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Doctoral College Newsletter - 28 October 2024
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Nominations Open for The Dean of PGR’s Commendation for PGR Academic Citizenship
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Applications Open: Researcher-Led Initiatives (RLI’s) Funding Award Scheme
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The Researcher-led Initiative awards are intended to enable postgraduate research students and early career research staff to be creative, proactive, and empowered, through the process of initiating, designing, managing, and delivering new professional development activities for their peers that will develop the skills and experience needed to progress their careers. Initiatives can be delivered via hybrid, remote and in-person activities.
Applications need to align with one or more of the following themes:
• Developing an engaged research culture;
• Leadership;
• Communication;
• Wellbeing.
Funding is available (maximum of £2000 per award) to support projects, events, and initiatives on these themes. Collaborative and inter-disciplinary applications are encouraged!
Sign up for our webinar on How to Prepare a Strong Researcher-Led Initiative (RLI) Application (Monday 18 November 2024, 13.00-14.00)
Deadline for applications: Thursday 5 December 2024 (12 noon).
Please note: all initiatives need to be completed and funds fully spent by 27 June 2025.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss an idea for an application, please contact researcherdevelopment@exeter.ac.uk.
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Unveiling Impact Voices: Exeter Impact Podcast Launch and Preview Screening- Thursday 14 November
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Date: Thursday 14 November 2024
Time: 14.30 - 17.00 GMT
Location: Streatham Campus, University of Exeter. Exact location will be announced in the Joining Instructions.
The Research Events Team are pleased to invite you to an exclusive live preview of Episode One of Exeter Impact Podcast: 'Impact Innovators advancing quality and impact of research with Professor Andy Jones'.
The Exeter Impact Podcast will showcase engaging conversations with our research experts, sharing their insights, approaches, and solutions for advancing the impact of research at the University of Exeter and beyond. In the first series of six episodes, we cover diverse, flagship research across academic departments and impact types. Viewers can tune in every month to learn about planning and embedding research impact and opportunities to develop their impact portfolio. Episodes will be made available to listen and watch via YouTube and an audio version will also be made available to stream.
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Library Training and Events
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Did you know the Library runs its own training programme to help with library skills? It includes events such as:
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library research cafés where you can ask the library staff how to make the most of the Library Search service, identify and use academic databases, and build your online search skills so that you can quickly and easily find research materials to support your studies and research;
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sessions on academic writing and academic listening from English Language Skills Development Team;
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other relevant courses to familiarise yourself with key library skills.
Some courses are discipline-specific or may be aimed at undergraduates/postgraduate-taught students so don't forget to check the details before booking on.
Any questions? Click the 'Ask Us' button on the library webpages to start an online chat or email them at library@exeter.ac.uk.
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Queering Black Churches: Dismantling Heteronormativity in Congregations- Thursday 7 November
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Queering Black Churches: Dismantling Heteronormativity in Congregations
When: Thursday 7 November, 15.00-17.00
Where: Knightley Boardroom (Streatham Campus) & online
Join Dr Brandon Thomas Crowley (Harvard Divinity School) as he examines and challenges the heteronormativity of black churches.
Hosted by SCI and the Exeter Centre for Ethics and Practical Theology (EXCEPT).
Register & learn more
Networking Lunch with Dr Brandon Thomas Crowley
When: Thursday 7 November, 13.00-14.30
Where: Knightley Building, Streatham Campus
You’re Invited: A Networking Lunch for PGR Students, Early Career Researchers and Scholars of Colour to mark the end of Black History Month 2024. This is a chance to share your experiences, gain insights, and build connections within and beyond our academic community.
Register & learn more
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Bioimage Analysis Workshops (ImageJ and QuPath)
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Would you like to know more about the fundamentals of bioimage analysis and how to use the popular free scientific imaging software ImageJ/Fiji and QuPath to create informative figures and extract quantitative data from your images?
Sign up for a series of interconnected, hands-on workshops- all taking place on St Luke’s Campus in the PC lab (South Cloisters 2.13):
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Introduction to Bioimage Analysis and ImageJ/Fiji (Wednesday 13 November, 14.30 - 17.30)
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Macro Programming in Fiji (Wednesday 20 November, 14.30 – 17.30)
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Introduction to QuPath (Friday 29 November, 13.00 – 16.00)
The room is equipped with computers and will have software pre-installed, however these can be folded down allowing use of personal laptops if you prefer. If you wish to use your own computer, please install the software in advance.
All are welcome and attendance is free. No experience is required. The workshop will be in-person only. Spaces are limited so please only register if you are sure you can attend.
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Welcome to Doctoral College Induction Portal!
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Our Doctoral College Induction Portal contains all the key information you need to know in your first few weeks in one easy place. Whether you are just beginning your course, or looking to refresh your knowledge, please check out this handy SharePoint resource that covers topics such as PGR Support, wellbeing, student voice, researcher development and peer mentoring, plus many more!
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Statement on the use of Generative AI
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Join fellow PGRs in this online space, led by PGRs for PGRs to focus individually on whatever tasks you would like to work on. You can join the PGR Study Space Microsoft Teams Group here, or for further information, please contact Jo Sutherst.
The PGR Study Space core facilitated hours are:
Monday 10:00am-12:00pm
Wednesday 10:00am-12:00pm
Friday 10:00am-12:00pm
There are unfacilitated sessions outside of these hours so you can fit it around your working patterns.
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1-2-1 career appointments available
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1-2-1 careers appointments with our dedicated PGR careers coach, Kenneth Howgill, are available to book on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Kenneth is a qualified and experienced career coach, lecturer and learning and development professional with over 20 years’ experience within the corporate sector, universities, further and adult education. He has held management roles in the public, corporate and not for profit sectors, leading professional development, coaching programmes, and recruiting graduates. Kenneth is a member of the
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He is a member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and holds a business degree, a master's in music and a professional career coaching qualification.
All appointments are 50 minutes long. Please contact researcherdevelopment@exeter.ac.uk if there are any technical difficulties.
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Wellbeing Support and Sessions
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Every Mind Matters
Having good mental health helps us relax more, achieve more and enjoy our lives more. The NHS have expert advice and practical tips to help you look after your mental health and wellbeing. See their website here.
Spectrum.Life
Sprectrum.Life provides a confidential telephone, video, and live chat counselling service to help with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, bereavement and more. The Spectrum Life web portal offers wellbeing courses, mindfulness, healthy eating resources and online fitness classes to help you to stay well.
Wellbeing Centre
If you would like to speak to PGR Education Welfare Team for Welfare, they can be contacted at welfare.pgr@exeter.ac.uk or tel: 01392 726207. Further wellbeing information, tools and support can be found on our wellbeing webpages.
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Join the Penryn Campus Sea Shanty Choir!
Calling all seasoned sailors and landlubbers alike! Come and join our relaxed and friendly singing group for a weekly maritime singsong, guided by local musician and singer Charlotte Cripwell. Enjoy the mood-boosting effects of group singing while having fun and learning some traditional Cornish sea shanties.
When: Every Wednesday, 13:00-14:00
Where: Stella Turk Seminar room, Penryn Campus
Brought to you by the Cornwall Wellbeing Network.
If you have any queries or wish to receive a calendar invite, please contact Tasha Hammond.
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Nurture-U: Are you feeling worried about your thesis or other PhD work?
The Nurture-U team are offering FREE resources and therapies to help with confidence and stress while doing your PhD.
We have:
1. An online toolkit, to help you track your mood over time and manage your busy lives
2. An innovative app to build confidence,
3. Online therapy, with a therapist or self-guided, and
4. A resilience workbook, with support from a therapist.
All these options have been proven to work, we’re just researching who responds best to what type of support. You can hopefully improve your wellbeing, earn shopping vouchers, and help other students in the future by contributing to research!
Any questions, please email nurture-u@exeter.ac.uk. You can also follow us on Instagram.
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Free Mindfulness Sessions for Wellbeing
Mindfulness is a powerful practice of training our attention and an evidence-based way to tackle anxiety, stress and low mood. If you’re interested in exploring more, there is a variety of free internal options available for all colleagues.
Sessions from the internal Mood Disorders Centre mindfulness team include: an eight-week MBCT-L course (2hrs weekly), an eight-week ‘deeper mindfulness’ course for those who’ve completed the MBCT-L course and bespoke ‘healthy mind’ sessions for whole teams, which can be delivered in-person or online.
You may also be interested in trying mindful meditation in 30 min online sessions each Thursday lunchtime. This is a secular practice run by the Chaplaincy.
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Details on how you can contact the PGR support team, either via email, telephone or face to face via our hubs (located on all campuses) is available on our contact us webpage.
Remember you can come along and meet the team or to ask any enquiries you might have at either of our helpdesk hubs below at any of our campuses:
The Streatham PGR Hub is open from 10.00am – 3.00pm Monday to Friday. The Streatham Hub is situated in the Old Library Ground Floor next to the Quiet Study Space and Bill Douglas Centre.
The St Luke’s PGR Hub is open from 10.00am – 3.00pm Monday to Thursday. Students wishing to access the hub should go to the Info at St Luke’s desk and request PGR support. The PGR team will then be called to see you.
The Penryn PGR Support Office is open from 10.00am – 2.00pm Monday to Friday. It is based in the Postgraduate Suite in Daphne Du Maurier building 3 (next to the SU and opposite the Stannary).
For enquiries surrounding training and development, please contact the team on: ResearcherDevelopment@exeter.ac.uk
You can view previous versions of the newsletter here.
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