News & Events
WISERD 2013 Annual Conference – Tuesday 25 & Wednesday 26 June
WISERD 2013 Annual Conference Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 June 2013 University of South Wales Bookings are now open for Wales’ largest social science conference! Wales’ largest social science conference will take place on 25t and 26 June at the University of South Wales. This annual conference showcases policy relevant research in Wales and attracts [...]
Postgrad BBQ! – Friday 10 May
Postgrad BBQ on the Balcony Friday 10 May, 6pm-9pm Fancy socialising with your fellow postgrad students over a fun and informal BBQ? When the sun is out (and we’re keeping our fingers crossed that it will be!), there’s no better place to enjoy it than on the Graduate Centre balcony! Tickets are only £6 for [...]
Visit from ESRC Chief Executive – Friday 10 May
We are pleased to announce that the Chief Executive of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Professor Paul Boyle is visiting Cardiff University on Friday 10 May. As part of his visit he will be delivering a presentation open to all staff and postgraduate students, with opportunities for questions afterwards. The presentation will start [...]
Public Engagement Symposium – Thursday 6 June
2013 Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory Summer Symposium: “Engaged” Promoting Collaborative Skills Development by Engaging Local Communities. An Interdisciplinary Symposium in Collaboration with the Fulbright Commission and Butetown History & Arts Centre. Thursday 6 June 2013 9.00 a.m. – 4.45 p.m. Butetown History & Arts Centre www.bhac.org The Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory [...]
‘Buildings, towns, cities and people’ Interdisciplinary Forum – Friday 14 June
Buildings, towns, cities and people: a forum for interdisciplinary connections in postgraduate research Friday, 14 June 2013 9.00am – 5.30pm Glamorgan Building, Committee Rooms 1 & 2 This interdisciplinary event brings together postgraduate researchers with an interest in topics related to buildings, towns, cities and their inhabitants. Participants will have the opportunity to explore the [...]
PhD Comics Event – Review
The University Graduate College welcomed Jorge Cham, Times Higher columnist and the man behind the hugely popular PhD Comics, to Cardiff on 17 April. Over 400 students and members of staff from across the University packed into the Julian Hodge Lecture Theatre to listen to Jorge discuss his experiences of bringing humour into the lives [...]
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SHOWCASE, 25 April – Exciting new Programme Announced!
Thursday 25 April 2013, 13.00 -16:00 Main Building Postgraduate Researchers play an important part in the University’s public engagement. Whether as part of big events that draw in hundreds of schoolchildren, small group sessions, or individual ventures, students are often at the heart of these activities. This exciting [...]
EXTRA PLACES ADDED! Exploring Career Options Beyond Academia (Biological & Health Sciences) Friday 19 April
We have added some extra places for tomorrow’s Exploring Career Options Beyond Academia (Biological & Health Sciences) event, which runs from 13.45 – 17.00 in the Main Building. To book a place, click here or call 029 2087 9408.
CALL FOR PAPERS for Critical Ideologies Student Conference – Friday 24 May
Friday 24 May 2013 Venue tbc ‘Once Nature becomes environmentalized, its workings are submitted to the competing environmentality designs of various ecocritics’ – Timothy W. Luke This conference seeks to shed new light on how researchers across disciplines in the humanities and social sciences conceive the interface between human behaviour and the natural environment not [...]
Public Engagement: A Student Showcase – Thursday 25 April
Thursday 25 April 2013, 13.00 -16:00 Main Building Postgraduate Researchers play an important part in the University’s public engagement. Whether as part of big events that draw in hundreds of schoolchildren, small group sessions, or individual ventures, students are often at the heart of these activities. This [...]