Postgraduate Seminars

The Postgraduate Seminar series is run by the Postgraduate students for Postgraduate students in the School of English every week during term time.

Seminar aims

The Postgraduate Seminar will provide students with training in specific research skills relevant to English as a subject. It is also a forum for discussion of current research that is being conducted in the School.

The Seminar is designed to facilitate informal discussion in a supportive and friendly environment.

The Seminar is intended as a means of maintaining a postgraduate community, providing a regular point of social contact with peers throughout your studies. It will function as a primary source of communication of information - both from experienced postgraduate colleagues, and from members of staff - about events, opportunities, developments within the School and administrative matters relevant to you.

Participants

All members of staff in the School are invited - and will often be part of the panels and roundtable discussions. The skills and training seminars are open only to students from the School of English, but a ll other seminars are open to postgraduate students from other schools.

Seminar Content

The format of the Seminar varies widely through the year, offering a mixture of Discussion Fora; postgraduate presentations (both formal and informal, including:

• practice conference papers and posters
• presentation of work-in-progress
• Skills Training
• Q&A sessions
• Career and Networking Surgeries
• Social activities

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