Join Jorge Cham, the man behind the hugely popular PhD Comics, for a fun and informal talk about his experiences in bringing humour into the lives of stressed out PhDs! The talk, which takes place at Cardiff University on Wednesday 17 April at 4:30pm in the Julian Hodge Building, will also examine the source of PhD anxieties and explore the guilt, the myth, and the power of procrastination. Continue reading
The ESRC is increasing its engagement with the retail sector, and one element of this is the opportunity for academics and Masters’ students to work on retail research Master dissertation projects with major companies such as Boots, British Gas, Camelot Co-operative, E.ON Energy Solutions, and Experian on projects which are important to the retail industry.
Retailers will be proposing projects, and students’ applications will be welcomed, throughout February and March 2013. Continue reading
The Wales DTC is seeking enthusiastic students to take up the role of DTC Student Representative for each of Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff and Swansea Universities. As a Student Representative you would be a conduit for comments/ideas from your fellow ESRC funded students across the academic schools and pathways in your institution (talking to people in coffee breaks, at events or communicating via electronic media are ideal). Continue reading
The National Accounts Division within the National Statistics Office is holding a Roadshow event at its premises in Newport on the afternoon of Friday 15th of March between 1 and 4.30pm (times to be confirmed). The aim is to offer students studying in surrounding universities the chance to find out more about National Accounts, and indeed more about the National Statistics Office as a whole. Continue reading
There are seven internship opportunities available with the Welsh Government as part of the ESRC Student Internship opportunities announced last week. Continue reading
The ESRC have announced internship opportunities to spend up to six months in a non-academic organisation within the public, civil society (voluntary) or private sector where ESRC-funded PhD students can work as part of a team involved with policy/practice development. Students may apply to a maximum of two host organisations, and a maximum of two projects per host (up to four projects in total). Continue reading
The NCRM Network for Methodological Innovation on Web surveys for the general population aims to exchange knowledge, generate new thinking and work towards resolving a shared challenge in survey research: How – and to what extent – can the web be used to survey the general population? The Network is holding an opening conference on 25th & 26th February, and, keen to involve PhD students and early-career researchers, is offering them eight funded places. Continue reading
The ESRC Wales DTC has been awarded around £35k in response to its bid to enhance the research training environment through international PhD partnering. Three partnerships have been set up, based on the Language Based Area Studies, Linguistics and Psychology pathways. In each case, the money supports a collaborative arrangement that is designed to be a fundamental part of the Doctoral programme. In LBAS, a Cardiff student and supervisor will work closely with people in the Central European University based in Budapest on issues of European integration; in Linguistics, the link is with Delhi University and the research focuses on linguistic variation in English in an Indian context. In Psychology, the link is three-cornered, bringing together Doctoral students and supervisors in Cardiff, Karnatak (India) and Paraiba (Brazil) so that their research on values, emotion and action has an important dimension of cross-cultural comparison. Continue reading
PopFest is an annual multidisciplinary population studies conference for postgraduate students, organised by fellow postgraduates. The 21st conference ‘Coming of Age’ will be hosted at the University of Southampton from the 8th to the 10th July 2013. An informal yet informative event, PopFest aims to bring together research students from a variety of disciplines with a common interest in population. This conference provides the ideal environment for postgraduates to present their work, further their knowledge and network with others in the field. Continue reading
“Climate Transitions Connecting People, Planet and Place”, the Tyndall Centre’s Annual PhD Conference, which will be held 3rd-5th April 2013 at Cardiff University, is being organised by two ESRC Wales DTC students Sam Hubble and Erin Roberts, along with Catherine Cherry.
Doctoral researchers working in the field of climate change research are invited to participate in this conference that provides the opportunity for delegates to present their work and stimulate discussion, forge new research networks and gain insights from a variety of different perspectives from researchers working within the wider climate change arena. Continue reading
