Graduate School Update Day is on Friday June 9^th and you are cordially invited to join us in the Town Hall for a formal session and follow-up discussions on the broad topic of Supportive Supervision – a session and discussion on how Supervisors can best support PGRs and how PGRs ensure they get the effective support that they need from their Supervisor. We are delighted to announce that Dr Paula Zwozdiak-Myers and Petra Buresova from Brunel University will be presenting in our morning session. Paula & Petra were involved in a fascinating study on doctoral researchers’ perceptions of supervisory relationships on their health and wellbeing. The session in the morning will be followed by lunch (provided) and prompt further discussions after lunch on supportive supervision at UON. Update Day will also feature our annual 3-Minute Thesis Competition at lunchtime – the first competition that we have held in-person since 2019.

3MT was developed by the University of Queensland and is a public engagement opportunity for post-Transfer PGRs to deliver a presentation on their research in just 3 minutes! It is challenging but also a fun competition. The winner of our competition will have a chance to present their 3MT at the EMDoc PGR Conference in September 2023, which Northampton are hosting. The call for 3MT applications is now closed, but it is an exciting opportunity for you to get to know some of our PGRs and their research so do come along to watch the participants present.

We understand that not everyone might be able to commit to a full day event, so you are welcome to come along just for 3MT at lunchtime or another part of Update Day that you may be available for.

To sign up for Update Day please go to the Gateway event page.