In the light of Wonkhe’s recent blog post “Communicating research creatively. With Cake.” a few thought processes stirred within me… This looks a lot of fun. And tasty. Having baked a few birthday cakes in my time, I can imagine this taking some time, not just in the baking and icing but the conceptual design […]
My Monday morning read is usually a couple of IT news sites. The emailed headlines are often full of ‘Meltdown/Spectre’ this, ‘smartphone’-that and ‘cloud’-the other. Let’s just say it’s generally an easy skim-read. This morning I was jolted slightly. The headline on ITPRO read, “PwC predicts a third of jobs could be lost to automation“. […]
Three intrepid/massively enthusiastic/hopefully-not-undertrained colleagues from the Graduate School are stepping out on 25th September 2016 to take part in the Robin Hood Half Marathon, held in Nottingham. Yes, Dr Kathryn North, Dr Jill Gisby and Prof Andy Dainty thought it would be a great idea to run 21km, non-stop(-ish) in whatever mixture of weather the […]
Sometimes a picture tells a thousand words… Well done, everyone.
Hello and welcome to the new Graduate School website! Here you will find links to all of the support available to you during your doctoral studies, booking information for Graduate School training courses, funding opportunities that you can apply for in support of your studies and access to our fantastic range of events that you […]
Attention all distance learners and part-time PGRs – Graduate House has had a lecture capture makeover. We now have one of the first hardware upgrades of the Echo360-based lecture capture system, which will shortly be upgraded further to include tracking cameras (although you do need to be wearing a particularly sturdy lanyard dongle for the […]
It’s been a few days since the Inaugural PGR Awards evening, so ably hosted by Jordan and Laura. I’ve never attended an awards evening before – I don’t even watch the Oscars – so although I knew roughly what to expect, I was intrigued how the evening would unfold. Bit like going to Glasto, I […]
With the website refresh a few things have gone on ‘under the hood’ so to speak. And that’s an automotive metaphor, not a mean-streets-of-New-York metaphor. So the Graduate School blog is now a WordPress site, which means it’s simplicity to post on. Just about everyone in the Graduate School (who wants one) will have an […]