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PGR Virtual Poster Exhibition | Abier Hamidi

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The 13th Annual Postgraduate Research Conference, hosted by the Doctoral College. Abier Hamidi (PhD, FHSS) with this poster entitled: HIV epidemic in Libya: Identifying gaps. Click the poster below to enlarge. HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) became a public issue in Libya after the infection of 400 children in El-Fatih Hospital in 1988. Due to the… Read more » about PGR Virtual Poster Exhibition | Abier Hamidi

PGR Virtual Poster Exhibition | Daniel Dimanov

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The 13th Annual Postgraduate Research Conference, hosted by the Doctoral College. Daniel Dimanov (PhD, FST) with this poster entitled: MONCAE: Multi-Objective Neuroevolution of Convolutional Autoencoders. Click the poster below to enlarge. With this poster, we present a novel neuroevolutionary method to identify the architecture and hyperparameters of convolutional autoencoders, which has been published in an… Read more » about PGR Virtual Poster Exhibition | Daniel Dimanov

Register to attend (FREE) – The 13th Annual Postgraduate Research Conference

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Register to attend the Annual Postgraduate Research Conference  – all welcome! Come along to support our postgraduate research community at the Annual Postgraduate Research Conference, Wednesday 1 December 2021, 09:30 – 17:30. Oral presentations will be hosted on Zoom. You are also invited to come along to FG06 during the day to network, and for… Read more » about Register to attend (FREE) – The 13th Annual Postgraduate Research Conference

Postgraduate Researchers and Supervisors | Monthly Update for Researcher Development

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Postgraduate researchers and supervisors, hopefully you have seen your monthly update for researcher development e-newsletter sent earlier this week. If you have missed it, please check your junk email or you can view it within the Researcher Development Programme on Brightspace. The start of the month is a great time to reflect on your upcoming postgraduate… Read more » about Postgraduate Researchers and Supervisors | Monthly Update for Researcher Development

UKCGE Route to Recognition for Supervisory Practice: October Deadline for Submission

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            Are you an established research degree supervisor? Would you like your supervisory practice acknowledged at national level? The UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE) has developed the Good Supervisory Practice Framework and the Research Supervision Recognition Programme to allow established supervisors to gain recognition for this challenging, but rewarding, role. Acknowledging the… Read more » about UKCGE Route to Recognition for Supervisory Practice: October Deadline for Submission

Call for abstracts | The 13th Annual Postgraduate Research Conference

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The 13th Annual Postgraduate Research Conference 2021 will take place on Wednesday 1 December, 09:30 – 16:00 and the call for abstracts is now open. The conference is a great opportunity for postgraduate researchers to showcase and promote their research to the BU community whether they have just started or are approaching the end of… Read more » about Call for abstracts | The 13th Annual Postgraduate Research Conference

Introducing the “Doctoral College Outstanding Contribution Awards”!

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Recognising the contributions to postgraduate research by our PGR students, academics and professional staff The Doctoral College are excited to announce the launch of our “Doctoral College Outstanding Contribution Awards”!  These awards recognise the outstanding contributions to postgraduate research at BU by any PGR, academic or professional staff member. They can be nominated throughout the… Read more » about Introducing the “Doctoral College Outstanding Contribution Awards”!

PGR Member Required – University Research Ethics Committee

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A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a new PGR member of the Research Ethics Committee (REC). REC is responsible on behalf of Senate to promote best ethical practice in relation to research and research-related activities. Additionally, REC is responsible for the over-arching university-wide research ethics policies and procedures. REC considers ethical issues related to research… Read more » about PGR Member Required – University Research Ethics Committee

Launched | Doctoral College Researcher Development Programme

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I am delighted to share with you all that sessions as part of the 2021-22 Doctoral College Researcher Development Programme for Postgraduate Researchers are now available to book. PGRs can book onto sessions via the Doctoral College Researcher Development Programme on Brightspace. All sessions between October-December are delivered online. If you are a PGR or… Read more » about Launched | Doctoral College Researcher Development Programme

Doctoral College Researcher Development Programme – Annual Review

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The Doctoral College Researcher Development Programme concludes for this academic year and what a year it has been! In 2020-21 the Researcher Development Programme delivered 107 online sessions across 54 different topic areas and have received fantastic feedback throughout. Thank you to all our facilitators and of course PGRs who engaged and were ready to learn and share. Thank you to… Read more » about Doctoral College Researcher Development Programme – Annual Review