REGISTRATION IS OPEN for Inputs-Outputs conference on engagement on causality and quantification of engagement, immersion, and presence in performance and human-computer interaction, on 26 June 2013, at the University of Sussex. Registration is £25 for students, £40 for faculty staff and professionals. The full list of speakers includes international experts of the neuroscience of engagement, … 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
The Tavistock Clinic adopts a supervision/research group model for supporting doctoral students involved in ‘experience’ or ‘practice-near’ research which mirrors the model described by Hollway (2009). Researchers areencouraged to support each other in mutual learning and ‘metabolising’ experiences in order to produce enhanced research.
This one-day conference draws on the Tavistock model and the work of Hollway (2009), Cooper (2009) and Campbell (2002) in supporting improved emotional health and wellbeing within the doctoral research community at the University of Sussex. Continue reading
Today’s guest post is from Althea Rivas (doctoral researcher in International Development). This event is supported by the Doctoral School’s Researcher-Led Initiative (RLI) fund, and is open to researchers of all career stages, in all schools and departments. CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS Critical Debates With(in) Development: Power, Resilience and Change UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX, BRIGHTON, … Continue reading
The Tablet Symposium University of Sussex 10th April 2013, 10am-6pm Hosted by the Centre for Material Digital Culture http://www.sussex.ac.uk/rcmdc/projects/tablet REGISTRATION NOW OPEN – see website for details. This event is free to attend. When registering, please include your name, affiliation and dietary or any other requirements. Please register by Thursday 28th March to ensure your … Continue reading
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) are pleased to advise that the next round of media training days have been announced. You can see all the dates and venues on the ESRC media training page at http://www.esrc.ac.uk/mediatraining. The dates and venues are as follows… EARLY CAREER MID CAREER 24 April 2013 Cavendish Campus, Univ. … Continue reading
Queer, Feminist and Social Media Praxis workshop Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies 17 May 2013 University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. Registration is now open. To register, please visit: http://queerfemdigiact.wordpress.com/registration/ In this workshop we will explore a range of themes around digital technology and social media in relation to gender/sexuality activism and social equality. Workshop keynote speaker: … 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
Dear Sussex Researchers Following last week’s Researcher Wellbeing Week activities we’d like to thank all of you who participated in some way, shape or form over the course of the week. We hope we helped greatly improve your wellbeing! Some recordings and summaries of the panels will shortly be made available on the Doctoral School … Continue reading
