Doctoral College news

The latest news and updates from the postgraduate research (PGR) and early career researcher (ECR) community at the University of Surrey

Surrey PhD student resolves galactic bar paradox through cosmic dance theory

New light has been shed on a mysterious and long-standing conundrum at the very heart of our galaxy. The new work offers a potential solution to the so-called ‘Galactic bar paradox’, whereby different observations produce contradictory estimates of the motion of the central regions of the Milky Way. The results are published in Monthly Notices […]


Re-starting Face-to-Face Research

On behalf of Saniyah Testa, Director, Research & Innovation Services and Matt Purcell, Director, Health & Safety Just as we have planned and implemented the re-opening of campus facilities to enable laboratory research to resume, we now turn to human-facing research paused due to Government restrictions on lockdown/ social distancing etc. Research which cannot be […]


Summer Virtual Careers Drop Ins

Over the Summer the careers and employability team within the Doctoral College are running careers drop in sessions for researchers. Any questions, ideas, please come and join the discussion. We are interested to hear your ideas on career identity, work/life balance, resilience, and navigating employability. Compare approaches to career management with other researchers and influence […]


Congratulations and good luck to our 2020 3MT Surrey Winner

Samantha Muir, a part time, postgraduate researcher from the Music and Media Department, has won the 2020 University of Surrey Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT) and was crowned winner at the finale of the Doctoral College Conference – New Horizons. Sam will represent the University in the national 3MT semi-finals this summer, competing for her […]


Fox Robotics Ltd. Paid Placement

Organisation Fox Robotics Ltd Dates of placement June – August (flexible)/remote working possible Organisation profile Fox Robotics is a start-up robotics company established in late 2017. We have designed a family of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) engineered to promote innovation and enhance productivity within the logistics function of any company. Our robots are quick to […]


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