The LDC is delighted to be hosting the first ‘Your Voice – PGR Conference’ which will take place on 1-2 April in the University’s South Campus Teaching Hub.

Conference website    —      Programme      —      Abstracts     —      Registration

The Conference includes contributions from postgraduate researchers from across the University, who will introduce a wide variety of topics of interest to the research community. The topics include:

• The PhD journey; the challenges encountered by the presenters and the solutions they found
• Specific opportunities undertaken during the PhD, including public engagement, fieldwork, public engagement and teaching
• Subject related talks where presenters will summarise their specific research projects. Their topics span all faculties of the University, from Cell migration to Artificial Intelligence, from Chinese women’s representation in Hollywood cinema to Dementia care and from Lasers to the needs for Utopias.

The Conference also includes two discussion-focussed sessions at the end of each day. The first explores the University’s approach to climate change and sustainability and the second will focus on teaching experiences as a demonstrator and the skills required to teach well.

Come and get to know about the opportunities and challenges your peers have experienced. Their stories might open doors to new opportunities!

This Conference offers a great opportunity to practice your ‘conference skills’, develop your networking skills, ask questions, or simply see how Conferences work!  It is a rare opportunity to meet and learn about research and research practice beyond your Faculty. Discover how much have you got in common and how research practice can vary across disciplines.

LDC Team will be there to support all our speakers and attendees! Refreshments and lunch throughout the day will be available. For further information  for Your Voice PGR conference, please click here.  

Alongside the 2-day conference, the Liverpool Doctoral College Development Team will be offering the following complementary workshops:

31 March         09.15-16.30       Practical thinking for researchers by Company of Mind

02 April            09.15-12.30       Shining at interview

02 April            13.30-14.30       Webinar: Developing effective CVs and applications

During 30 and 31 March, all three Faculties are organising PGR Poster Days. It’s yet another opportunity to find out more about research projects across the University – in a concise way! Get to know your peers and engage in conversation about their research!

Health and Life Sciences Poster Day– 30 March

10:00 – 16:30 in The Crypt, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral

The HLS Poster day is open to all who are interested in the research taking place within the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. The event will consist of both poster sessions and teaser talks, where participants have to summarise their research in just 90 secs.

See here for further details, including a timetable for the day.

Humanities and Social Sciences and Science and Engineering Poster Day – 31 March

10:30 – 15:30 in the Liverpool Guild of Students, Mountford Hall

Come and see posters from across both the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Science and Engineering faculties in the University.  Join us on the day to see a diverse set of research.