Forthcoming events
January 2025
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Doctoral Deans & Directors’ Network Discussion Session
The PRES (Postgraduate Research Experience Survey) is used by UK higher education institutions to hear the voice of postgraduate researchers. Join us at this online event to hear an update on PRES from Jonathan Neves, Head of Business Intelligence & Surveys, Advance HE.
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Postgraduate Education Practitioners Network Clinic
This is the first PEP Network Clinic, aimed at professional services colleagues who work with and for postgraduate researchers (PGRs). These sessions will take place roughly quarterly 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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Artificial Intelligence in Postgraduate Research: Ethics of AI in Research
This online discussion session will examine the ethical implications of using artificial intelligence in postgraduate research. The session will feature a presentation from Tom Stoneham (Professor of Philosophy at the University of York) and this will be followed by an in depth discussion on the issue.
February 2025
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Mental Health & Wellbeing of Staff who Support PGRs
The next event in a series looking at the mental health and wellbeing in the PG sector. This event will focus on the wellbeing of staff who support PGRS
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Doctoral Deans & Directors Network — Residential Workshop 2025
This Residential Workshop for Doctoral Deans & Directors, and those in similar positions, will explore topics such as the impact of the new OfS regulations on harassment & sexual harassment, the HEI funding climate and developments in the REF.
March 2025
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Postgraduate Education Practitioners Network — Online Workshop 2025
The 2025 Postgraduate Education Practitioners Network workshop provides the opportunity to join colleagues from HEIs across the UK to discuss some of the pressing issues affecting their roles.
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Annual General Meeting 2025
The UKCGE will look back at the past year across the postgraduate sector, as well as preview what’s to come in the 2025/26 academic year. The session will also see the results announced of the 2025 elections to the UKCGE Executive Committee.
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Supporting Critical Thinking in PGT Provision
This online discussion will focus on Supporting Critical Thinking in PGT Provision.
April 2025
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Call for Presentation Absracts Now Closed9th International Conference on Professional & Practice Based Doctorates
The International Conference on Professional and Practice Doctorates, run in partnership with Middlesex University since 2009, is the leading event focusing on the development, provision and impact of professional, practice-based and practice-led doctorates in institutions across the globe.
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 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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Annual Conference 2025
The UKCGE Annual Conference is the council’s flagship event of the academic year.
