Online Events from the UKCGE: Free to BU Staff
The UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE) is the representative body for postgraduate education and research. As BU is a member of the UKCGE, staff can attend online events free of charge.
See below for details on tomorrow’s online event:
| Session | Details | Date, Time & Book |
| Supporting Neurodivergent PGRs | The online discussion session will examine issues surround how best to support neurodivergent PGRs. Attendees will also have opportunity to share and discuss challenges & successes in supporting neurodivergent PGRs in their own institutions. | 26 Oct 2023
13:00 – 14:00 |
A reminder the following online events are coming up and may be of interest to research degree supervisors and academic and professional staff who support our PGRs:
| Session | Details | Date, Time & Book |
| Administrative Milestones to Support On-Time Completion | This online Town Hall discussion will focus on ways to improve completion rates amongst PGRs. Using a new initiative at the University of Sheffield as a starting point, attendees will have to opportunity to discuss & share challenges & successes in instigating administrative processes to support PGRs & their supervisors to completion. | 15 Nov 2023
13:00 – 14:00 |
| Administrative Checks for Examiners of Vivas: Right to Work Checks and Other Challenges | This online discussion will examine some of the administrative issues faced by institutions in ensuring that examiners of vivas are appointed in an appropriate manner. For example a number of institutions have reported challenges with right to work checks for viva examiners. This discussion, led by the University of Westminster and held under the Chatham House rule, will allow colleagues from across the sector to share and discuss their own, and other institutions’, approaches in this area. | 22 Nov 2023
13:00 – 14:00 |
| What is the impact of doctoral research in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences? | This online discussion, run in collaboration with The British Academy, will examine the impact of doctoral research in the arts, humanities and social sciences. | 6 December
13:00 – 14:00 |
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