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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See our full range of Mentoring opportunities here. Despite offering a range of mentoring schemes for its researchers, the Doctoral College doesn’t quite get the PGR uptake it should. We recently asked our mentees to reflect on what they thought could be done to improve the promotion and marketing of these schemes. Surrey PGR David […]
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The University’s ECR EDI working group and the RDP team have collected together the links and resources that have helped them to improve their own understanding and awareness of EDI issues in relation to research. We want to share them with all our researchers, so they are now on our new DC EDI blog site: […]
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Getting your research to work on social media may be easy, but how do you ensure the content is popular, meaningful, and reaches the right people? As the world has moved online it’s essential to make your voice stand out, but how do you find and connect with your audience to create a live experience […]
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