admin | 16 Apr 2007 - 08:00 | All Subjects
This year, posgraduate students in the Faculty of Social and Political
Sciences have become actively involved in the Social and Political Sciences
Society established a year ago by the undergraduate students.
The postgrads' first SPS Society activity was a day trip to Peterborough
early in the year that aimed to provide an opportunity for PhD and Mphil
students to meet each other informally. The SPS Society also organizes a
weekly social gathering on Friday evenings so that students can catch up
and unwind after their week's worth of work.
The SPS Society has initiated a series of research seminars aimed to
provide information for postgraduates on elements of their careers as well
as a forum to share their research. The first seminar, entitled, '
Publishing? Me?! Why not?!' included a panel made up of one
well-established faculty member, a lecturer early in his academic career,
and a PhD student who has published. The panelists shared their publishing
experiences with postgraduate students in order to encourage them to think
about scholarly publishing proactively. The second research seminar, which
had a panel of students with fieldwork experience, was on practical tips
for scholars about to embark on fieldwork for the first time. Future
seminars aim to given postgraduates, especially those who have not yet
given a paper at a conference, a low-key way in which to practice
presenting their research and to get feedback.
The student-run SPS Society aims to support postgraduates by building their
community through social activities as well as by providing useful
information and forums for postgraduates to progress in their research.
More about this society can be read at:
http://www.srcf.ucam.org/sps/pages/Society
