We have places available on the following upcoming workshops: Structured Writing Retreat 11th April 2018 This writing retreat is an opportunity to make progress on a writing project and build confidence in your academic writing skills. Writing slots will be interspersed with short discussions and reflections. More information here Managing your Research Project …
Thursday 1st February 2018 (9.15am – 1.00pm) Postgraduate students arriving after Welcome Week still have the opportunity to attend University welcome events What will happen during this event? This morning is for students who have missed a University Welcome event this academic year or have arrived recently. The event is …
Happy New Year and a prosperous 2018 from the IAD! As a new year starts we continue to provide a range of resources and workshops for Postgraduate Researchers. Take a look at some of the things we are offering this year: Writing Workshops: We offer a range of writing workshops including …
We have places available on the upcoming workshops, open to all postgraduate research students: Managing Your Work, Yourself and Your Goals Wednesday 8th November 2017 This interactive workshop explores how important our daily working practices, time management and goal setting can be to help us achieve our life and career goals …
We have places available on the following workshop: Think Strategically Respond Rapidly – 25th October 2017 Research often moves very slowly, but sometimes we need to be able to move very quickly indeed. Last minute conference invitations, grant announcements and journal calls (amongst other demands) all require research teams to …
The IAD offers funding for University of Edinburgh staff and students to develop and support academic networks and communities and/or test ideas for creative learning activities. (Includes Festival of Creative Learning Pop-ups.) The aim of the fund is to support applicants to: Establish, develop or support internal interdisciplinary networks, particularly …
English Language Support for International Students A wide range of courses are available to help international students with their English and academic skills. For first year PhD students, there’s “Writing a PhD First-Year Report”, which aims to help students to prepare the paper (or report, or proposal) that they will …
These PGR summer writing retreats provide you with a quiet time and space to focus on your writing without the distractions of the office, emails and daily life. These sessions are not facilitated, and catering is not provided, it is simply a dedicated space and time to progress your writing projects. Thinking …
My EXPLORATHON Experience It has been a while since I thought about EXPLORATHON, but the notification emails for 2017 have started coming in from the University and from Beltane, leading me to reflect on what happened last year and how we can make it bigger and better this year. For …
Academic Writing Masterclass Workshop – Thursday 1st June 2017 and Wednesday 7th June 2017. A Masterclass is tutor-led group session for academic writers who would like to get feedback on their writing from a small, supportive audience. Prior to the Masterclass you will be invited to submit an extract (approximately 1000 …
