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Internship Opportunities for PGRs

We have internship opportunities available for PGRs who are currently studying for a PhD at the University of Leicester. These opportunities include internships for people with expertise in languages and an opportunity for a PhD with web skills.

Café Scientifique is dead… long live Café Research!

Café Scientifique is now Café Research! We’re currently looking for enthusiastic postgraduate researchers who want to share their research with other PGRs from across the university, in a friendly and relaxed environment.

Biotechnology YES 2012

Biotechnology Young Entrepreneur Scheme (YES) aims to raise awareness of the commercialisation of bioscience research amongst researchers. Participants compete in teams to develop a hypothetical business idea with the help of expert mentors from the biotechnology sector.

Part-time researcher workshop - 30 May 2012

Are you a part-time PhD researcher? Come along to this very useful day of training, held at the University of Birmingham, to find out about a range of topics related to part-time research.

Postgraduate Research Conference - East Midlands

Practice your presentation and networking skills in a conference setting... without the conference stress! The Postgraduate Research Conference, taking place on 5th July 2012, is an annual event open to all postgraduate researchers from East Midlands universities.

Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards: don’t miss out to win prizes of up to £20,000 !!

 

Collaborative Researcher

A two day event on 31st May and 11th June 2012, suitable for final year postgraduate researchers.

Interdisciplinary Dialogues in Education

 

Do you want to prepare for your future career?

Registration is open now for the FLEX programme, part of the Leicester Award for Employability. The FLEX programme is run entirely on-line, supports the development of a clearer career plan and teaches you essential employability skills to prepare for your future career.

Vitae Midlands Hub Regional PhD Poster Competition (2)

 

Vitae Midlands Hub Regional PhD Poster Competition

The sixth annual Vitae Midlands Hub Regional PhD Poster Competition was held on Monday 11 July 2011 at Nottingham Trent University.

Festival of Postgraduate Research - Award Winners

The seventh annual Festival of Postgraduate Research was held on Thursday 16 June 2011 and the standard of presentations was once again excellent. Out of the 46 presenters at the Festival, ten postgraduates were selected for awards.

Loans for Leicestershire Postgraduates

If you are a postgraduate applicant or student, aged 18-35 and you have lived in Leicester, Leicestershire or Rutland for the last five years, you may be eligible for an interest free loan of up to £5000 from the Sir Thomas White Loan Charity.

IT training workshops available

Do you need help with statistics and data management? IT training workshops are available to postgraduate researchers through the “Skills for the Professional Researcher” series.

Are you a Postgraduate Taught Student?

If you are, did you know that the workshops and events we organise are open for Postgraduate Taught Students to attend as well?