{"id":1087,"date":"2025-11-19T12:39:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T12:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2025-11-28T14:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:23:10","slug":"call-for-pgr-presenters-research-salon-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2025\/11\/19\/call-for-pgr-presenters-research-salon-2025-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for PGR Presenters: Research Salon 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"239\" data-end=\"509\">We hope you\u2019ve all enjoyed a positive start to the new academic year. Following last year\u2019s wonderfully varied programme of presentations, the PGR Salon team are once again inviting PGRs to share their research as part of this year\u2019s <strong data-start=\"490\" data-end=\"508\">Research Salon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"511\" data-end=\"931\">For those new to it, the Research Salon is a weekly, hour-long <strong data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"584\">hybrid<\/strong> session held on <strong data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"632\">Wednesdays from 4:15\u20135:30pm<\/strong>. Each week, one or more postgraduate researchers present an aspect of their work in a friendly, informal environment. It\u2019s an excellent opportunity to practise communicating your research, receive constructive and supportive feedback, and encounter perspectives you may not have come across before.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"933\" data-end=\"1477\">Led by students with staff support, the Research Salon has grown into a collaborative partnership between the <strong data-start=\"1043\" data-end=\"1065\">University of Kent<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1067\" data-end=\"1106\">Canterbury Christ Church University<\/strong>, and the <strong data-start=\"1116\" data-end=\"1152\">University for the Creative Arts<\/strong>. We aim to host sessions across all three institutions throughout the year. Following her successful term as lead coordinator, <strong data-start=\"1280\" data-end=\"1298\">Vicky Sharples<\/strong> has now stepped down; <strong data-start=\"1321\" data-end=\"1344\">Louise Wigglesworth<\/strong> continues in her role, and we\u2019re delighted to welcome new team members <strong data-start=\"1416\" data-end=\"1434\">Kylie Dunleavy<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1436\" data-end=\"1450\">Alex Brady<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"1456\" data-end=\"1476\">Edward Braeckman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1479\" data-end=\"1499\"><strong data-start=\"1483\" data-end=\"1499\">Get Involved<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1501\" data-end=\"1674\">The PGR Salon team are currently building this year\u2019s schedule and would love to hear from PGRs interested in presenting.<br data-start=\"1606\" data-end=\"1609\" \/>If you\u2019d like to take part, please complete the short form below:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1676\" data-end=\"1731\">\ud83d\udc49 <strong data-start=\"1679\" data-end=\"1695\">Google Form:<\/strong> <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/rjKaZHkC61LAsEt16\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1696\" data-end=\"1731\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/rjKaZHkC61LAsEt16<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1733\" data-end=\"1761\"><strong data-start=\"1737\" data-end=\"1761\">Presentation Formats<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1763\" data-end=\"1789\">We offer two main formats:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1791\" data-end=\"2006\">\n<li data-start=\"1791\" data-end=\"1863\">\n<p data-start=\"1793\" data-end=\"1863\"><strong data-start=\"1793\" data-end=\"1821\">Individual Presentations<\/strong><br data-start=\"1821\" data-end=\"1824\" \/><em data-start=\"1826\" data-end=\"1863\">One speaker, up to 25 minutes + Q&amp;A<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1865\" data-end=\"2006\">\n<p data-start=\"1867\" data-end=\"2006\"><strong data-start=\"1867\" data-end=\"1877\">Panels<\/strong><br data-start=\"1877\" data-end=\"1880\" \/><em data-start=\"1882\" data-end=\"1935\">Three to four speakers, up to 10 minutes each + Q&amp;A<\/em><br data-start=\"1935\" data-end=\"1938\" \/>Panels may be themed or mixed depending on presenter availability.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"2008\" data-end=\"2032\"><strong data-start=\"2012\" data-end=\"2032\">Suggested Themes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2034\" data-end=\"2087\">Some of the themes we\u2019re exploring this year include:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2089\" data-end=\"2218\">\n<li data-start=\"2089\" data-end=\"2106\">\n<p data-start=\"2091\" data-end=\"2106\">Decoloniality<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2107\" data-end=\"2131\">\n<p data-start=\"2109\" data-end=\"2131\">Practice as Research<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2132\" data-end=\"2149\">\n<p data-start=\"2134\" data-end=\"2149\">Space \/ Place<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2150\" data-end=\"2176\">\n<p data-start=\"2152\" data-end=\"2176\">Theory and Methodology<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2177\" data-end=\"2205\">\n<p data-start=\"2179\" data-end=\"2205\">Queer and Gender Studies<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2206\" data-end=\"2218\">\n<p data-start=\"2208\" data-end=\"2218\">\u2026and more!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"2220\" data-end=\"2476\">These themes are intentionally broad, and you are welcome to interpret them however you choose. If your research doesn\u2019t seem to fit any of them, please still get in touch \u2014 we\u2019re very flexible and keen to programme as wide a range of subjects as possible.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2220\" data-end=\"2476\">\n<p data-start=\"2220\" data-end=\"2476\">We look forward to hearing from you and putting together another engaging year of conversation and research sharing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We hope you\u2019ve all enjoyed a positive start to the new academic year. Following last year\u2019s wonderfully varied programme of presentations, the PGR Salon team &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2025\/11\/19\/call-for-pgr-presenters-research-salon-2025-26\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65655,"featured_media":1088,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[312383,312387],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1087"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1090,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions\/1090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}