Dialogue: Public Engagement Beyond Public Lectures workshop 29th and 30th January 2019. All researchers are expected to do public engagement – to interact with stakeholder groups and/or wider ‘publics’ in order to increase the impact of their research. Public engagement takes different forms in different disciplines, but in all cases …
Guest Blog Post from Owen Gwydion James, winner of the UK 3 Minute Thesis Competition. Uber driver: You said you’re doing a PhD? What are you working on? Me: …what’s our ETA? Uber driver: 3 minutes. Me: Well pal, strap in. It might seem like an odd place to begin, but …
Is your viva approaching? Viva Survivor is a session for postgraduate researchers close to submission who want to gain insight on how to be well prepared for their viva. The viva is the culmination of the PhD process: a lot of work has led to this point, but a feeling …
The IAD offer a range of workshops to support the development of core public engagement skills, these include: An Introduction to Public Engagement with Research Communications Toolkit for a Public Audience Facilitation Skills for Public Engagement How to Design a Public Engagement Process Research, Researchers and Media – A Hands …
Are you thinking of entering the 3 Minute Thesis competition and want to find out more? The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an international competition celebrating the exciting research conducted by PhD students. Developed by the University of Queensland in 2008, the competition requires contestants to condense their research into …
November is Academic Writing Month. This annual event was established as a way to support academic writing via the #AcWriMo hashtag on Twitter. During November 2018, the Institute for Academic Development will be running WriteFest, a local contribution to this academic writing month, with the aim of bringing people together …
Erasmus+ funding available – any subject area! Going abroad isn’t just for undergraduates or language students. Find out how you could go abroad as part of your Research Masters or PhD – and get funded to do it. PhD and Research Masters students can apply for Erasmus+ grants worth between …
This is a 10-week course delivered through online distance learning within the University’s e-learning platform, Learn. What will I learn? This self-paced, online course, gives a basic understanding of the history of imaging, an explanation about each imaging modality (MRI, CT, Ultrasound, Light Microscopy, PET and SPECT), as well as …
Introductory Statistics for Life Scientists is a 10-week on-line course within Learn. It will introduce students to the basic principles of statistical thinking and outline some of the most common types of analysis that might be needed for Masters or PhD research projects. You can access this course at any …
Prepare for Doctoral Success is a 4-week, interactive online 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. We hope this online course will help you settle in to your …
