Open to all stages of research careers, this workshop is designed to guide you in setting, monitoring, and achieving academic career goals.
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The team will provide an overview of the current funding landscape, explain how to stay updated with news from funders, and discuss how to develop your bid writing skills by becoming a peer reviewer or evaluator for an external funder.
This networking lunch offers an opportunity for current mentors to share their experiences and discuss the benefits and challenges of mentoring. It also provides a welcoming space for prospective mentors to learn more about the role.
Beginning at the ground floor main entrance of Watson Building, this tour will take you through Watson, Meads, and Brighton Sport and Health Complex.
By the end of this workshop, you will have the knowledge required to convey your research in a way that captivates, educates and inspires a non-academic audience.
This workshop explores why researchers publish in questionable journals, the potential for reputable journals to engage in unethical practices, and whether content quality outweighs the publication platform.
A tour of the laboratories engaged in pharmaceutical and medical research at the School of Applied Sciences.
This session will explore how the publication process works in different disciplines, with the aim of developing your ability to be successful in writing, submitting and publishing outputs.
Engaging with policy and policymakers
In this workshop, attendees will gain insights into how to manage and respond to rejection constructively. Lunch will be provided.
The tour will show you five specialised lab spaces in Mithras House, designed to support research, teaching, and community engagement in Humanities and Social Sciences.
Learn how to leverage your expertise for impactful collaborations with industry partners, generating rich research outcomes spanning papers, student projects, case studies, and teaching materials.
Through material and visual exploration, attendees will collaboratively map and make so as to reflect on the relationship between making methodologies and the ways wellbeing initiatives are developed and delivered.
This session will summarise key policy developments for REF 2029 and how a submission is being prepared at the University of Brighton.
Sub-panel assessors and Unit of Assessment leads will discuss the potential impact of format, writing style and content on assessment grading, and how this can vary across disciplines.
A tour of the Advanced Engineering Centre equipment and research.
An informal networking lunch designed to help you connect with COREs and REGs.
Practice keynote speaking, hear the latest from colleagues and get involved with everything from comics to fintech. The various events detailed here offer insights into the work of each research unit and provide an opportunity to engage more deeply with their activities.
The event features short, lightning-style presentations from our talented staff and postgraduate researchers and will showcase fascinating research and knowledge exchange projects. At the end of the day, winners of all competitions will be announced and there will be an opportunity for refreshments and networking.
Learn about the various career paths researchers can pursue and essential strategies to improve employability in non-academic roles.
A tour of our EPSRC funded project creating a Wild House ‘show home’ that presents interactive objects, products and spaces that explore how to connect people as part of nature.
A chance to get involved with postgraduate research including Digital Storytelling films, Bake your Thesis, presentations from current students and the Three minute Thesis (3MT) competition.
