This year's award winners are:

• Distinguished Achievement Award PGR of the Year: Temidayo Eseonu (SOSS)
• Best Contribution to PGR Environment: Poppy Budworth (SEED) 
• Best Contribution to Internationalisation: Chantal Bright (SEED)
• Best Outstanding Research Output: Barbora Cernusakova (SOSS)
• Supervisor of the Year: Prof Francesca Gains (SOSS)

Congratulations!

Introduced by Professor Sheena Cruickshank, professor in public engagement and biomedical science, on Vimeo, this year we are hosting an extensive programme to help our Humanities postgraduate and early career researchers reach the public through various events and activities. Starting with the inaugural Humanitas Brew event on 17 August 2019, two of our researchers, Jaime Garcia-Iglesias and Jessica Mancuso will present "HIV in the age of internet and PrEP" and “Being a lesbian in the Village”. 

Humanitas Brew launch 17 August 2019

Come and join us at Humanitas Brew, a public engagement initiative to bring humanities research to the wider public.

The launch event is on Saturday 17 August 2019, 2-4pm at the Molly House in the Gay Village. There will be presentations about the timely and thought-provoking topics:

• “HIV in the age of internet and PrEP” by Jaime García-Iglesias;
• “Being a lesbian in the Village” by Jessica Mancuso.

The free event can be booked at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/humanitas-brew-launch-event-tickets-65029019548.

Faculty of Humanities Postgraduate Research Welcome Event

Tuesday 17 September 2019, 4-6pm, Whitworth Hall

Starting a doctoral degree can be a daunting experience. At The University of Manchester, we understand just how different the doctorate is from your previous study. We have put in place a structured induction programme to help smooth the transition into doctoral-level research and prepare you for the journey ahead.

Timetable

Humanities student, Kristian Hoeck is judges' overall winner in the PGR image competition at the University PGR Summer Showcase 2018. Kristian's image captures a moment when Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro, professor of robotics, prepares HI5's, the robot which is made in Ishiguro's own image, hairdo.

For a list of all PGR Summer Showcase 2018 winners, please see PSRS website.

Cecilia Alda Vidal from the School of Environment, Education and Development has been selected as the winner of the President's Distinguished Achievement Award in the Postgraduate Research Student of the Year 2018 category in the Faculty of Humanities. These annual awards are made in recognition of outstanding performance across the University. 

Cecilia's PhD research focuses on the urban sanitation systems in Lilongwe, Malawi and seeks to understand inequalities in access to infrastructures and their impact. She has had a number of research achievements including publishing two first-authored papers, two co-authored pieces and one book chapter.

11 January 2018

ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowships call for expressions of interest 1 February 2018

The Postdoctoral Fellowship (PDF) Scheme is aimed at providing a career development opportunity for those in the immediately postdoctoral stage of their career, to provide the opportunity to consolidate their PhD through developing publications, their networks, and their research and professional skills.

• Full details of the call from the North West Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership
• Full details of the call from the Data Analytics and Society Doctoral Training Centre

Please email an Expression of Interest (a brief paragraph noting your intention to apply, the relevant discipline area(s), and your proposed mentor) to your School Research Support Office below by 1 February 2018.

• Alliance Manchester Business School: kellie.gallagher@manchester.ac.uk
• School of Arts, Languages and Cultures: raksha.parmar@manchester.ac.uk
• School of Environment, Education and Development: charlotte.jackson@manchester.ac.uk
• School of Law: paula.dalzell@manchester.ac.uk
• School of Social Sciences: al.researchhub@manchester.ac.uk

Applications from non-ESRC funded students are welcomed.

20 December 2017

The Faculty-wide welcome event took place on Tuesday, 16 January 2018, 1-4pm in the Conference Room, C1.18, 1^st Floor, Graduate School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, Ellen Wilkinson Building.

• View the presentations from the event

Event schedule

7 August 2017

Tuesday 19 September 2017, 3pm – 6pm, Whitworth Hall

Starting a doctoral degree can be a daunting experience.  At The University of Manchester we understand just how different the doctorate is from your previous study. We have put in place a structured induction programme to help smooth the transition into doctoral level research and prepare you for the journey ahead.

Timetable

Further information

This is a faculty-wide welcome event during which you will be given a brief overview of the wealth of services available to you and includes presentations from key people who will provide support throughout your doctoral journey. 

During the social there will be a number of stands around the venue in which you can pick up useful information and speak to the presenters and representatives from a variety of service providers and groups.

4 July 2017

Dr Clancy Wilmott  has been awarded President's Distinguished Achievement Award Postgraduate Research Student of the Year 2017.

Clancy has recently completed her PhD at the School of Environment, Education and Development. She has made an outstanding contribution to scholarship with her research, academic engagement activities, her role as a representative on PGR committees and in her teaching during her PhD studies at Manchester.