Weekly Update
Summer Programme
June - August 2021
Our Summer Programme for the months of June – August has now launched! We hope these opportunities will inspire and support you to continue to progress on your postgraduate journey and to stay connected between semesters.
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REMINDER: PGR Stage 4 Stipend Funding Extensions
Deadline to apply: 21st June
A reminder for Postgraduate Research students that the deadline to apply for Stage 4 Stipend Funding Extensions is Monday 21st June.
Please refer to the email you received on Wednesday 26th May for more information, or click here to read our guidance.
Dissertation Support
Workshops every day this week
The Dissertation Support series will run this week, and for a week in August, to support you in getting started with and finishing your dissertations. These workshops can be individually booked via MyFuture, and you may attend as many as you like. While the main focus of these workshops will be Master’s dissertations, many of these topics may be relevant to postgraduate research students, who are also welcome to attend.
Click 'Read more' to find out what workshops are coming up this week.
Celebration of Research Culture
Dr Bettina von Stamm: ‘Agility and Speed Are Not The Same. Does It Matter?’
Thursday 17th June, 12.30pm – 2.00pm
Dr Bettina von Stamm is an original and visionary thinker in the field of innovation, who has focused on deepening understanding of innovation and the conditions in which it thrives since 1992. In 2004 she founded the Innovation Leadership Forum (ILF), a Think & Do Tank dedicated to helping organisations understand and improve their innovation performance.
The Graduate School invites you to join Bettina as she discusses the current challenges surrounding innovative research.
Register here or via MyFuture.
A Message from Your Postgraduate Student Wellbeing Adviser
Supporting Your Wellbeing
Megan O'Brien
Hi everyone,
A few updates this week!
Wellbeing Wanders
Last week Student Wellbeing staff worked with the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. We held a week of events, one of which was called 'Wellbeing Wanders'. This is a different angle on the 'Wellbeing Walk n Talks', and is aimed at encouraging people to "Take Notice" by listening to a specially designed podcast while wandering around Botanic Gardens. This podcast episode is narrated by Darryl Stewart, the Director of Education at EEECS. Darryl will take you on a 10-15 minute guided walk, which starts and ends at the Botanic Gardens gate just beside the McClay Library.
The podcast is just 11 minutes long and very relaxing, feel free to listen yourselves or to share and enjoy!
Click here to listen to the 'Wellbeing Wanders' podcast.
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Other Announcements
PGR Hardbound Submissions
Deadline for Summer Graduation: Monday 28th June
Please note, the final deadline for Hardbound submissions of your thesis for Summer Graduation 2021 is Monday 28th June 2021. Research students must also have submitted their electronic copy to PURE before submitting the hardbounds.
Please note that on submitting your harbound copy of your thesis, you can collect a PhDone! bag from either the Student Guidance Centre or the Graduate School reception.
Student Support Fund
Are you experiencing financial difficulty?
Are you experiencing financial difficulty? The University's Student Support Fund is available to support students in financial hardship during their studies. The Student Support Fund provides:
- Financial assistance to students* from Northern Ireland and Great Britain experiencing financial hardship
- Financial assistance for hardship caused by the exceptional circumstances as a result of COVID–19.
Student Hardship Fund
Open to all students (NI, GB and International)
Are you experiencing financial difficulty? The Student Hardship Fund is open to all students (NI, GB and international) experiencing financial difficulty during their studies and who are not eligible for the Student Support Fund.
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Stay Negative
On-campus COVID-19 Testing
All students and staff are encouraged to avail of the University’s free asymptomatic testing facility before coming on to campus for any reason and then arrange regular testing twice a week or as often as possible for as long as you are on campus.
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Lean Launch Programme
Now Open for Applications
Are you an Early Career Researcher working on a business idea, a product or a service? Then the Innovate UK funded Lean Launch Programme may be for you! This game-changing 10 week online customer discovery programme allows you to rapidly test whether there is a market for your idea, product or service.
Click here for more information or to apply, or email kat.maguire@qub.ac.uk with any questions.
Click 'read more' for more details.
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Centre for Sustainability, Equality and Climate Action
'Life Innovations' for the Climate Crisis: PhD Research at QUB
Friday 25th June, 9.45am - 4pm
The growing body of scientific evidence confirming the catastrophic environmental impact of anthropogenic activities cannot be ignored. Urgent responses are required to mitigate the effects of climate breakdown and environmental degradation. Join the Centre for Sustainability, Equality and Climate Action (SECA) as it asks, What ‘life innovations’ are required in the transition to a fair and sustainable future?
Focusing on core issues regarding the sustainable use of land and space, cultural transformations and sustainability transitions, this multidisciplinary conference will bring early career researchers from across Queen’s University Belfast together with leading climate activists and sustainability professionals in the first event of its kind for SECA. This will showcase some of the extensive sustainability PhD research underway at Queen’s in three interactive panel sessions which prioritise discussion and promise to be intellectually stimulating.
Register here and you will be sent a Zoom before the event takes place.
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Meet & Greeter - Covid-19 Vaccination Centres
Call for Volunteers
British Red Cross, Ulster GAA and Volunteer Now are looking for volunteers in the role of a Meet & Greeter to support the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination programme across Northern Ireland. This role is an opportunity to help support the community against a pandemic that is affecting everyone. The number of volunteers requested will vary at times depending on the levels of supply and demand of the vaccine.
Job Opportunities
Material Evolution
Several Positions Available
Material Evolution's mission is to build the world’s most sustainable materials company, creating materials that are carbon negative, require no virgin materials, and are superior in terms of mechanical properties. They are doing this by using data, waste, and science to create the next generation of materials.
Material Evolution are scientists and engineers with a passion for green materials and a shared vision to re-write the story of waste and materials. The team partners with industry leaders to implement our technology at scale.
Material Evolution is a growing team on an ambitious mission, and they are looking for leaders in their fields who are passionate about the future of materials.
Click 'read more' to see what roles are available and to apply.
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