Doctoral School blog

The Library and Doctoral School are now recruiting for next year’s Hive Scholar roles. There are three, nine-month Scholarships with an attached bursary of £3k, and the deadline for applications is Thursday 6th June 2013. Continue reading »

A worthwhile and enjoyable day for anyone interested in the psychological, emotional and behavioural aspects of eating – and food education, research and activism. Directly experience mindful eating practices. Continue reading »

The conference programme is now live, and includes games designer Tassos Stevens (Papa Sangre), Steve Benford from the Mixed Reality Lab, Judith Good and Hugo Critchley from University of Sussex, Alessandro Vinciarelli in Social Signal Processing, Tony Churnside from BBC Research & Development, funding consultants from AHRC and EPSRC, and many more. We are looking … Continue reading »

The Researcher Development Programme offers a range of E-Learning modules specifically designed for doctoral researchers at Sussex. These modules are free to access, and provide the opportunity to learn and develop new research skills at a time and place that suits you. Continue reading »

Do you know someone who has promoted sound science and evidence? Nominate them for the 2013 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science. Continue reading »

Academic writing; keeping up with the literature; academic web presence; finding theses; managing bibliographic data; SPSS; and viva prep. Continue reading »

This new workshop, designed for second and final year practice students, aims to help you deal with the challenges of writing in practice research. Continue reading »

In recent years, the connections between human rights and the arts and humanities have become newly conspicuous. Art, literature, theatre, film, TV and digital media provide insights into what it means to live in a world that is hyper-connected but at the same time politically divided Humanities in Human Rights is designed for postgraduate and early career … Continue reading »

‘PEOPLE AND PLACES IN LIMBO’, a research workshop organised and sponsored by the Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies and the Global Transformations research theme to be held on Friday, 24 May 2013. Continue reading »

Nadine Muller has launched an excellent new blog for postgraduate researchers (PGRs) and early career researchers (ECRs). In her own words… In November 2012 I launched The New Academic, a continuing series of blog posts on all things academic, aimed at postgraduate and early-career researchers. Rather than lengthy personal accounts, The New Academic aims to provide … Continue reading »

New Wiki for researchers. Focussed mainly (but not only!) on the fields of social work and education, the site provides access to archived twitter chats from the #eswphd hashtag, and hosts blogs from doctoral researchers and faculty. Continue reading »

SRHE workshops: peer review; lit review; research proposals; qualitative data; publishing; viva; theoretical perspectives; research methodologies. Continue reading »

The Doctoral Conference Committee in the School of Education and Social Work announce their 6th Annual Conference! We are delighted to announce our 6th Annual Doctoral Student Research Conference. Once again, we have been able to keep this as a no-cost event. Here are the details:- Chaos, Creativity, and Connections in Social Science Research At:  … Continue reading »

Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics (CAPPE),University of Brighton Convention for Higher Education University of Brighton Friday 24 & Saturday 25 May 2013   Organised by the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics (CAPPE), University of Brighton, and co-sponsored by the Campaign for Public Universities, the Council for the Defence of British Universities, … Continue reading »

Do you know that feeling of urgent doom when you come across just the exact article you need, but realise you have to submit an interlibrary request to get it…? And you just can’t get to campus right now to sign a copyright declaration? Yeah, that. Well the Library have been listening. Access to place … Continue reading »

Excursions CFP: encouraging cross-disciplinary debate, inquiry and exploration into the scientific, academic, sociological and cultural implications of PURITY in all its forms. Continue reading »

The Research Hive Scholars set up Shut Up and Write! sessions for Sussex Doctoral Researchers – starting 13 November at 2.30pm in the Library café. Continue reading »

Have you joined the SRSA? Support, networking, add your voice, become represented. Continue reading »