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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 [...]

PRES Survey – Can you help us reach 50%?

So far, we’ve had a 48.9% response rate to the PRES survey. We only need 21 more responses to reach our goal of 50%. Please help us reach this important goal. Eligible students will have received an email which includes an online link to the survey. Look for your email from Student Surveys and respond [...]

Open Access Publishing Workshop – Friday 24 May

Open Access Publishing Workshop Friday 24 May, 10.30am – 12.30pm Bute Building, Room 1.50 This workshop is open to all authors, researchers, and research students who would like to know what they can expect from publishers with regards to Open Access, and what they can ask for. The workshop will be presented by Wilma Mossinck [...]

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 [...]

Sustainability Science Summer School! – Monday 24 to Friday 28 June

The Sustainability Science Summer School provides a unique and high quality research training forum for interdisciplinary doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in the field of sustainability science and place-making. It is is open to PhD students from ALL disciplines. This Summer School will give PhD students exposure to high quality research being conducted on sustainability from [...]

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 [...]