Dear All,
Please find below information on the forthcoming Glasgow Grad School. This is a non-residential 4-day course. SGRS will be able to fund a small number of places on this course, but you (or your department)will need to fund your own travel to and from the event each day. Please see the weblink below for further details. Any non-RC funded student who wishes to attend must also inform me if they are seeking funding for this event.
Best wishes,
Katharine Reibig
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2ND GLASGOW LOCAL GRAD SCHOOL
TUESDAY 26 AUGUST TO FRIDAY 29 AUGUST, 9.00-4.30PM
The Graduate Centre at Glasgow Caledonian University, in partnership with Vitae, is running the 2nd Glasgow Local GRAD School. This is a 4 day non-residential course aimed at PhD students in their final and penultimate years.
The cost of the course is £400 to non-RCUK funded research students, but is free to Research Council funded students (who have not already attended a Grad School event).
The Glasgow Local GRADschool is an experiential learning course, aiming to raise participants' awareness of their personal and professional transferable skills: the majority of skills addressed will be from those outlined in the Joint Skills Statement of the UK Research Councils, (i.e. personal effectiveness, communication skills, networking and team working and career management). The Glasgow Local GRADschool has been designed for doctoral researchers and will use small facilitated groups to enable individuals to review their experiences at intervals as the GRADschool progresses.
For further information and to complete a booking form follow the link below:
http://www.gcal.ac.uk/graduatecentre/gradschool/index.html
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Katharine M. Reibig
Graduate Development Officer
Research & Enterprise Office
University of Stirling
Stirling, FK9 4LA
Tel: 01786 46 6698
hours of work: Tues, Wed & Thu only
http://www.research.stir.ac.uk/postgraduate-information/sgrs/index.php
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> Dear postgraduate students,
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> Please refer to the attachment regarding a call for papers on a free two day conference workshop based on the PhD experience. The conference will be held at University of Hull on the 17th and 18th of November 2008 and is being organised by current PhD students for PhD students.
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> The conference will provide a stimulating context within which participants will be able to develop and hone general and specific PhD research skills.
> Applications are welcome from postgraduates in all fields at any stage of their research degree. The themes of the conference include:
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> Theme 1: Defining the Research Experience
> Theme 2: The Data Gathering Experience
> Theme 3: Writing up Your Thesis, Publishing and the Viva Voce Experience
> Theme 4: Your PhD and Beyond
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> Themes will be supplemented by workshops or question-and-answer sessions with invited speakers. We welcome abstracts for 15 minute presentations on the first three themes. These abstracts can be based on your experiences and ideas from any PhD subject. Abstracts will be evaluated and those selected will have their accommodation provided and travel expenses reimbursed (£ negotiable). Alternatively, there are 40 free places reserved for those who simply want to attend the conference. Please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
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> Refer to the attached call for papers for specific details regarding the conference and use the attached conference registration form to apply (as a presenter or attendee). Return by email or hardcopy no later than October 1st, 2008 to:
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> c/o Andrew Kythreotis/Theresa Mercer
> Department of Geography
> University of Hull
> Cottingham Road
> HULL, HU6 7RX
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> Email: Andrew Kythreotis (A.Kythreotis(a)hull.ac.uk <mailto:A.Kythreotis@hull.ac.uk> ) or Theresa Mercer (T.G.Mercer(a)2005.hull.ac.uk <mailto:T.G.Mercer@2005.hull.ac.uk> )
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> Kind regards,
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> Andrew Kythreotis and Theresa Mercer
> > <<Call for papers.doc>> > > <<RegistrationForm.doc>>
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> Katharine M. Reibig
> Graduate Development Officer
> Research & Enterprise Office
> University of Stirling
> Stirling, FK9 4LA
> Tel: 01786 46 6698
> hours of work: Tues, Wed & Thu only
> http://www.research.stir.ac.uk/postgraduate-information/sgrs/index.php
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