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Doctoral Supervision: Life after the PhD

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28 May 2015 / 28 May 2015 Queen's University Belfast, Antrim
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The final workshop of the series is jointly hosted by the Irish Humanities Alliance and the Institute for Collaborative Research in the Humanities at Queen’s University Belfast.  Speakers will discuss their supervision experiences,best practice and the latest developments in the area of ‘The Role of Doctoral Supervision in Planning for Life after the Doctorate’. Supervisors, early stage career researchers and students will benefit from the discussions and policy suggestions offered. 

 

This workshop is part of a series of lunchtime workshops focusing on Doctoral Supervision in the Humanities subject areas. The workshops will cover topics including: career mentorship, practice based research PhDs, planning for life after the doctorate and how this can all be assisted by new technology.

 

The workshops are an initiative of the Humanities Institute (UCD), and are a collaboration between it and the Moore Institute (NUIG), the Institute for Collaborative Research in the Humanities (QUB), GradCAM (DIT) and the Royal Irish Academy. The workshops are co-ordinated by the Irish Humanities Alliance.

 

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

12:00-12:30 Registration and Tea & Coffee in the Graduate School

12:30-14:30 Workshop (Presentations and Q & A Discussion) in Training Room 6

14:30-15:00 Lunch in the Graduate School

 

To download the programme: click here.

 

SPEAKERS

Facilitator: PROFESSOR JOHN THOMPSON Director of the Institute for Collaborative Research in the Humanities, Queen’s University Belfast

DR VICTORIA DURRER Lecturer, School of Creative Arts, Queen’s University Belfast

DR DOMINIQUE JEANNEROD Senior Research Fellow (2014-15) Institute for Collaborative Research in the Humanities, School of Modern Languages, Queen’s University Belfast 

DR LINDA PRICE Senior Research Fellow (2014-15) Institute for Collaborative Research in the Humanities, School of Architecture, Planning and Civil Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast

PROFESSOR MARGARET TOPPING Dean of the Graduate School, Queen’s University Belfast

DR LILLIAN SIMONES recently completed doctoral study at the School of Creative Arts, Queen’s University Belfast.

 

FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THE SERIES

24 September 2014: The Royal Irish Academy and Irish Humanities Alliance hosted ‘Doctoral Supervision and Career Mentorship’

10 November 2014: The Moore Institute in NUIG hosted ‘Advances in Digital Technologies: New Possibilities and Challenges for Doctoral Supervision’

27 May 2015: GradCAM in DIT will host ‘Doctoral Supervision and Practice Based Research’

28 May 2015: The Institute for Collaborative Research in the Humanities in QUB will host ‘The Role of Doctoral Supervision in Planning for Life after the Doctorate’

 

The organising committee consists of Dr Noreen Giffney (UCD), Ms. Martha Shaughnessy (NUIG), Professor John Thompson (QUB), Dr Noel Fitzpatrick (DIT) and Dr Aoibhín de Búrca (IHA & RIA).

 

Students, supervisors and staff from all HEIs are encouraged, and welcome, to attend. The events are free of charge but require registration. The workshops are all podcast on the IHA website.

 

Travel bursaries will be made available to the first ten registered doctoral students, and doctoral students who are between the Viva and graduation stages, for each event.

 

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28 May 2015 / 28 May 2015 Queen's University Belfast, Antrim
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