will have an opportunity to discuss your innovative or business ideas with our colleagues. We will provide advice/consultancy on: University commercialisation Grant application Possibility to connect to external funding and investors Other issues […]
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The University of Surrey final year Tourism and Hospitality Students present an evening of sushi-making.
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