Thank you to the fabulous PGRs who have supported our monthly "Book Time to Write" writing retreats at Liverpool Central Library. Time for the Festive break. Places open for January - June 2026!

This photo, showing a method for securing forensic evidence that can help to catch poachers and animal traffickers, links to the research of LJMU PhD alumni Dr Alex Thomas. Very exciting!!

Thank you to 19 PGRs who joined The Doctoral Academy's "Book Time to Write" Writing Retreat at Liverpool Central Library today. We're here every month, book a place via eDoc.

IHR webinar about exciting new Applied History Fellowships taking place tomorrow afternoon!

Our Carve Your PhD @ljmudoctoral.bsky.social winners are here! We were blown away by the creativity and carving skills demonstrated by our fantastic entrants! The judges' first choice was: Tom Hyatt, School of Arts & Creative Industries: Electromagnetic Art: A Portrait of James Clerk Maxwell

Gather round @ljmudoctoral.bsky.social students and carvers 🎃, it's your chance to vote for the winning LJMU Carve Your PhD! Inspired by @openresearchuoa.bsky.social we launched our own competition. To view the entrants and vote yourself go here: ljmuresearchsupport.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/c...

We second this! The quality and creativity shown by our PhD carvers is quite amazing! Photos to follow. Carve your PhD has to be an annual feature in the PhD calendar from now on…..

Each time we get a Carve Your PhD entry, we are grateful to @openresearchuoa.bsky.social for their wonderful contest to brighten up these autumnal days as they get darker. Get them in, @ljmudoctoral.bsky.social (check your emails for the reminder!)

ArtsGroupie CIC, with PGR John Maguire, have FREE half term activities: Liverpool Irish Festival 2 Guided Tours of Museum of Liverpool Irish Collection Sat 25 11am & 12:15 pm AND Spooky Storytime Thurs 30 & Fri 31 Oct liverpoolbidcompany.com/halloween/ www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/famil...

Delighted to be at Postgrad LIVE Manchester today on behalf of the Doctoral Academy, talking to prospective students about postgraduate research opportunities at LJMU. www.findamasters.com/events/postg... See www.ljmu.ac.uk/the-doctoral... for more information on joining us as a PGR at LJMU!

These Postgraduate Researchers braved Ghosts, Ghouls, the most Haunted Street in Northern England & St James Necropolis with Shiverpool Ghost Tours! All 22 Souls returned safe & sound 👻💀

Thank you to all the PGRs who joined today's Virtual Writing Retreat. So good to return to LJMU's Wednesday Writing Afternoon

Oh, it's ON @openresearchuoa.bsky.social Inspired by your contest, we're now taking your advice/guidance/contest and created a competition at LJMU. It's now live for all of our @ljmudoctoral.bsky.social PGRs. Check your inboxes and let's GET CARVIN'. With thanks to our open research friends!

Great to see this. Congratulations on your nomination Amanda!

We hosted 20 Postgraduate Researchers at our second Writing Retreat at Liverpool Central Library. A wonderful historic venue for PhD work & to connect with the PGR Community. We'll be back regularly, be sure to book your place, contact us or see eDoc for details.

Suicide prevention charity, Martin Gallier Project, backed by LJMU experts has unveiled vital research in Parliament to help reshape the UK’s response to suicidal crisis. The report could become a blueprint for prevention. Read more: www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new... #WorldSuicidePreventionDay

Good to see Dr Kate Slade, LJMU PhD alum, in the lineup for the Science Comedy Spectacular at LEAF this Friday, 8:30pm (advance tickets sold out, walk in tickets available on the door) britishscienceassociation-tickets.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... Part of British Science Festival this week!

What a fantastic resource for qualitative PGRs, from LJMU's Peter Blundell!

A great trip on Mersey Ferry River Cruise! Thank you to all PGRs who came along 👍🚢

PGR Festival 2025 Huge thank you to PGR Festival Committee, 3MT Finalists, Poster Competition Entrants & all 160 Delegates who ensured this year's event was a success. Don't forget the Spotify "If your PhD was a song" playlist 3 hours of music nominated by Delegates open.spotify.com/playlist/2K1...

Registration for LJMU's 2025 PGR Festival is now open! Whether you're pressing play on new ideas, pausing to reflect, or rewinding through past lessons, this festival is your space to explore, share, and celebrate your research journey! See www.ljmu.ac.uk/PGRFest25 for full programme and to book!

The School of Advanced Study has an amazing looking free online research training programme, open to all! Topics include academic writing, narrative CVs, book and article publishing, and some specifically for Humanities researchers too: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

LJMU PGRs: If you haven't already, please do complete PRES! let us know your experience on everything from supervision and resources to academic support and opportunities. Your honest feedback will help us to shape a better experience for you and fellow researchers! www.ljmu.ac.uk/PRES25

A productive & entertaining PGR Community Writing Day at Liverpool Central Library, including at Curator lead visit to Lights Up Liverpool exhibition

Listening to Alicia Smith, Culture Liverpool and LJMU alumni, opening keynote at APSS PGR conference. So many amazing and inspirational cultural projects going on in Liverpool neighbourhoods right now….

CMCH presents British Institutions & the Legacies of Enslavement Chair: Andrea Livesey (LJMU): ECR panel researching historical connections betw slavery & certain schools, universities & institutions in N Eng. #skystorians All welcome. Thurs, 27 Mar., 4pm, Rm G.15, John Foster Building, LJMU

Are you an ECR @ljmuofficial.bsky.social interested in publishing your first monograph open access with @livunipress.bsky.social as part of their innovative Trailblazers programme? Our webpage is now live and applications are now open! All details here: www.ljmu.ac.uk/library/rese...

SAVE THE DATE! 21 May for the 2025 PGR Festival! We have a dedicated team of PGRs planning this year's event with the theme "Play, Pause, Rewind: the Rhythm of Research" With 3MTs, posters, keynotes, workshops and other activities, it will be a day to share and celebrate your research journey!

What is a PhD? 2 sessions for LJMU students, graduates, external candidates & Staff to learn more about PhD study. On campus 3-5pm, Mon 17 March, with Dr Scott Foster, Dr Komang Ralebitso Senior & Prof Cathy Montgomery. Online version on Teams 2-4pm on Tue 1 April. www.ljmu.ac.uk/the-doctoral...

Great to see so many of our new starters at today’s PGR welcome event! Now just hoping the rain clears for this afternoon’s trip to the Anglican cathedral tower 😬🤞🏼🤞🏼

PhD metaphors, cosy cafe, frost at sunrise and "books are my bag". @gladlib.bsky.social & The Doctoral Academy's mid-stage writing retreat - celebrating our inspirational Postgraduate Researcher Community

What does the middle stage of a doctorate feel like? A maze? Wading through treacle? A journey where you’ve lost the map? Or perhaps it’s more like a festival….. PhD metaphors revealing different degrees of joy and despair!

It’s never too early to start thinking about your post-PhD life! Whatever stage you are at, join us next Wed 12th Feb for Your PhD, what next? Hear career stories from LJMU PhD alumni and find out about careers support to help you plan for life after your doctorate edoc.ljmu.ac.uk/8vqq2/your-p...

So nice to be back at @gladlib.bsky.social on such a sunny day, along with 16 LJMU PGRs. Appreciating the time, space and collegiality here, and hopefully overcoming any mid-stage PhD slumps in the process!

Are you @ljmuofficial.bsky.social staff or a LJMU postgraduate student with a unique idea? Confident it could solve a problem and have real-world impact but unsure about your next steps? Our I.D.E.A.S. Programme can help. Visit ➡️ www/ljmu.ac.uk/ris/ideas #Innovation #IP #Commercialisation #HE

Four weeks today it will all be over for Open Research Week 2025 😢 - but there is still time to sign up for our closing keynote 😁 - The impact of being "open" for small charities with Dr Andi Skilton and our very own Prof Pooja Saini. #ORW2025 Register here: libcal.essex.ac.uk/event/4301325

Pathfinder Career Narratives: a really useful resource tracking the career choices and experiences of doctoral graduates. There are 55 different career stories in the series so far!!

How do we measure, monitor and evaluate open research practices accurately and responsibly? Join us for our 6th session in Open Research Week with Laetitia Bracco and Iratxe Puebla who are talking about this. Register here: libcal.essex.ac.uk/event/4301323 #ORW2025

Royal Society Newton Fellowships are open: royalsociety.org/grants/newto... If you're from outside the UK, looking for a primate-focused postdoc related to our current projects (www.plasticprimateslab.com/our-projects...), get in touch!

We still have spaces available for our workshop on creating effective surveys tomorrow at 12. LJMU staff and PGRs can sign up here: ljmu.libcal.com/event/4253127

Loads of useful workshops for PGRs here! Just select the “Researcher Engagement” calendar from the list

LJMU PGRs - join us on campus or online this Friday for a workshop all about The Confirmation of Registration process, 10-11:30am, edoc.ljmu.ac.uk/8v7qv/the-co...

Even more open, out-of-copyright things to look at/download/reuse!

Please see details of the LJMU research project below and get in touch with the research team if you can take part!

We still have a couple of places left on next Wednesday’s Research Supervisor Induction. If you’re a member of staff who is new to doctoral supervision, or if you’re new to LJMU and planning to supervise, this event is for you! ljmu.libcal.com/event/4298081 See also www.ljmu.ac.uk/the-doctoral...

Hello! Happy to have finally set up over here, and to see so many of you here too! We will be using this account to signpost researcher development events and any other resources that may be of interest to LJMU Postgraduate Researchers and their supervisors.