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Deans & Directors of Graduate Schools — Residential Workshop 2023

Date(s)
02 — 03 Mar 2023 
Location
The Queens Hotel, Leeds
Price
£445

The annual UKCGE Residential Workshop features a variety of sessions, providing Deans and Directors of Graduate Schools, and those in similar positions, the opportunity to network with peers and discuss the key issues affecting postgraduate education.

The Deans and Directors of Graduate Schools residential provides an invaluable opportunity to spend focused time with a peer community which rarely meets in person. Stepping back from day to day pressures, this 24-hr event is designed to:

Facilitate creative & innovative thinking in a supportive, expert environment

Stimulated by expert speakers, you will grapple with questions addressing the future of the PhD – new models for PhD programmes, online education, funding, impact and more. We will help you to consider the big picture and ask the questions you can’t normally ask!

Enable peer-to-peer learning and sharing of experiences

Few people in our individual institutions appreciate the particular challenges and pressures we face. This network enables you to keep up to speed with current & future issues in doctoral education, compare your practices and draw on the many years of experience within the group. We deeply value the support & guidance the group provides, whether the chance to sense-check a response to a thorny issue or share policies confidentially.

We will give you food for thought – ideas to take back to your institutions. Our confirmed speakers will help us consider how doctoral education has changed & evolved in recent years and imagine what the future of the PhD might look like. We will reflect both on the UK PhD, as UKRI devises its New Deal, and take a global perspective.

Confirmed Speakers

  • Dr Susan Porter

    Dean and Vice Provost of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, The University of British Columbia
    • Fri 3 Mar, 11.20
    • The Doctorate at the End of the World? Transforming the doctorate for a brighter future
  • Professor David Sweeney

    Professor of Research Policy, University of Birmingham
    • Thu 2 Mar, 16.45
    • Will the future of Doctoral Research look like the past?
  • Frances Burstow

    Director Talent and Skills, UKRI
    • Fri 3 Mar, 09.30
    • UKRI Priorities for Postgraduate Research
  • Professor Bonnie Steves

    Co-Chair, UKCGE DDOGs network | Director of the Graduate School, Glasgow Caledonian University
    • Co-Chair
  • Dr Nigel Eady

    Co-Chair, UKCGE DDOGs network | Director of Research Talent, King’s College London
    • Co-Chair

Schedule

15:00

Hotel Room Check-in Available

16:00

Workshop Registration — with Tea & Coffee

Duration
30 mins 
16:30

Weclome & Introduction

Dr Nigel Eady | Kings College London

Professor Bonnie Steves | Glasgow Caledonian University

co-Chairs of the UKCGE Deans & Directors of Graduate Schools Network

Duration
15 mins 
16:45

Will the future of Doctoral Research look like the past?

Professor David Sweeney | Professor of Research Policy, University of Birmingham

Duration
45 mins 
17:30

Q&A / Group Discussion

Duration
60 mins 
18:30

Close Evening Session

19:15

Pre-dinner drinks

19:45

Dinner

09:30

UKRI Priorities for Postgraduate Research

Frances Burstow | Director Talent and Skills, UKRI

Duration
45 mins 
10:15

Q&A / Group Discussion

Duration
45 mins 
11:00

Tea & coffee break

Duration
20 mins 
11:20

The Doctorate at the End of the World? Transforming the doctorate for a brighter future

Dr Susan Porter | Dean and Vice Provost of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, The University of British Columbia

Duration
40 mins 
12:00

Q&A / Group Discussion

Duration
60 mins 
13:00

Lunch

Duration
60 mins 
14:00

Assessment Workshop

Dr Nigel Eady | Kings College London

Professor Bonnie Steves | Glasgow Caledonian University

co-Chairs of the UKCGE Deans & Directors of Graduate Schools Network

Duration
60 mins 
15:00

Tea & coffee break

Duration
15 mins 
15:15

Closing Discussion / Any Other Business

An opportunity for colleagues to discuss issues not already covered during the event.

Duration
45 mins 
16:00

Close & Departure

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