11 events found.
DCAH's Research Training and Development Programme
Thinking Ethics
Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomThis session dedicated to ethics is designed to be responsive to your needs, as identified in the ethics survey conducted earlier in the year. It will be an opportunity to think critically about the role that ethics plays in Arts and Humanities research, from a philosophical as well as a methodological perspective. The workshop will […]
‘Getting It Write’: Editing Clinic for Arts and Humanities PGRs
Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomPlease note this in an in-person only event in GE 2.06 Struggling to edit your writing? Get help from your peers! In our editing clinic, you’ll discuss a draft of your work and get feedback to improve your writing skills. Before attending the clinic, you’ll be asked to complete a short task and to identify […]
“In it together”: Collaborative research and writing
Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomCollaborative research is “unruly, rich and messy”, and collaborative research, writing and publishing offers unique opportunities and challenges to postgraduate and early career researchers. In this hands-on workshop we will explore the struggles and strategies of collaborative work for ECRs, and try out a collaborative, playful simulation of academic co-authorship. This event is in person […]
‘Getting It Write’: Editing Clinic for Arts and Humanities PGRs
Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomStruggling to edit your writing? Get help from your peers! In our editing clinic, you’ll discuss a draft of your work and get feedback to improve your writing skills. Before attending the clinic, you’ll be asked to complete a short task and to identify the work you want to share with your peers. The task […]
Looking Ahead to the Annual Review
Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomAnnual Progress Reviews (APRs) give you the opportunity to demonstrate your research progress and receive formal feedback from academic reviewers. These take place annually and doctoral students must complete each review satisfactorily in order to progress to the next year of their research programme. In this informal session we’ll talk about what to expect from […]
Pitching to the Media
Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomWith Professor Andrew McMillan and Lucy Zhou (Head of Publicity at Canongate). From both a writers and publicists point of view, find out about getting your work out there beyond the academy, how pitching to the media works and how to frame wider narratives around the narrow focus of your work. Please email Fran Brooks […]
April: Writer’s Retreat
Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomWriters’ Retreats give postgraduate research students in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities the opportunity to devote a whole day to writing in a quiet, structured, and supportive atmosphere. The retreats are facilitated by Dr Chad McDonald, the faculty’s Senior Academic and Study Skills Tutor. Chad was awarded his PhD in History in 2019, and […]
Interpretation, Curation and Engagement Workshop
Manchester Poetry Library Grosvenor Building, Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomAt Manchester Poetry Library, our exhibitions have taken an increasingly formative role in research development. Rather than simply serving as a research output or an isolated engagement activity, our exhibitions have intersected with staff and PGR’s research journeys at different stages. This session will begin with a preview of Manchester Poetry Library’s new summer exhibition […]
May: Writers’ Retreats
Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomWriters’ Retreats give postgraduate research students in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities the opportunity to devote a whole day to writing in a quiet, structured, and supportive atmosphere. The retreats are facilitated by Dr Chad McDonald, the faculty’s Senior Academic and Study Skills Tutor. Chad was awarded his PhD in History in 2019, and […]
June: Writer’s Retreat
Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomWriters’ Retreats give postgraduate research students in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities the opportunity to devote a whole day to writing in a quiet, structured, and supportive atmosphere. The retreats are facilitated by Dr Chad McDonald, the faculty’s Senior Academic and Study Skills Tutor. Chad was awarded his PhD in History in 2019, and […]
August: Writer’s Retreat
Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomWriters’ Retreats give postgraduate research students in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities the opportunity to devote a whole day to writing in a quiet, structured, and supportive atmosphere. The retreats are facilitated by Dr Chad McDonald, the faculty’s Senior Academic and Study Skills Tutor. Chad was awarded his PhD in History in 2019, and […]