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July 17, 2024July 17, 2024

HASS PGR Blog: celebrating a vibrant first year!

2024 was the year this blog came to life. So, as summer arrives (in theory if not in meteorological practice!) we take a look back […]

General, Research by rm938
July 15, 2024July 8, 2024

A Sense of an Ending: reflections while writing up

Iona Ramsay in edited conversation with Ruth Moore Can you tell us about your research and what stage you’re at? I’m in the final year […]

Career development, Research by rm938
July 12, 2024July 17, 2024

Thriving during a PhD summer: four ways to stay connected

Some research students can’t wait for the long summer break between university terms. It’s a chance to put teaching, training and other termtime commitments on […]

Career development, General, Research by rm938
July 8, 2024June 20, 2024

Routes to Return – Working to Enable More Museums to Undertake Repatriation

As a PhD student at the Penryn Cornwall campus of the University of Exeter, my work focuses on arguably the most pertinent issue facing Western […]

Career development, Research by js1340
July 1, 2024July 2, 2024

Visions Unveiled: A Spectacular Journey of Discovery at the PGR LCVS Conference 2024!

The Department of Languages, Cultures and Visual Studies (LCVS) at the University of Exeter recently hosted an extraordinary event, the PGR Conference – Visions Unveiled: […]

Art History and Visual Culture, Conference, Modern Languages, Research by js1340
June 26, 2024June 26, 2024

PGR 3-Day Residential Writing Retreat (Buckfast Abbey)

As part of Exeter Writes Initiative, we are offering a 3 day PGR writing retreat at Buckfast Abbey this summer from 22nd-25th July. This is a dedicated space […]

Creative writing, Research, Training, Workshops by js1340
June 24, 2024June 27, 2024

Meeting Points: The Yokohama Performing Arts Meeting (YPAM) 2023

In preparation for my upcoming performance projects, I attended the Yokohama Performing Arts Meeting (YPAM) in December 2023. Established in 2005, the YPAM is an […]

Performance Practice, Research, Research Trips by js1340
June 22, 2024June 22, 2024

Cross Faculty PGR training workshops: Being a Neurodivergent Researcher

Being a Neurodivergent Researcher This series of three workshops aims to support neurodivergent researchers in navigating the unique challenges they face during the final stages […]

Career development, neurodivergent researcher, Training, Workshops by js1340
June 17, 2024July 2, 2024

Navigating Liminal Employment: the Life of an ‘Apres-Doc’

I often introduce myself at conferences or reading groups as an ‘apres-doc’. As with ‘apres-ski’, this is meant to communicate that I have completed the […]

Career development, General, Research by rm938
June 10, 2024July 2, 2024

Playing in the tides: research culture from a PGR perspective

It is a strange life, being a postgraduate research student, especially in those subjects which do not involve regular lab work or other collective activities. […]

Creative writing, Research by rm938

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