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Doctoral College Newsletter - 9 December 2024
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PhD Day (Law & Related Fields)- Registration Closes Thursday 12 December 2024
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Date: Saturday 11 January 2025
Time: 10.30-16.00
Venue: Streatham Campus, University of Exeter (in person only)
We are pleased to invite PhD Students to attend the PhD Day. This free-of-charge event is designed to support researchers in law and related fields by offering opportunities for professional development, public engagement, and creative knowledge-sharing.
The program for the day includes:
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A professional development panel featuring individuals who have completed a PhD in law and pursued diverse career paths.
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A panel on public engagement and creative knowledge-sharing, focusing on effectively communicating research beyond academia.
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Interactive activities, including “Wrong Answers Only,” speed dating, and a meme competition, aimed at creatively reflecting on and sharing research with fellow PhD students.
The event will take place in person in Exeter and offers a fantastic opportunity to network, engage with peers, and gain valuable insights from experienced professionals.
If you are interested in attending, please complete the following form by Thursday 12 December 2024. Spaces are limited.
Should you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact Ksenia Lavrenteva (kl633@exeter.ac.uk).
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Latest Post from Doctoral College Blog
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Have you checked out our Doctoral College blog? Our latest post comes from Suzy Rockey, on how to find passion in the process of undertaking a PhD.
Our PGRs have written on a variety of topics for our blog- sharing their personal experience of doing a PhD, discussions on wellbeing, insight into their research areas, reporting on initiatives they have led on, and many more. The choice is yours!
We'd love to hear from you so if you have an idea for a blog post you'd like to write or already have one drafted, please contact researcherdevelopment@exeter.ac.uk.
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Call for Logo and Image Design: Critical Legal Conference 2025
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We’re excited to announce an open call for the logo and image design for the Critical Legal Conference 2025, which will take place at the University of Exeter. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the conference, and the theme is "Surf ‘n’ Turf: Critical Laws of the Land and Sea." We’re looking for designs that capture the essence of Devon and Cornwall, the beautiful home of our university, and connect with the spirit of critical legal studies.
This competition is open to all PGRs, regardless of whether you are researching law/law-related subject or not. There are no specific requirements, so we encourage creativity! The design should reflect the theme and our local area. For inspiration, you can refer to the logo and image from the 2021 Critical Legal Conference (Franken Law (https://clc2021.wordpress.com/programme/).
The winning design will receive a free ticket to the 3-day conference, as well as recognition in the event materials.
Please submit your designs to kl633@exeter.ac.uk by Monday 6 January 2025, with the subject line "Logo and Image Design: Critical Legal Conference 2025".
Thank you for your time and participation! We can’t wait to see your ideas!
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Coming soon- Revamp of Exeter Postgraduate Researcher Podcast
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We are shaking things up next year for our Exeter Postgraduate Researcher Podcast. We want to make the content student-led, and we need your help! Keep an eye on our 6 January 2025 newsletter where we will be asking what you think of the current Exeter Postgraduate Researcher Podcast and your ideas for our revamped Exeter Postgraduate Researcher Podcast.
If you fancy getting involved even further, why not consider becoming a presenter or a guest? We will be sending out an expression of interest form later in January 2025 so watch this space!
You can listen to Exeter Postgraduate Researcher Podcast on our website, PodBean, Spotify or Amazon Music.
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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 on a Monday and a 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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