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The Postgraduate Weekly Update
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Welcome to your postgraduate Weekly Update.
This Weekly Update will bring you the latest information on the support that the Graduate School will continue to provide virtually. The Graduate School is currently working to deliver workshops and training online where possible. Please continue to check this update and our Events Page where new virtual sessions will be advertised as we continue to update our programme.
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Welcome from your Postgraduate Student Officer
Gift Sotonye-Frank
Hi everyone,
Welcome to this week's update.
PG Reps and Student Engagement
The Students' Voice and Student Officer Team would like to get an understanding as to what the issues are that students are facing, so that this informs our conversations with University Senior Management. We have therefore created a Student Rep Forum on our website, where your PG Reps can post anonymously about the issues that are coming to the fore. We will answer them where we can and bring others to University Senior Management to get the answers or to National Unions so we can lobby Government.
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Virtual 1-2-1 Appointments
Book your virtual appointment now with our dedicated Careers & Employability Team
The Graduate School will be offering virtual 1-2-1 careers & employability appointments throughout the coming months. These appointments can be booked via MyFuture.
Postgraduate taught students should book with Joan Connolly, and postgraduate research students with Lilian Simones.
Please click on 'Book an Appointment' on the left-hand side and you will see the following options:
By dragging your cursur over each appointment listing, you can see topics that will be covered and decide which option is most appropriate for you. Please click the box beside each appointment to see current availability and to book your appointment.
1-2-1 appointments will take place via Microsoft Teams. After booking your appointment you will receive instructions from your consultant on how the appointment will take place.
If you have any difficulty booking your appointment, please email pg.skills@qub.ac.uk.
Applications Open!
Postgraduate-led Initiatives
Applications are now open for students to undertake a virtual Postgraduate-led Initiative.
All initiatives must be aimed at bringing together the wider communities within both postgraduate taught and research student bodies at Queen's. They should fit one or more of the following themes:
- Research Culture
- Skills Development
- Community Impact
- Health & Wellbeing
- Digital Transformation
- Cultural Exchanges
- Green Impact
Find out more and apply here.
Postgraduate Community
Postgraduate Book Club
Tuesday 7th April, 5.00pm - 7.00pm
Our Postgraduate Book Club has gone virtual! Join us via Microsoft Teams to discuss this week's reading.
Email qub.pgbookclub@gmail.com if you are interested in joining and Irene and Daniel, our Community Assistants, will add you to the group.
Postgraduate Community
Virtual Coffee Catch Up
Wednesday 8th April, 10.00am - 10.30am
Join us via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday morning at 10.00am for our virtual coffee catch up! Stay connected with your fellow postgraduates over tea, coffee and a virtual chat.
Use the code z7vgddh to join our Team.
In Microsoft Teams, go to Teams > Join or create team > Join a team with a code.
Wellbeing
Mindful Meditation
Wednesday 8th April, 1.10pm - 1.50pm
Mindful Meditation with Orla Wallace will now be taking place virtually. Join us via Microsoft Teams to relax, de-stress and unwind through mindful movements.
Use the code aq33ol3 to join our Team.
In Microsoft Teams, go to Teams > Join or create team > Join a team with a code.
Other Announcements
Invent Awards 2020
Applications now open
The Invent competition has been widely recognised as one of the best opportunities for innovations and proof of concept ideas that have the greatest commercial potential.
It’s an opportunity to gain high-profile exposure; to validate your idea and to unlock a quality network of influencers. There’s also a prize fund of £33,000 shared by the winners. Your innovation or proof of concept idea must fit into one of the following categories:
- Life & Health Sciences
- Enterprise Software
- Creative Media & Consumer Internet
- Engineering
- Electronics
- Agri-Science
If you want to find out more about Invent 2020, visit the webpage here or get in touch with Kerry McGarvey here.
Postgraduate-led Conference: Call For Papers
Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice
‘True’ Stories: Contesting Narratives of Violence
Annual Postgraduate Student-Led Conference
The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice
25th May 2020, Virtual Conference, Queen’s University Belfast
This year’s postgraduate student-led conference, hosted by the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, seeks to bring together academics, activists, and practitioners to explore how, why, and whose stories of experiences of violence are told in deeply divided societies. The virtual conference aims to address questions such as: What is a ‘true’ account of experiences of violence? Why are certain accounts privileged, while others are marginalised? What are the implications for peacebuilding and transformation? How do these narratives affect people and place?
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Funding & Scholarships
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
DTP: Secure Connected Intelligent Design and Manufacturing
A new Doctoral Training Programme has been launched at Queens which is themed around 'Secure Connected Intelligent Design and Manufacturing'. The programme is now offering a diverse selection of PhD opportunities across a broad range of research areas which will be supervised by multi-disciplinary academic teams from Schools across the University. Each project has the potential to deliver significant scientific and societal benefits in addition to the accelerated development of the successful PhD candidates. Working with world leaders in their field, researchers will be given access to training opportunities which will enhance their capacity to deliver impactful research and provide a solid platform for their future career either in academia or in industry.
To find out more, click here.
Queries should be directed to Prof. Adrian Murphy (a.murphy@qub.ac.uk) or Dr Hans Vandierendonck (h.vandierendonck@qub.ac.uk).