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  1. Just spreading the word about our great MA in Contemporary Literature and Culture at Loughborough University. As it happens, I met with our wonderful students this morning to talk about the current state of the literary market and the diversity deficit in publishing on an amazing module called 'The Market, Literary Prizes and Canon Formation'.

    lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate

    We also offer an MA in Creative Writing.

    #MA #Masters #postgraduate #publishing #culture #English #lboro

  2. Just spreading the word about our great MA in Contemporary Literature and Culture at Loughborough University. As it happens, I met with our wonderful students this morning to talk about the current state of the literary market and the diversity deficit in publishing on an amazing module called 'The Market, Literary Prizes and Canon Formation'.

    lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate

    We also offer an MA in Creative Writing.

    #MA #Masters #postgraduate #publishing #culture #English #lboro

  3. Start of our 2nd Semester PGR Info Fair showcasing all the different services available to our doctoral candidates/postgraduate researchers.

    #postgraduate #DoctoralCollege #GraduateSchool #phd #PostgraduateResearch #researcherdevelopment

  4. If you are still looking for a last minute stocking filler for those researchers and students in your life, today is the last day where you can pick up the kindle version of It Shouldn't Happen to a PhD Student for only 99p. #lessthanacupofcoffee

    #research #researchers #PhD #postgraduate #student #healthcarescience

    amazon.co.uk/Shouldnt-Happen-P

  5. I recorded a welcome message for our new doctoral candidates last week. I said something about challenges to rigour and expertise and how they were the future…. I think I might have been pulling my punches somewhat…

    #academia #academicchatter #graduatestudents #postgraduate #phd #science #ideology #vaccines #climatechange #autism

  6. Early career researcher at #BSPS2025? Don't miss CPC-CG member Dr Jo Mhairi Hale from the School of Geography and Sustainable Development at the University of St Andrews who will be hosting a session on career development later today:

    🕛12:00-13:00
    📍Great Hall 014
    Packed lunches provided

    Find out more about Jo's work: cpc.ac.uk/about_us/the_team/16

    #population #demography #careerdevelopment #geography #socialsciences #earlycareerresearcher #ECR #postgraduate

  7. 📢 Applications open for Digital Art History – Online (2025/26 entry) at the University of St Andrews.
    First UK Masters in Digital Art History, taught jointly by Art History & Computer Science. Fully online, flexible, interdisciplinary.

    🗓️ Apply by 1 Sept 2025 (for Sept entry)
    🎓 MLitt, PGDip, PGCert options
    💡 St Leonards Scholarships available

    #DigitalArtHistory #DigitalHumanities #Museums #CulturalHeritage #Postgraduate
    st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/art-

  8. With a new #AcademicYear starting a pointer to a great resource aimed at #postgraduate research students, but likely useful for others as well:
    dundee.ac.uk/projects/wellbein

    This #comic shares stories of postgraduate researchers to highlight how, where, and when to ask for support.

    #AcademicChatter #DundeeUni #PGRSupport

    Edit: Typo corrected

  9. The Week Ahead

    Another weekend is almost over so, after spending most of this afternoon in the garden, I’ve retreated indoors to look at my calendar for the forthcoming week. I find a plethora of Examination Board meetings, one (tomorrow) for our Masters students who did their presentations on Friday and two for undergraduates who took repeat examinations in August (one for Mathematical Physics and one for Engineering, as I happen to have been teaching Engineering Mathematics this year). The two undergraduate boards are both on Thursday. All three of these should be relatively brief, but you never know…

    There is another meeting tomorrow, Monday, about organizing our computational physics teaching for the new academic year. The merger of theoretical and experimental physics has given us the chance to coordinate the different computational modules offered by the two previous departments, but we need to make sure the teaching rooms are big enough and the computers have the correct software, etc. Fortunately I’m not actually teaching Computational Physics again until Semester 2 but we have to get it sorted in time for other modules happening in Semester 1.

    In between Monday and Thursday I have two whole days with no meetings and no grading to do. I might be able to get on with some research, or at least with writing up some research I’ve already done.

    Friday is a big day for the Irish higher education system, in that it’s the day students get their Leaving Certificate results. This year the grade inflation introduced during the pandemic is supposed to begin to unwind, but none of us outside the examination system knows how this will be achieved or what the results will be. If I had to bet I’d say that the CAO points needed for most courses at Maynooth will go down substantially, partly because of the deflation mentioned previously but also because The Management has decided that the University has to recruit more and more students and will drop entry standards as low as it needs to in order to meet its targets.

    I don’t know how many students we will end up with for Academic Year 2025/6 but I do know that I will have retired before most of them complete their course. I used to find it a bit scary thinking about retirement, but not any more.

    #ComputationalPhyscs #LeavingCertificate #MaynoothUniversity #Physics #postgraduate #undergraduate

  10. The Week Ahead

    Another weekend is almost over so, after spending most of this afternoon in the garden, I’ve retreated indoors to look at my calendar for the forthcoming week. I find a plethora of Examination Board meetings, one (tomorrow) for our Masters students who did their presentations on Friday and two for undergraduates who took repeat examinations in August (one for Mathematical Physics and one for Engineering, as I happen to have been teaching Engineering Mathematics this year). The two undergraduate boards are both on Thursday. All three of these should be relatively brief, but you never know…

    There is another meeting tomorrow, Monday, about organizing our computational physics teaching for the new academic year. The merger of theoretical and experimental physics has given us the chance to coordinate the different computational modules offered by the two previous departments, but we need to make sure the teaching rooms are big enough and the computers have the correct software, etc. Fortunately I’m not actually teaching Computational Physics again until Semester 2 but we have to get it sorted in time for other modules happening in Semester 1.

    In between Monday and Thursday I have two whole days with no meetings and no grading to do. I might be able to get on with some research, or at least with writing up some research I’ve already done.

    Friday is a big day for the Irish higher education system, in that it’s the day students get their Leaving Certificate results. This year the grade inflation introduced during the pandemic is supposed to begin to unwind, but none of us outside the examination system knows how this will be achieved or what the results will be. If I had to bet I’d say that the CAO points needed for most courses at Maynooth will go down substantially, partly because of the deflation mentioned previously but also because The Management has decided that the University has to recruit more and more students and will drop entry standards as low as it needs to in order to meet its targets.

    I don’t know how many students we will end up with for Academic Year 2025/6 but I do know that I will have retired before most of them complete their course. I used to find it a bit scary thinking about retirement, but not any more.

    #ComputationalPhyscs #LeavingCertificate #MaynoothUniversity #Physics #postgraduate #undergraduate

  11. The Week Ahead

    Another weekend is almost over so, after spending most of this afternoon in the garden, I’ve retreated indoors to look at my calendar for the forthcoming week. I find a plethora of Examination Board meetings, one (tomorrow) for our Masters students who did their presentations on Friday and two for undergraduates who took repeat examinations in August (one for Mathematical Physics and one for Engineering, as I happen to have been teaching Engineering Mathematics this year). The two undergraduate boards are both on Thursday. All three of these should be relatively brief, but you never know…

    There is another meeting tomorrow, Monday, about organizing our computational physics teaching for the new academic year. The merger of theoretical and experimental physics has given us the chance to coordinate the different computational modules offered by the two previous departments, but we need to make sure the teaching rooms are big enough and the computers have the correct software, etc. Fortunately I’m not actually teaching Computational Physics again until Semester 2 but we have to get it sorted in time for other modules happening in Semester 1.

    In between Monday and Thursday I have two whole days with no meetings and no grading to do. I might be able to get on with some research, or at least with writing up some research I’ve already done.

    Friday is a big day for the Irish higher education system, in that it’s the day students get their Leaving Certificate results. This year the grade inflation introduced during the pandemic is supposed to begin to unwind, but none of us outside the examination system knows how this will be achieved or what the results will be. If I had to bet I’d say that the CAO points needed for most courses at Maynooth will go down substantially, partly because of the deflation mentioned previously but also because The Management has decided that the University has to recruit more and more students and will drop entry standards as low as it needs to in order to meet its targets.

    I don’t know how many students we will end up with for Academic Year 2025/6 but I do know that I will have retired before most of them complete their course. I used to find it a bit scary thinking about retirement, but not any more.

    #ComputationalPhyscs #LeavingCertificate #MaynoothUniversity #Physics #postgraduate #undergraduate

  12. The Week Ahead

    Another weekend is almost over so, after spending most of this afternoon in the garden, I’ve retreated indoors to look at my calendar for the forthcoming week. I find a plethora of Examination Board meetings, one (tomorrow) for our Masters students who did their presentations on Friday and two for undergraduates who took repeat examinations in August (one for Mathematical Physics and one for Engineering, as I happen to have been teaching Engineering Mathematics this year). The two undergraduate boards are both on Thursday. All three of these should be relatively brief, but you never know…

    There is another meeting tomorrow, Monday, about organizing our computational physics teaching for the new academic year. The merger of theoretical and experimental physics has given us the chance to coordinate the different computational modules offered by the two previous departments, but we need to make sure the teaching rooms are big enough and the computers have the correct software, etc. Fortunately I’m not actually teaching Computational Physics again until Semester 2 but we have to get it sorted in time for other modules happening in Semester 1.

    In between Monday and Thursday I have two whole days with no meetings and no grading to do. I might be able to get on with some research, or at least with writing up some research I’ve already done.

    Friday is a big day for the Irish higher education system, in that it’s the day students get their Leaving Certificate results. This year the grade inflation introduced during the pandemic is supposed to begin to unwind, but none of us outside the examination system knows how this will be achieved or what the results will be. If I had to bet I’d say that the CAO points needed for most courses at Maynooth will go down substantially, partly because of the deflation mentioned previously but also because The Management has decided that the University has to recruit more and more students and will drop entry standards as low as it needs to in order to meet its targets.

    I don’t know how many students we will end up with for Academic Year 2025/6 but I do know that I will have retired before most of them complete their course. I used to find it a bit scary thinking about retirement, but not any more.

    #ComputationalPhyscs #LeavingCertificate #MaynoothUniversity #Physics #postgraduate #undergraduate

  13. The Week Ahead

    Another weekend is almost over so, after spending most of this afternoon in the garden, I’ve retreated indoors to look at my calendar for the forthcoming week. I find a plethora of Examination Board meetings, one (tomorrow) for our Masters students who did their presentations on Friday and two for undergraduates who took repeat examinations in August (one for Mathematical Physics and one for Engineering, as I happen to have been teaching Engineering Mathematics this year). The two undergraduate boards are both on Thursday. All three of these should be relatively brief, but you never know…

    There is another meeting tomorrow, Monday, about organizing our computational physics teaching for the new academic year. The merger of theoretical and experimental physics has given us the chance to coordinate the different computational modules offered by the two previous departments, but we need to make sure the teaching rooms are big enough and the computers have the correct software, etc. Fortunately I’m not actually teaching Computational Physics again until Semester 2 but we have to get it sorted in time for other modules happening in Semester 1.

    In between Monday and Thursday I have two whole days with no meetings and no grading to do. I might be able to get on with some research, or at least with writing up some research I’ve already done.

    Friday is a big day for the Irish higher education system, in that it’s the day students get their Leaving Certificate results. This year the grade inflation introduced during the pandemic is supposed to begin to unwind, but none of us outside the examination system knows how this will be achieved or what the results will be. If I had to bet I’d say that the CAO points needed for most courses at Maynooth will go down substantially, partly because of the deflation mentioned previously but also because The Management has decided that the University has to recruit more and more students and will drop entry standards as low as it needs to in order to meet its targets.

    I don’t know how many students we will end up with for Academic Year 2025/6 but I do know that I will have retired before most of them complete their course. I used to find it a bit scary thinking about retirement, but not any more.

    #ComputationalPhyscs #LeavingCertificate #MaynoothUniversity #Physics #postgraduate #undergraduate

  14. As we wrap up #PopFest2025, we'd like to say thanks and farewell to the delegates who made it a fun and informative two days. We also thank the sponsors listed below.

    The search is now on for next year's student organising committee - get in touch if you think that could be you...

    #populationstudies #socialscience #demography #conference #population #phd #postgraduate #postgraduatenetwork

  15. ‼️ Extended deadlines for #PopFest2025

    UK/Europe based? We need your papers and posters! Send a short abstract to [email protected] by 5pm BST on 13 June - bursaries are available too.

    Registration to attend is also now open until 15 June.

    Full info: cpc.ac.uk/activities/popfest_2

    #postgraduate #population #postgraduateconference #demography #socialscience #ageing #mortality #geography #health

  16. Currently in a webinar about competency based admissions from the EDEPI project ntu.ac.uk/c/equity-in-doctoral - I share their starting point which is to select doctoral candidates based on potential (which I have found to be more controversial than I expected). #postgraduate #DoctoralEducation #PostgraduateResearch

  17. unu.edu/merit/article/building < Blog from my collaborators on how systemic resilience complements, supplements and enhances supervisor-researcher relationships. When times are hard the depth and breadth of the support systems is crucial. #Researchculture #Postgraduate #PhD #PostgraduteResearch #resilience #Bronfenbrenner

  18. I haven’t had a journal article accepted for publication in six years. Until today, by Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education…

    Celbis, O.; van de Laar, M.; Windsor, W. L.; Papatsiba, V.; Ofosu-Ampong, K.; Kurawa, G.; Sadat Bole, A.; Ani-Ampsonah, Mary; Xu, Linlin

    Towards an ecological systems approach to doctoral student resilience: qualitative evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic.

    I’ll share the open access version when it’s ready, but here’s the abstract:
    
Purpose
    This study contributes to the growing body of literature documenting responses to short- and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on doctoral students. We examine support practices at different levels of the system in which doctoral students are embedded, drawing on Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems model to better understand how these contribute to doctoral students’ degree of resilience under stress.

    Design
    Using paired online interviews, we explore the experiences of 21 doctoral students from 7 universities across Europe, Africa and Asia.

    Findings
    We find that support of supervisors at the microsystem level was a pivotal mediating factor in explaining to what extent the negative impacts of the pandemic were experienced by the doctoral students in our sample. At the same time, factors at the systemic level, such as weak infrastructure for online education, and limited incentives for supervisors to engage in additional mentoring beyond supervision, affected the repertoire of actions available to students at lower levels of the support system. In less resourced settings where systemic constraints were felt particularly strongly, students had to self-facilitate sources of resilience, resorting to peer and external mentors’ support at the mesosystem level of their environment.

    #covid19 #pandemic #research #HigherEducation #PhD #postgraduate #resilience #Bronfenbrenner

  19. ⏰ Hey #population #postgraduate students - only TWO WEEKS left to submit your abstracts on all things #demography, #migration, #health, #data and #population for #PopFest2025.

    Head to the info page for more about the research strands and to submit:
    cpc.ac.uk/activities/popfest_2

    📑You can also apply for a bursary to attend #PopFest2025, designed to support accepted presenters facing barriers to participation.

    📨 Submit your bursary application for consideration by 4 April at: southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/

  20. Delighted to have been elected to the board of the UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE) as a trustee. Hoping to give back some of the things I have gained from this gem of an organisation over my time as a supervisor and Dean. #postgraduate

  21. I spent 26 hours in the hands of UK Council for Graduate Education at their annual Doctoral Deans and Directors residential on Thursday and Friday.

    We listened to experts and talked through approaches to everything from quality assurance to harassment and sexual misconduct (and I volunteered to help at a session for colleagues new to the network/role).

    Made a lot of friends and learnt so much.

    #GraduateSchool #DoctoralEducation #Postgraduate #Graduate #leadership #HigherEd #HigherEducation #PhD

  22. Hey #population #postgraduate students - submit your abstracts on all things #demography, #migration, #health, #data and #spatial issues for #PopFest2025 (6-8 July at the University of Southampton).

    #Bursary applications are also open, designed to support accepted presenters facing barriers to participation.

    📨 Submit your abstract and bursary application for consideration by 4 April.

    Full info: cpc.ac.uk/activities/popfest_2

  23. 📢Calling all #postgraduate students - the call for papers for #PopFest25 is now open!

    Join us for the annual postgraduate #population studies conference, this year taking place at the University of Southampton, 6-8 July.

    📨Find out more and submit: cpc.ac.uk/activities/popfest_2

  24. Not only do I have multiple #Spanish #postgraduate degrees, but after finishing them I immediately moved to #Germany to find work.

    This actually makes me more stereotypically Spanish than many actual Spaniards.

    #spanishLife #vidaEspañola

  25. We’ve made it through the first week of January 🎉 To those signing off for the weekend, enjoy the down time. To those slow burning through the weekend - we’re here, check into the Coworking room and bump elbows with your PGRH friends 😍

    We’re back at it on Monday morning from 10:00 am (GMT) with PomPoms, our weekly Pomodoro group.

    Come settle in and say hi to the community discord.gg/7es8HrZP

    #Postgraduate #Masters #PhD #Community #StudyCommunity

  26. In the past week I've been welcoming the new master degree (postgraduate) students to "social and cognitive", "behavioural and neuroscience" and "work and organizational psychology". I've also been welcoming back the second year master's students for their master's thesis work. It's great to see all the motivated young people and I'm excited to see what they will bring to the program!

    #AcademicChatter #psychology #postgraduate #mastersdegree #UiB #UniversityOfBergen

  27. Participants needed - impact of #FreeLabour and #precarity in #MentalHealth provision
    Researchers looking to interview #trainee counsellors on #BACP Accredited #postgraduate programmes about training, placement, and transition to employment.
    #research project funded by BACP, ethical approval from the University of Strathclyde.
    Contact Dr Jennifer O'Neil <[email protected]> (Edinburgh Napier University) or Dr Mariya Ivancheva <[email protected]> (University of Strathclyde).

  28. "Less than four in ten (36%) #postgraduate #researchers (#PGRs) with non-visible #disabilities are happy with the support they receive from their university, according to a #UCU report 'Non-visibly #Disabled PGR Experiences of Studies and Careers'" #HigherEducation #Union ucu.org.uk/article/13637/Repor?

  29. Are you a busy education professional seeking to enhance your expertise in digital technologies and communication? The University of Manchester’s MA in Digital Technologies, Communication and Education (MA DTCE) offers a flexible distance learning pathway designed to fit your schedule and career goals. For nearly twenty years, our programme has been at the forefront of digital education, empowering graduates to make transformative impacts in their fields. As a distance learner, you’ll have access to the same distinguished curriculum, expert faculty, and supportive learning community as our on-campus students.

    What Our Distance Learning Students Appreciate:

    • Engaging online lectures and discussions that foster collaborative learning with peers from diverse professional backgrounds
    • Opportunities for hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies and real-world projects tailored to your interests
    • Comprehensive support from dedicated tutors who are passionate about helping you succeed
    • Flexibility to balance your studies with work and personal commitments, with options to complete the program in 2-3 years
    • A wide range of elective modules to customize your learning, from multimedia design to educational video production to the future of blended learning

    Don’t just take our word for it. Here’s what one of our current distance learning students had to say:

    Whether you’re a teacher, instructional designer, administrator, or simply passionate about the future of technology in education, the MA DTCE distance learning option provides the flexibility and support you need to take your career to the next level. With a focus on practical application and a commitment to staying at the forefront of digital education trends, our programme will equip you with the skills and knowledge to thrive in today’s rapidly evolving landscape.

    Take the next step in your journey as a digital education leader. Apply now for the MA in Digital Technologies, Communication and Education distance learning programme at the University of Manchester. If you have questions about this I’d be very happy to answer them: get in touch.

    Find out more

    https://markcarrigan.net/2024/04/29/%f0%9f%93%8dadvance-your-career-in-digital-education-with-the-flexibility-of-distance-learning/

    #technology #digitalEducation #learning #education #onlineLearning #postgraduate #dtce #distanceLearning #UniversityOfManchester #MADTCE

  30. Very interesting to hear in our #Postgraduate research forum about work to explore women’s experiences of the diagnostic journey in uterine adenomyosis.

    More background is available in the protocol for the ongoing #ScopingReview:

    bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1/e

    #HRQL #PatientCentered #ProfDoc

  31. Really troubled to see colleagues at #MiddlesexUniversity at risk of #redundancy with the decimation of their Drama department. It’s very easy to cut Drama departments — but it takes decades to build them. London has such a vibrant arts sector — and global renown — but cutting courses and acedimics puts the whole sector at risk.
    #HigherEducation #theatrelife #postgraduate #drama #theatrestudies
    @ucu

    thestage.co.uk/news/middlesex-