First developed by the University of Queensland in 2008, the 3MT^® competition challenges research students to communicate the significance of their projects to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes.

We organised our annual 3MT^® competition on 5 September 2018. The competition was judged by a multidisciplinary panel consisting of academic and industry professionals. 

The winner will now progress to the video round to compete against the other Nottingham campuses, The overall winner will then represent the entire University of Nottingham at the Universitas 21 (U21) Final. 

The annual University of Nottingham Postgraduate Prize Awards recognise accomplishments in research, publications, conferences and contribution to the postgraduate community.

The prize winners and their guests were invited to an awards ceremony on 27 July 2018. The awards were presented to some of the University's top postgraduate research students by Professor Deborah Hall, Vice-Provost of Research & Knowledge Exchange.    

Student-led Interdisciplinary Research Conference

LINK is an annual research conference by postgraduate students, for postgraduate students. Its goal is to empower postgraduate students to share and celebrate their research in a positive, constructive and collaborative space, and to facilitate the development of interdisciplinary connections and networks. 

The second installment of LINK Conference was held on 26 July 2018. It was organised by the Postgraduate Students' Network (PGSN) and supported by the Students' Association (SA) and Graduate School.  

The Postgraduate Welcome Programme aims to introduce the scope of the Graduate School to the postgraduate community on campus, in terms of support and development opportunities. It is a good opportunity for new postgraduate students to assimilate into the postgraduate community and hit the ground running, socially and academically.  

Welcome Day

This is scheduled for 1 October 2018 in H1B13. The full details are as follows: 

9.30am        Welcome Presentation

9.40am        Introduction to Our Support and Services

10am           Introduction to Training Programmes and Campus

10.30am      Thinking About Your PhD

11am           SWIRL - So What's It Really Like?

                    *The panel consists of current PhD students and alumni

12.30pm      Networking Lunch (in H1B11)

2pm             A Session with Supervisors 

                    *The panel consists of PhD supervisors 

3.30pm        Networking Activities

Faculty of Science Induction

The induction for the Faculty of Science is scheduled for 2 October 2018 at 10am - 1pm in H1B13. 

Research Boot Camp

This is an intensive programme of courses, from the Researcher Development Programme (RDP) module, that are designed to get your PhD off to a flying start.

Getting into the Habit of Writing

Date: 8 October 2018

Time: 10am - 12noon

Venue: H1B13

Researcher Development Programme

Apart from the Research Boot Camp, we are also offering the following RDP courses this month. 

Research and Academic Development

We are offering the following workshop for all academic on campus, especially early career researchers.  

Academic Promotion 

Date: 17 October 2018

Time: 2pm - 5pm

Venue: H1B13

The fourth and fifth Coffee and Cake sessions for this year were held respectively on 27 July and 28 September 2018. These social gathering sessions were great avenues for postgraduate students to temporarily get away from their work and catch-up with fellow postgraduate students whilst enjoying coffee and cake.