Researcher Development Newsletter – Summer Term 2012
Library Research Support:
New weekly drop-in
Researcher-Led Initiative (RLI) fund:
call for applications announced
Doctoral School funding for researcher-organised
events, e.g. conferences, interdisciplinary groups,
exhibitions. Issued first call for applications.
Deadline (for this round): 30th April.
The Doctoral School Directors (Dr. Jon Mitchell and
Prof. Vicky Lebeau) will select winning applications,
to be announced at the Doctoral School BBQ on the
25th May (see below).
www.sussex.ac.uk/doctoralschool/internal/funding
Doctoral School BBQ & Social:
Friday 25th May
From 15:30 outside Falmer Bar. For all researchers,
includes food and a drink from the bar.
107 places taken, 93 left. Ticket only (FOC)
At this event we will announce the winners of:
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The Doctoral School RLI fund (above)
The Research Hive ‘Research in plain
English’ competition (below)
The BBQ will be followed by a the Sussex premiere
screening of The PHD Movie.
www.sussex.ac.uk/doctoralschool/internal/newsand
events/bbqmovie
Screenings of The PHD Movie:
25th and 28th May
The Doctoral School presents two screenings of
The PHD Movie in May – at 17:30 on the 25th and
28th May.
A member of the Library’s Research Support team
are available in the Research Hive on Wednesday’s
10:30-12:00 to help researchers (doctoral and staff)
with resources for your research. Ask about:
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Library resources for your research
Books / articles you can’t get hold of
Getting more relevant results from your
literature searchers
Keeping up-to-date with the latest research
in your subject.
Managing your Career, for Research Staff:
Workshop 21st May
10:00-16:00 Facilitated by Catherine Reynolds and
Jane Riley. Interactive workshop for research staff
in the early stages of their careers. Explore:
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Career aims and ambitions
Working in academia and outside
Generating different career options
The support available at Sussex
Get one-to-one support after the workshop to help
you further in your career plans. Booking
essential:
www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/newsandevents/events
Call for Papers from Excursions Journal:
submit your work to the Sussex journal.
Excursions is the interdisciplinary open-access
journal initiated and managed by Sussex
researchers. Submitted items can take almost any
form, and be from any discipline, as issues are
based around themes. This CFP is for
‘Science/Fiction’.
114 places taken, 220 left. Ticket only (FOC)
The editorial board are always looking for new
editors, especially from the sciences - full training
provided.
www.sussex.ac.uk/doctoralschool/internal/newsand
events/bbqmovie
http://doctoralschool.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/ex
cursions-journal-cfp-sciencefiction/
Research in Plain English: Competition
from the Research Hive
Researcher Mentoring Programme:
register your interest for the Autumn cycle
Win a £15 Amazon voucher for creating a ‘plain
English’ post about your research (around 300
words) and sending it to
researchhive@sussex.ac.uk
The Doctoral School’s Researcher Mentoring
Programme provides opportunities for research
staff to mentor doctoral researchers, and for
doctoral researchers to benefit from independent
support and advice from early career researchers.
Deadline: 18th May
Winners to be announced at the Doctoral School
BBQ (see above).
With the current programme drawing to a close in
July, you can find out more and register your
interest for the 2012-13 cycle on the DS website:
http://sussexresearchhive.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/r
esearch-in-plain-english.html
www.sussex.ac.uk/doctoralschool/internal/research
erdev/mentoring
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Doctoral School Researcher Development Report: February 2012
Researcher Development Programme:
Summer term workshops
Keep up-to-date with researcher events
and opportunities
Training for doctoral researchers and research staff.
Full details of each workshop & booking:
www.sussex.ac.uk/researcherdev/events/
Website: www.sussex.ac.uk/doctoralschool/internal
Blog: http://doctoralschool.wordpress.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/SussexDocSchool
Technical programs and software
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LaTeX
STATA
NVivo
SPSS
Using Word to write your thesis (ITS)
Endnote (ITS)
Zotero for managing your citations
Writing skills and support
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Writing your thesis
Creativity in Academic Writing
Peer reviewing
Writing tips for researchers
Copyright issues in your thesis
Research skills
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Undertaking your literature review
Keeping up-to-date in your subject
Literature searching Web of Knowledge
Measuring research impact using
bibliometric tools
Preparing for your viva
Personal Development
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Facebook: www.facebook.com/SussexDocSchool
LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/DocSchool
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Please email to let us know:
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Time management & productivity tools
Preparing for your final year
Becoming an effective researcher
Managing professional relationships
Profolio: raising your academic profile
Conferences and networking
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