Life Beyond the PhD: Monday 16^th – Friday 20^th 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 13^th 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

Race terminology survey: A message from Professor Tara Dean, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise)

Staff and students who self-identify as belonging to a community currently designated by the term Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic are invited to complete this survey by 23 July 2021.

As part of our ongoing commitment to anti-racism, we are examining the language and terminology we use.

The term BAME (Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic) has been a common feature of conversations on race and ethnicity in public and institutional life in the UK over recent years: from politics to media, and from education to sport. However, the appropriateness and value of the term BAME has been called into question increasingly by some members of the “BAME community” themselves. Critiques variously note that the term: homogenises diverse groups of people and their identities and experiences; excludes as much as it includes; is dehumanising through reduction to an acronym or label; and has been co-opted by white elites for the purposes of “diversity management”.

The University of Brighton is keen to be part of this conversation. We recognise the contested nature of the term BAME and wish to hear from colleagues and students about their ideas for a better and more inclusive approach.

The survey consists of five questions and should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete and the deadline for completion is Friday 23 July.

I have been leading the university-wide working group on race terminology, so if you have any queries in relation to this survey, please do contact me by email on Tara.Dean@brighton.ac.uk.

Thank you in advance for your contribution.

Best wishes,

Professor Tara Dean
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise)