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.
