22nd June, Grimond Building | For postgraduates and academic staff

The 5th annual festival will be held in the Grimond Building on Monday 22nd June 2015 and is open to academic staff and all postgraduates. The festival is a great opportunity for postgraduates, both taught and research, to showcase their research to fellow students and staff through academic posters and 3-minute research presentations.

The day will include:

• Interesting and stimulating academic talks
• Prize for best poster in each Faculty
• Prize for best 3-minute research presentation
• Engaging Student-led Panel discussions [New*]
• Drinks reception and awards presentation

For more information and to register visit: www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool/news/pgresearchfestival.html

New dates for the Spring term have now been added for the ‘Kickstart your PhD: Guidance, Skills and the Researcher Development Assessment’ workshop.

This workshop explores the PhD journey and will focus on what researchers need to make the most of their doctoral programme. During the workshop students will be directed to resources for getting started with their research projects. The workshop will explore the responsibilities of a postgraduate researcher, the supervisory relationship, progression monitoring and skills development.

Attendance at this workshop is compulsory for all 1st year PhD students. All new PhD students should have attended this workshop and completed the online Researcher Development Assessment before their probation review.

Dates available for booking:

Monday 23rd February, 1-5pm

Thursday 5th March, 1-5pm

Tuesday 17th March, 9-1pm

You can book by visiting the online booking system: https://bloom.kent.ac.uk

For any queries please contact Carla Doolan on skills@kent.ac.uk