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Coronavirus guidance from the UKRI
UKRI has published its Covid-19 guidance on studentships for NWCDTP-funded students, their supervisors and NWCDTP academic and admin institutional leads.Dear ColleaguesFollowing the newly published Covid-19 guidance from UKRI, we are now able to offer some further...
Opportunity: Residential Scholarships at Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice
Fondazione Giorgio Cini have announced new scholarship opportunities for doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to contribute to their programming in Venice.On offer are seven scholarships for interdisciplinary projects in the field of Humanities to cover two-month...
NWCDTP secures funding to train 225 new researchers
The North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership (NWCDTP), led by The University of Manchester, is one of 10 consortia who will share more than £170 million in funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) over eight years.This equates to funding...
AHRC Innovation Placements – Deadline 12th July 2018
The AHRC NWCDTP is inviting applications for Innovation Placements to take place between 1st September 2018 and 30th September 2019.Innovation placements are intended to provide an opportunity for students who have just finished their PhD to work with industry...
NWCDTP Annual Conference 2018 – Call for papers
Human Technologies, Digital HumanitiesAHRC NWCDTP Postgraduate Conference 201810-11 October 2018The University of Salford - MediaCityUK CampusThe AHRC North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership is delighted to announce that this year’s conference, Human...
Musical Borrowing: Sources of Creativity – A Training Day for Composers (By Mark Dyer)
Musical Borrowing: Sources of CreativityA Training Day for ComposersIn conjunction with the Claude Debussy in 2018: a Centenary Celebration Conference at the Royal Northern College of Music, I was involved in organising an RMA (Royal Musical Association) Training Day...
REAlab 2018 – Additional Funding Announced – Closing Date 29th April
REAlab Researcher-Led and Partners Projects : Additional Funding AnnouncedClosing date: 29 April 2018We are excited to announce that additional funding is now available to develop REAlab Researcher-Led Projects and collaborative research projects with our 2018...
The PhD Beyond the Academy: Rethinking Career Pathways
Call out for participants The PhD Beyond the Academy: Rethinking Career Pathways Are you considering a career outside academia?Would you value the opportunity of engaging with business, industry and recruitment specialists?Would you enjoy working with a small cohort...
Is life still good in Manchester? by Susan Jones
This post is part of a series by DevoCulture in the North PGR Policy Correspondents. DevoCulture in the North aims to provide a critical space for civic, cultural and academic partners. It allows them to discuss plans and ambitions for arts and culture in times of...
The PhD Bubble by Kerrie McGiveron
Kerrie McGiveron is a first year PhD candidate at the University of Liverpool. Her research interests include New Left activism, second-wave feminism and specifically left-wing radical group Big Flame. You can follow her on Twitter @mardykerrie and read further blog...