Coventry University PGR Newsletter

Monday 22 July 2024

PGR Graduation July 2024

The graduation of our Postgraduate Researchers was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate their extraordinary successes, along with their friends, family, and supervisory teams. It is important to recognise the unique support PGR provide each other throughout their study, and being able to bring all graduating PGR together in one ceremony has been something that so many people across Research and YourSU, have championed for over the last few years. It was a joy and a privilege to be able to be part of the celebrations, and on behalf of everybody in the Doctoral and Researcher College, the wider Research Community and Coventry University Group, huge congratulations to everybody who graduated and we wish you great success in whatever happens next.

Carolyn Wynne, Doctoral and Researcher College Director

Congratulations to all PGR graduates from CAMC.

Although we have in the past seen CAMC graduates with their corresponding College, it was lovely to see all the doctoral graduates together at the ceremony this year!

Professor Sheena Gardner, PGR Lead, CAMC

Graduation Ceremony

The emotional anticipation of the final step on the PGR journey.

The moment of pride and great joy shared with family, friends, supervisors and CU team.

The end of ceremony procession leading the PGRs to open the next exciting page in their lives.

Touchy Family, Friends and Supervisors Celebration!

It's tempting to think that the PhD thesis is the place you get to display every single thing you’ve read. To peacock-like spread out a significant dazzle of texts. Look how much I’ve done. See how well I can summarise it all. Just imagine how good my notes are and how impressive my (Endnote, Zotero etc) must be.

But that would be a mistake.

Doctoral research is all about knowledge transformation. The PhDer does not read in order to regurgitate, but rather, to do something with their reading. " (https://patthomson.net/2024/02/20/a-thesis-is-not-just-a-display/)

We wish you all the success in your future endeavours!

Access immediate emotional and mental health support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year through Spectrum.Life which is delivered by an external partner on behalf of  CU Health and Wellbeing (Student Services).  

PGR Support Links

We have moved our 'PGR Wellbeing Support' and 'PGR Support' sections to the Doctoral College SharePoint.

Please visit the SharePoint page to find key information about wellbeing support and for useful information.

Do you have any Upcoming Events you want to tell the PGR Community about?

If so, we would love to hear from you! Please send us details of events you would like us to share to recap@coventry.ac.uk

Further development opportunities and events can also be found on the RECAP website.