The University of Bristol is celebrating the achievements of Professor Andy Radford and Dr Stephen Mawdsley, who are the University's first recipients of UKCGE Recognised Supervisor status. Their success reflects the outstanding support they provide to postgraduate researchers and reinforces Bristol's commitment to excellence in doctoral supervision
The University of Bristol is celebrating the achievements of Professor Andy Radford and Dr Stephen Mawdsley, who are the University's first recipients of UKCGE Recognised Supervisor status. Their success reflects the outstanding support they provide to postgraduate researchers and reinforces Bristol's commitment to excellence in doctoral supervision
Emma Louca's Accessible Letterpress Project recognised at Festival of Enterprise
Academic careers often look polished and orderly on paper, but every "successful" trajectory is full of rejections, wrong turns, and unexpected detours. Join our speakers as they share the parts of their journeys you won't find on their CVs: the grants that didn't land, the projects that stalled, and the moments that reshaped what success meant to them. We are delighted to announce that our three speakers to join this panel event are:
Ishani Abeywardena, a fourth‑year PhD student from the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, has been selected for the UK Government’s highly competitive PhD placement scheme with the Open Innovation Team (OIT) at the Department for Education.
This March, we're inviting PGR students to slow down, breathe out, and make space for the parts of life that don't revolve around research. Over five themed weeks, the Bristol Doctoral College will be sharing activities designed to boost your wellbeing, spark joy, help you connect with the PGR community, and reconnect with yourself.
A PhD student who sustained a traumatic brain injury following a motorbike accident has graduated from the University of Bristol last week.
A PhD student whose research developed into an initiative empowering female tech founders across Africa has graduated from the University of Bristol.
Dr Syed Farrid Uddin Farhad, who earned his PhD in 2016 through a collaborative programme between the University of Bristol’s School of Physics and School of Chemistry, has been named a finalist in the Science and Sustainability category of the 2026 Bangladesh StudyUK Alumni Awards.
Jessica Woodgate, a PhD student in the School of Computer Science at the University of Bristol, has been awarded a Google PhD Fellowship to support her exciting research to advance ethical decision-making in multi-agent systems.
A PhD student at the University of Bristol has developed a convenient and cost-effective wearable patch to measure subtle temperature changes across the breast, which could in future be used to detect potential abnormalities and cancerous tumours.
The Be More Empowered for Success PGR programme has wrapped up for 2024/25, finishing on a high with the hugely successful and inspiring Be Empowered: Transforming Academic Expertise into Career Success event, and the fun badminton social: Shuttlecocks and Sandwiches.
Congratulations to the Bristol Doctoral College for delivering an engaging multi-faceted event in celebration of our community of around 200 PGR scholars last week.
University of Bristol PhD student, Oroosa Anwar, took first place in a closely fought competition that sees researchers present their work in just three minutes.
What can you do with just three minutes? Boil an egg, make the perfect cuppa, or... explain a PhD?
Be Empowered: Transforming Academic Expertise into Career Success, an event to celebrate diversity, welcomes three speakers from industry and academia. Read on for more information.
Over 30 PhD and EngD students gathered at We the Curious on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, for an engaging World Café Knowledge Exchange event.
An 80,000 word PhD thesis would take 9 hours to present? Your time limit? 3 minutes.
For me, it wasn’t the proposal stage of turning my dissertation into a book that was tricky, but the rewriting. My book is very similar to my dissertation, particularly when it comes to the broad structure. I thought this meant it would be a relatively quick and easy exercise. But, it was harder than I anticipated because the writing was good enough for examination, but not for wider publication. It wasn’t a total rewrite but a shift in emphasis and expression. What follows are my tips based on my experience from an arts and humanities perspective…
The Be More Empowered for Success PGR Programme, established in 2022, has developed a programme of activities and events aimed at supporting an increased sense of belonging and connection among home Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic postgraduate researchers in the University. We had a chat with the group's Advocates to learn more about their experiences running the group.
The Bristol Doctoral College, with support from the Careers Service and the Global Engagement Division, has developed two video series focused on the postgraduate research (PGR) student journey.
Applications are now open for the prestigious EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship awards. The EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship scheme is a unique opportunity for recent EPSRC-funded PhD students to launch their research careers in a supportive environment at the University of Bristol. The deadline for applications is Friday 1 November 2024.
Applications are now open for the prestigious EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship awards. The EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship scheme is a unique opportunity for recent EPSRC-funded PhD students to launch their research careers in a supportive environment at the University of Bristol. The deadline for applications is 2 May 2024.
The ‘People, Culture and Environment’ element of the Research Excellence Framework is currently out for consultation. This presents an opportunity to better represent PGR contributions to Research. The deadline for contributions is the 1st of December.
Applications are now open for the prestigious EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship awards. The EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship scheme is a unique opportunity for recent EPSRC-funded PhD students to launch their research careers in a supportive environment at the University of Bristol. The deadline for applications is 5 November 2023.
Bristol renews partnership with leading Australian university to offer dual doctoral award for further five years.
Applications are now open for the prestigious EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship awards. The EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship scheme is a unique opportunity for recent EPSRC-funded PhD students to launch their research careers in a supportive environment at the University of Bristol. The deadline for applications is 2 May 2023.
Full Switch is a 6 month, 7 hour per week, Research Consultancy placement for researchers from Code Switch Consultants.
