Life Beyond the PhD: Monday 16th – Friday 20th August 2021
Are you a late-stage doctoral student at the University of Brighton? Would you like to win a fully-funded place to attend Cumberland Lodge’s ‘Life Beyond the PhD’ conference this August?
‘Life Beyond the PhD’ is an annual conference designed to help doctoral students from any discipline prepare for their future. Now in its 13th year, the conference is run by Cumberland Lodge, an educational charity with a superb residential conference centre in the south east of England. The conference offers PhD students and early career researchers from across the UK the opportunity to take part in invaluable training in communication, public engagement, and interdisciplinary working, while also being encouraged to think about the impact of their research within its wider social context.
Brighton Doctoral College is pleased to offer one fully funded conference place for a late-stage University of Brighton doctoral student. The winning applicant will have their registration fee paid, be given single occupancy accommodation at Cumberland Lodge where all meals will be provided, and have reasonable travel expenses from within the UK to the venue reimbursed. This is a fantastic opportunity for a doctoral student to reflect on their career direction, acquire valuable career development skills, network and exchange ideas in an inspiring venue.
Find out more on the Cumberland Lodge website
To be eligible to apply, students must:
- still be registered as a doctoral student when the conference takes place
- agree to provide the Doctoral College with a short blog post following the conference
Closing date for applications: 12pm (midday), Thursday 22 July, 2021
To apply, please submit a short statement of up to 300 words describing your ambitions beyond your PhD and what you would hope to gain from attending the conference. The key criterion for the assessment of applications will be the demonstration of the candidate’s ability to benefit from the conference. Please email your statement as a Word or PDF attachment to Lorraine Slater at L.Slater@brighton.ac.uk with the email subject title ‘Cumberland Lodge: [your surname]’. Please include in your attachment your full name, student number, school and the expected date of the submission of your thesis.
See also:
Blog post from our 2018 winner, Tochukwu Ozulumba
Blog post from our 2016 winner, Uschi Klein
