Forthcoming events
May 2025
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Postgraduate Education Practitioners Network Clinic
PEP Network Clinic sessions are, aimed at professional services colleagues who work with and for postgraduate researchers (PGRs). These sessions take place several times a year and aim to provide PEP members with the space to come together to discuss hot topics and troubleshoot issues and challenges in a safe, supportive environment.
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PhD student satisfaction – Does being a good PhD supervisor matter?
Led by the UKCGE Research Supervisors’ Network, this event will explore the role of supervisors’ supportiveness, rather than their academic ability, as a key driver of PhD student satisfaction.
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An Introduction to PGR
This online workshop will provide colleagues in professional services roles, who are new to working in the field of postgraduate research (or who would like a refresher), with an understanding of some of the specific issues and unique challenges that face those working within postgraduate research.
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Disability Adjustments and the Viva
This online discussion will examine the considerations and adjustments required during the viva for doctoral candidates with disabilities.
June 2025
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Trusted Research
Led by the UKCGE Doctoral Deans & Directors’ Network, this webinar will look at Trusted Reseach.
Details on joining the Network can be found here.
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The Student Experience of the Viva
This online discussion session will examine the experiences of doctoral candidates during the viva. The session will open with a summary of the findings of the article Addressing the shortcomings of the closed-door viva for PhD and doctoral candidates in the UK: a voice for academic examiners, this will be followed by a broadly based discussion on developing consistency in the viva experience.
July 2025
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Annual Conference 2025 — The Hidden Lives of PGRs
For the first time, the UKCGE Annual Conference will feature a pre-cursor event by-PGRs-for-PGRs which will highlight the hidden learning inherent in the doctorate, and support the sharing of valuable ‘on the job’ insights from PGRS from HEIs across the country
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Call for Presentations Now OpenAnnual Conference 2025
Higher education is undergoing a period of significant change, accelerated by the current financial crisis, declining international student numbers, new technologies and geo-political shifts. Within this changing landscape, postgraduate education, and the needs and expectations of those undertaking postgraduate study, are evolving at pace.
October 2025
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Doctoral Deans & Directors — An Introduction
This online workshop, run the by UKCGE DDD Network, will provide an introduction to those who are new to the role of Doctoral Dean or Director, and offer an examination of the issues they are likely to face in thier roles and an overview of the postgraduate sector.
