📣How do postgraduate student identities impact their learning experiences, attainment and sense of belonging in the university? ℹ️ Join Dr Towers & Dr Mili to hear what they found out 📅 25 April 12:00-1pm ➡️More: kcl.ac.uk/events/postgra… KCL Diversity King's SSPP KCLSU

Postgraduate Researchers - come along to the *free* Sheffield Institute of Education PGR conference on 8th June 2024. Attend, present, or both! Deadline for abstract submissions 17th May 3pm. #AcademicTwitter

A PhD milestone for a random Monday afternoon - today I finalised all my interview transcripts🙌 The process has made me realise that transcription is 💯 an initial phase of analysis for me. Hearing participants stories in their own voices again has been a pleasure. #phdlife

Our next, ever popular, and welcoming #workingclass #phd, Doctoral and #research student support group is on Wed. June 5th at 7.30 online. It is run by and for #workingclass students - and assisted by working-class academics. To join us 👉 [email protected] for details. R/T 🙏

All PGRs across Sheffield Hallam, the White Rose Group and beyond are invited to the Sheffield Institute of Education’s annual PGR conference on 8th June 2024, from 0930 to 1500. More info @ forms.office.com/pages/response…

Thanks Mason Currey for this quote of the day, from Kafka (1910): "Time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle maneuvers." #phdlife

Book now ‘From Thesis to Monograph: A guide to getting your first book!’, a free online BSA PG Forum event for PGRs and ECRs, 10 June tinyurl.com/5n8ad85h #sociology

Inteviews transcribed & ready to go. Yet, inexplicably, I've had a total block on starting to code. This isn't my first rodeo w/ qual data analysis, so what's going on? Maybe the PhD-ness is making it feel like a Big Deal. Time to take some small steps, 1 transcript at a time.

#AcademicTwitter & #WideningParticipation peeps: Any ideas how to reach someone at the Journal of Further and Higher Education? I’ve tried emailing repeatedly over months re: an issue peer reviewing. Nothing back. Just keep getting the automated system.

Sociologists – the British Sociological Association seeks your views for a response to a consultation on proposed open access requirements for REF 2029 - see tinyurl.com/mr2da3fb and our short online survey - tinyurl.com/3zn245jx Deadline Tuesday 11 June #sociology

This new peer-led talking and listening group for male-identifying students Sheffield Hallam University sounds like a great initiative: shu.ac.uk/wellbeing/grou… #mensmentalhealth

Unfortunately, a tabloid newspaper has got hold of a music video I recorded in Islington North with an iconic grime artist I've admired for years. They are planning to publish a heavily edited clip, so I'm releasing the full version myself. Watch here: tinyurl.com/yeymfb96

This episode of the PhD Life Coach podcast from Dr Vikki Wright: The PhD Life Coach is the most useful podcast I have ever listened to as a postgrad researcher. Reframing 'I don't know' as 'I haven't decided yet' 🤯 so simple yet so powerful. #phdlife #AcademicTwitter open.spotify.com/episode/21f1So…

For those outside of higher education, this is a good summary of what’s happening in the sector & implications for inequality. www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.co…

Just spotted that Pluto Press have a sale on with all ebooks £4 until the end of July - bargain! Too many interesting-sounding non-fiction books to choose from. #AcademicTwitter plutobooks.com/books/

✨️new date✨️ The BSA Bourdieu is organising an event to tribute the life and work of Diane Reay 🎉 'Habitus of a Lifetime: Celebrating Feminist Sociology of Class, Gender & Race', 08/11/24, Bristol. Limited spots. Please spread! Info & Register here: shorturl.at/SjMhU

I’ve sometimes used the term ‘stake holder’ in a #WPEvaluation context. Good to be challenged to think about the words you’re using & whether there’s actually a better alternative!

#AcademicTwitter could you use one or more of these hard copies of the The BSA Sociology Journal? Maybe you have a paper in one?! Having a clear out & happy to post for postage costs.