Starting a postgraduate course should be exciting and challenging, however it can also feel isolating – especially if it is somewhere different to your undergraduate. There are many opportunities on offer to meet and connect with people when you first arrive, however what do you do when you’re several months in and still feeling alone? […]
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Guest post: Dr Christine Daoutis, Open Research Manager, Library and Learning Services Academic Writing Month is a great opportunity to reflect on writing practices, develop support networks with your peers and, of course, put time aside to make progress on your writing. Take a moment to imagine what happens when, finally, that thesis, journal article, […]
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So you did great science, got exciting results, and after probably quite a steep learning curve, you got a manuscript together that was approved by all co-authors. Excellent! That means you need to let go of the paper by submitting it to a journal, and it disappears in a black hole for several weeks/months. So […]
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5pm- 6.30pm Thursday 18th November 2021 We are delighted to be joined by two of our fabulous Employer Mentors; Achilleas and Shakar, who will share their career insights into life beyond academia. As well as describing some of the benefits of employer mentoring and how the programme can help build connections and broaden your horizons […]
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Hello from your Peer Supporters! We are all current University students in our 3rd, 4th or final year of undergraduate study, or studying at postgraduate level, so we are very familiar with all that Surrey has to offer. As Peer Supporters we have all been trained by the Wellbeing and Welfare department to provide a […]
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Guest post – Catherine Batson, Content and Faculty Librarian Manager, Library and Learning Services, University of Surrey Library and Learning Services have been working to improve the discoverability of journal articles via our subscriptions and to open access articles and we’d like to let you know of a new feature you can use for free. […]
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