Dear PhD lab,
Apologies, I meant to send this through a lot sooner.
Shall we settle on a few dates to meet during the summer? I believe monthly meetings (on Teams) would make sense. That would give us three meetings until the beginning of the Autumn term.
Let’s have our first meeting once Simon is back from leave.
How about the following?
Meeting 1: Wednesday, 3rd of July
Meeting 2: Wednesday, 31st of July
Meeting 3: Wednesday, 28th of August
@Katie: Which one of these would you like to present in?
I will also schedule 1:1 meetings with all Stirling-based PhD students in June. Please let me know your availability.
Best,
Till
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Dear all,
I am pleased to introduce Francesca Pietrangeli (CC'd here), a PhD student from the University of Tuscia, Italy. Francesca will be visiting our Division in August/September 2024 and again in March 2025.
Her research focuses on integrating urban and regional indicators to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of local and place-based policies aimed at improving the local environment and quality of life.
Francesca will have a desk in the School and is keen to connect with as many of us as possible. She is interested in participating in Economics Division and Behavioural Science seminars, activities, and workshops, as well as broader School-wide events.
Francesca is looking for accommodation for August and September, too. If you know of any opportunities, please reach out to both Francesca and me directly.
Best regards,
Mirko
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Dear Econ and Behavioural Science folks!
Tim Cason from Purdue University—one of the keynote speakers at our 31 May workshop—will visit the Division a few days before the workshop. During his visit, he will be available for meetings and research discussions.
Tim is a leading expert in experimental economics, resource, and environmental economics. He has published in top journals, including those in the 'top 5'. What's important is that he is a very nice guy.
Tim will arrive on 29 May from the USA. If jet lag permits, he will be available that day and will be around on 30 May. He will be given a desk in office room 3B51, so feel free to come and say hi when you are around.
More information about Tim can be found on his website: [insert website link]. https://sites.google.com/view/tim-cason/research
I would invite PhD supervisors to encourage PhD students to meet one-on-one or in a small group with Tim.
Let me know if you want to meet and I will arrange.
Best wishes,
Mirko
PS: see the email below for more info about the workshop
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From: Gillian Geddes <gillian.geddes(a)stir.ac.uk>
Sent: 22 May 2024 13:01
Subject: Designing Markets for A Sustainable Future - Workshop on 31 May
Dear colleagues,
This is just a reminder that there are very few spots left for the workshop on Designing Markets for A Sustainable Future on Friday 31 May. If you are interested, please register soon, as we will be closing registrations on Sunday. The workshop is scheduled to take place in the Court Room.
You can find the registration button, the full agenda and more information on the following Eventbrite page:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/designing-markets-for-a-sustainable-future-f…
For any queries, please get in touch with Mirko (mirko.moro(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:mirko.moro@stir.ac.uk>) or Frans (frans.devries(a)abdn.ac.uk<mailto:frans.devries@abdn.ac.uk>).
Best wishes,
Mirko Moro and Frans de Vries
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Hi all,
I am sorry I had to perform a premature French Exit. I got a call that I had to attend a family emergency. Things turned out not to be quite as bad as they sounded on the phone but it was the right move after all.
@Jasmine, Jayne and Liz: I wanted to reiterate that you absolutely smashed it today! You presented your research to a room packed with 80+ seasoned academics and practitioners and left everyone very impressed. Leo and I were smiling and nodding at each other throughout, and everyone I talked to had very flattering things to say about you. Congratulations!
I also got an e-mail from Oliver Mallett and he had the following to say:
I was very impressed with the PhD lab and explained what I see as great practice to Ines as our PGR Director
Also, apparently Iain Docherty (Director of IAS) was in the room and he ran into Oliver afterwards. Oliver reports:
I spoke to Iain Docherty earlier and he was very happy and impressed by today's session
@Leo: What a great event, congratulations! The room was buzzing (We would have needed those air conditioners even if the weather had been bad, given the positive energy today). I have to admit, I was a bit skeptical that having 20+ flash talks in one day would work, but it did! I am really looking forward to organising more events like these (and being able to be more directly involved and of help next time) and to really harness the energy and momentum you are bringing to Stirling with you. Feeling buzzy!
Best,
Till
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Thank you all again for the extremely generous gift, that was so, so lovely of you all. 😊 Josh really enjoyed meeting everyone too!
See you all tomorrow.
Jayne
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Dear PhD lab,
Just a quick reminder that tomorrow we will have our last PhD lab this Spring term.
When: Wednesday, 1st May, 11:00
Where: On campus, 2B129 (Cottrell Building)
For those in Dublin and Aston, here is the MSTeams link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a8QjhAG78wXYGugtvgAljYXfvfBvi…
Agenda:
* We will discuss Chapter 5 of "Doing Economics” about the importance of funding
* If you haven’t done so already, please read this chapter beforehand
* Johanne will give the discussion-starter presentation
* We also have Oliver Mallett (Associate Dean of Research) as a special guest to give us invaluable input on this topic
* We may also talk about Grantway (https://grantway.induct.net/)
* Afterwards, we can, as usual, discuss any other business
* The upcoming conferences in Stirling and Dundee come to mind
* Any other things that are on your minds
* In the evening (starting at 5pm) we’ll celebrate the end of a successful Spring term at Meadowpark
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow,
Till
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Sorry, me again.
Just talked to Seda and she confirmed that any conference funds you would get through the stream described by Hector below would not cannibalise your PhD allowance of up to (2 x £750). If you want to apply to this fund, please do so by coming Wednesday.
Best,
Till
On 22 Apr 2024, at 12:25, Hector Gutierrez Rufrancos <hector.rufrancos(a)stir.ac.uk> wrote:
Hi PhD Lab,
I just got this from Seda:
Just to let you know that we have some conference surplus, which we can pay for PhD conferences. I made an annoucenemtn in PhD teams channel (hope this was visible). Here is the message:
Dear PhD students,
If you like to attend a conference, please get in touch with me with the following info:
Name of the conference
When and where
How much you request (registration fee + travel if required)
Please note that we have a very limited budget. We would like to give everyone the opportunity to attend a conference, so international conferences seem to be very expensive for us to fund at this point.
Please email me the above information as soon as possible. I will review the requests and get back to you if we can pay.
Best
Seda
I know many (all?) of you wanted to go to Dundee. This might be your chance. Can you please get in touch and we can cover your way?
Best,
Hector
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Dr. Hector Gutierrez Rufrancos
Lecturer in Economics
University of Stirling School of Management
PhD Convenor, Economics Division, University of Stirling School of Management
Director UG Programme in Economics, University of Stirling School of Management
Global Labor Organization Research Fellow
https://rufrancos.org
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Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2024 6:06:06 PM
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Subject: [Behsci] Tomorrow's PhD lab online?
Dear PhD Lab,
I have had quite a few people telling me that they cannot come to campus tomorrow. I wouldn't mind an online session myself (i.e., saving me the commute and catching up with some sleep), so how about we have tomorrow’s meeting on MSTeams?
Time as usual: 11:00
Here is the link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a8QjhAG78wXYGugtvgAljYXfvfBvi…
See you tomorrow!
Till
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Dear PhD Lab,
Just a quick reminder that tomorrow’s lab will be online.
Here is the link:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a8QjhAG78wXYGugtvgAljYXfvfBvi…
Agenda for tomorrow:
1. Jasmine will present “Heiss et al. (2021): “Inattention and Switching Costs as Sources of Inertia in Medicare Part D”
* https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.20170471
* This paper will likely form the basis of her second dissertation chapter
2. Any other business
See you tomorrow at 11.
Best,
Till
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Dear Stirling PhDs,
I am sure you will have received below e-mail as well. Can you please make sure that your Research Compass is up to date by 19th of April?
Thank you,
Till
Begin forwarded message:
From: Lisa Reid <lisa.reid(a)stir.ac.uk>
Subject: FW: Urgent - ACTION REQUIRED: IAS - Postgraduate Researchers
Date: 5 April 2024 at 13:24:40 BST
To: SMS Centre for Grad Research <smsgradresearch(a)stir.ac.uk>
Cc: Ines Branco-Illodo <ines.branco-illodo(a)stir.ac.uk>, Knut Laaser <knut.laaser(a)stir.ac.uk>, Isaac Tabner <isaac.tabner(a)stir.ac.uk>, Steve Burt <s.l.burt(a)stir.ac.uk>, Melanie McLeod <m.a.mcleod(a)stir.ac.uk>
Dear PGR students and Supervisors.
Sent on behalf of Ines Branco-Illodo, PGR Director.
In case you did not receive the message via Canvas, please note as below, the university is asking for all records to be up to date by 19th April 2024.
I attach the research compass user guide. Please let me know if you need any help.
Kind regards
Lisa
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Sent: Friday, April 5, 2024 12:08 PM
To: Lisa Reid <lisa.reid(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:lisa.reid@stir.ac.uk>>
Subject: Urgent - ACTION REQUIRED: IAS - Postgraduate Researchers
CAUTION: This email originated from outside University of Stirling. Do not follow links or open attachments if you doubt the authenticity of the sender or the content.
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Dear PGR students,
ACTION REQUIRED
An across-University team led by the Institute for Advanced Studies is currently reviewing a wide range of administrative processes to further enhance the PGR student experience from application to graduation. This ‘PGR Student Lifecycle’ project, which aims to respond to feedback from current doctoral students and via the annual PRES survey, will shortly make a variety of recommendations for changes to improve the PGR student experience, for implementation over the next few months.
One of the key workstreams of the project has been to review how we manage student data records covering a variety of issues including leaves of absence, supervisory meetings and contact points etc. We are sending this message, and requiring action from you now because during our work we have discovered that some student records in Research Compass are incomplete.
Your student records must be completed as a matter of urgency. It is imperative that these records are fully accurate and up to date. We rely on this information to inform our reporting on PGR activities to a range of external bodies including funders such as the Research Councils and UKVI. Failure to maintain accurate and up-to-date complete records will see the University breach its license to operate and endanger the recruitment and continuation of PGR students.
We require that all PGR students (irrespective of full time/part time status, and including those currently on suspension of studies/leave of absence) and their supervisors review their Research Compass records by Friday 19th of April to ensure that by then they are fully populated and up-to-date. Faculty Deans and PGR Directors will follow up with all supervisors in the week after the 19th to confirm that records for all students have been fully updated. Where records are not complete, steps will have to be taken to either complete them urgently, or to review the ongoing registration of the individual students involved.
We are afraid that there is no leeway in this for supervisors or PGR students; it is a legal compliance issue and we have no choice other than to adhere to these regulations. We should also note that these regulations are under review by UKVI and there is every likelihood that the University will be required to further strengthen them before September 2024.
Completing records in a timely fashion on Research Compass will help everyone be compliant and also help us in our assurance of learning and successful, timely outcomes for students.
As part of our ongoing improvement work, we are considering how we might migrate from Research Compass to alternative software consistent with wider university IT systems to make record keeping tasks more efficient in future.
Please contact IAS(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:IAS@stir.ac.uk> if you have any queries regarding this request.
Kind regards,
Professor Iain Docherty
Dean, Institute for Advanced Studies
Professor Leigh Sparks
Deputy Principal, Education and Students
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Hi folks,
Since the teaching term is over and everyone (besides Craig and Kevin) lives outside of Stirling, I wonder if it would be more feasible to have next week’s lab online again. Any objections?
The last lab (in two weeks’ time) will be on campus, of course, as we will celebrate the end of the Spring term at Meadowpark afterwards.
Best,
Till
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