On the 24th October 2016 we have a guest speaker, Hugh Kearns from Flinders University Australia, running two workshops ‘Seven Secrets of a Highly Successful Research Student’ and ‘The Imposter Syndrome: Why successful people feel like frauds’ Hugh lectures and researches at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. He is widely recognised …
Ease the Load – Feel Good about your Busy Life – 19th October 2016 Staying on top and in control of our work in this fast-paced world is becoming increasingly difficult. This can leave us feeling overwhelmed and have a knock on effect to our personal life. This session has …
The international COMPASS programme is a series of workshops and events for international research postgraduates studying in Scotland. The programme aims to provide: The opportunity to socialise, network and learn about Scotland Transferable skills training Professional and career information and advice We have several workshops and an event taking place this …
Prepare for Doctoral Success is a 4-week, interactive course for all doctoral researchers at the University of Edinburgh. Starting a doctorate is a very exciting time, but it can also be difficult to know where to start. This course aims to help you settle in by sharing essential information, tips …
A warm welcome to new students to the University of Edinburgh and a welcome back to returning students! This academic year has another packed programme of events and workshops here at the Institute for Academic Development. We will use this blog to provide useful hints and tips as well as keep …
It’s been a while since I last posted and today I’m only sharing a brief note. I recently analysed the employment destinations of University of Edinburgh PhD graduates over 3 years: 2011 – 2014. It’s worth a look to see how the picture varies for graduates between the 3 Colleges. …
University of Edinburgh 3 Minute Thesis Competition 2016 – Winners The winner of the 2016 competition is Maddie Long from the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences with her presentation ‘Language and the Brain: The Skye’s the Limit’ Maddie will now go on to represent the University in the …
The University of Edinburgh 3 Minute Thesis Final will take place on Thursday 23rd June 2016. Nine finalists from the three Colleges will compete for the winning prize of a £2000 travel fund for an international conference. The competition requires doctoral researchers to compete to deliver the best research presentation …
Academic career stories at University of Edinburgh The Careers Service and the Institute for Academic Development (IAD) have developed a new resource to showcase the academic career journey from PhD student to group leader or head of institute. You’ll find it useful if you’re interested in developing an academic career …
We are running a structured Writing Retreat for PhD students on Wednesday 1st June 2016. Description: Come to a writing retreat if you want to make progress on a writing project (such as a thesis chapter or a journal article) and build confidence in your academic writing skills. At this …
