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Decolonising SBS, a grassroots PGR-led decolonial action group, will be showing "Artificial Intelligence in the Colonial Matrix of Power", a lecture by James Muldoon exploring the global exploitation of labour and knowledge that is rendered invisible through narratives of the purported universality and objectivity of AI. Tea and biscuits provided! James...

Book a 20 min slot to meet with a stats support adviser, to discuss your stats questions. The meeting can be online, via Teams, or in-person.

What do good readers do? This online session helps you develop a good strategy to get the most from your reading. It covers how to read actively and how to keep a good record.

Using Science Communication to effect positive change: exploring transitions, traditions and tensions

Gain insights into interdisciplinary research practices, build a community with PGRs from diverse research fields and ask anything—from “What is Machine Justice?” to “How can I communicate my research to other fields?’ This session is open to all postgraduate research students from all areas. Location: Crombie Halls & MS Teams Book your...

The 'That's Not Real Research!' series aims to break down the perceived barriers between research disciplines, fostering a sustainable and diverse PGR community. At each session, you'll hear different PhD perspectives from our Interdisciplinary Fellows and Directors, highlighting their personal experiences and differing approaches to research. The 'That's Not Real Research!'...

We will discuss neurodiversity and overcoming executive dysfunction and aim to develop our own individual writing practices and strategies for overcoming procrastination and 'writer's block'.

Join us at Ferryhill Community Centre for Chinese Craft Corner, a fun, relaxed drop-in session open to all ages and abilities! *Please note change of date*

Sometimes a dissertation/project is a literature review in itself. But even if not, its tends to require a process of reviewing existing literature in order to establish what the dissertation/project adds that is new. This session looks at the processes of reviewing literature and points out some of the questions...

As a postgraduate student approaching a dissertation/project, you are required to engage in and express clearly your own ‘intellectual work’, not simply to gather information. In other words, you are critically constructing knowledge. What does that mean in practice? This session answers that question