Surrey University College Union (UCU) is a branch of one of three trade unions formally recognised at University of Surrey, and as a higher education union, part of our remit is to represent postgraduate researchers who not only are conducting valuable research but may be additionally employed to undertake teaching duties or other work for […]
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Workshop date: Thu 17 June 14:00 – 15:00 We are looking for PGR volunteers, who would be willing to facilitate a peer to peer discussion based on questions/issues that the participants raise and a willingness to share their own experiences and expertise of having written up a dissertation/final year project. We would like representation from […]
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The University’s RIGO team are currently working with the Doctoral College to design a new ethics training workshop tailored for PGRs and ECRs. In the meantime, researchers can access a recording of one of their recent PGR-tailored ethics video presentations via their DC SurreyLearn page: Research Integrity and Governance Office (RIGO) – Doctoral College Common […]
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25th May 2021, 3-4pm. We are delighted to announce our Guest Speaker, Professor John Siraj-Blatchford. Prof John Siraj-Blatchford is an honorary Professor at the University of Plymouth, and co-director of SchemaPlay, a community interest company committed in part to the promotion of (STEM)L², an initiative that is concerned with supporting integrated approaches that include Language […]
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by Dr Karen Gravett What it means to be a PhD student, and to do a PhD, is changing. Student numbers have increased, demographics have diversified, and there has been a flourishing of new routes of doctoral study. In this recent article I reflect on this changing context in order to rethink what we mean […]
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IKEEP provides training and industry experience through the SETsquared Partnership’s (#1 Global Business Incubator) through the new Intrapreneurial Knowledge Exchange Enterprise Pathway. There are two stages to the IKEEP programme: Stage One: intrapreneurial training Consists of free intrapreneurial training that focuses on intrapreneurial skills (i.e. business model development, creative problem solving and team working) Every student who […]
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