It is Mental Health Awareness Week next week 🤗 Student Support and Wellbeing are hosting a drop-in event: 👉The Atrium, First Floor of University Place ⏰ 13th May 11am-2pm. There will be creative writing activities, zine making and Nintendo Switch games. Come along!

As part of Disability Pride Month (July 2026), the Disabled Staff Network invites disabled PGRs to take part in the In Focus photography competition! This is your chance to share your story — daily realities, moments of pride or hidden challenges. Enter here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/Yf2PivZE2m

This year, the Sexuality Summer School returns on 25th to 29th May with the theme 'On the Biological'. For more information about the theme, details of public events, and how to register, visit the website: sexualitysummerschool.wordpress.com [sexualitysummerschool.wordpress.com]

PGRs, join us for a CIDRAL Workshop, Researching Controversial Topics, with Professor Levi McLaughlin (North Carolina State University), Simon Visiting Fellow 2026 on 22 April. To register, contact [email protected]

PGR Parents and Carers: join us for a lunch n' connect on 22nd April from 12pm - 2pm at University Place Room 3.211 😀 A hybrid event to support accessibility and enable wider participation. A safe and supportive space to connect, reflect, and shape solutions that work for our community.

Come and join the Doctoral Academy Macmillan Coffee Morning bake and plant sale happening now until 12pm in Ellen Wilkinson Building commons. Come and grab a cake, cookie or plant and raise money for an amazing cause!

Submissions are open for the Annual Sociology PGR Conference on 2 June 2026 at UoM. We are interested in research that explores how people respond to upheaval and how long standing social arrangements are being unsettled. Deadline: 10 April 2026, 2 pm. Submit here: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Submissions are now open for the SEED Postgraduate Researcher Conference 2026 🥳 This event brings together postgraduate researchers across Manchester to examine how we can work together to resolve interconnected global challenges in an ever-changing world. Submissions welcome from all PGRs!

Do you have an innovation idea, challenge or question? On 18th March, from 4–6pm, Unit M (UoM's Innovation Unit) are hosting a drop-in session at the Christabel Pankhurst Institute, with experts from across our innovation community there to help! ➡️ Sign up: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Are you a PGR looking for a supportive collective environment to progress your writing? We would like to offer 20 places to SEED, SoSS & AMBS PhD students to a writing retreat hosted at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library. Book on Eventbrite. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-re...

The 2nd workshop in the Methods North West Lost & Found Translation Series is coming this April! 📢: Ethics and Practicalities of Working with Multi-lingual Data 📅: University of Liverpool ⏰: 1pm - 4pm Thursday 9 April For details, and to book: new.express.adobe.com/webpage/gQz7...

A reminder that the call for submissions for the 2026 Methods Fair is open 😀! This years Fair “Methods for Change: Connecting People, Places, and Purpose” takes place on 27 May at UoM. Submit your abstract for a lightning talk or poster here: new.express.adobe.com/webpage/T6x3...

📢There are a number of taster sessions scheduled for the M@M 2026 Summer School courses! In these sessions you will meet the course leads, and see if the full Summer School course would benefit your research. Register via the course webpage here! www.methods.manchester.ac.uk/events/metho...

Interested in the Creative Approaches to Qualitative Research Summer School course? This MNW seminar is a taster session where you will get the opportunity to learn more about the course and how the summer school course could benefit your research. Sign up! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-a...

AMBS PGRs - Join an inclusive space to connect, reflect, and be heard. This event brings together Black students, Black academics, and allies to shape actions that improve Black student experience in AMBS. 📅 25th February 🕒 1 to 3 PM 📍 Location: TBC Register here: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Join us for the 2026 Methods Fair! An annual one-day event in collaboration with Methods North West, it brings together researchers and PGRs to explore research methods across the humanities and social sciences. 🗓️ Wednesday 27 May 👉 Call for submissions: new.express.adobe.com/webpage/T6x3...

Hear from one of our PGRs Amy Todd, PhD English and American Studies, on her experience with PhD, pregnancy and parenthood. www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-exp...

Guest lecture from Emeritus Professor Sue Sanders: 'Educating Out Prejudice through LGBT+ History Month', 🗓️ 5pm 18 February, University Place, Theatre A (and online). Sue is co-founder of UK LGBT+ History Month and Chair of Schools OUT UK. Book your ticket: www.ticketsource.co.uk/catherine-at...

Researching with care: The importance of flexible methods in research with disabled and/or chronically ill people (and beyond) 🗓️ Thursday 29 January ⏰ 12-1pm 🌐 online This MNW seminar draws on care-full research with young people with an ostomy. Sign up 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researchin...

PGRs - Learn about the abolished Indeterminate Sentences for Public Protection (IPP) that thousands of people are still living with. This event will showcase Incarceration, a play written by Brian Daniels. 🗓️ 2.30 to 5pm, 4 February 👉 Details and Book a place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/life-with-...

Researching with care: the importance of flexible methods in research with disabled and/or chronically ill people (and beyond) 🗓️ Thursday 29 January ⏰ 12-1pm 🌐 online This MNW seminar draws on care-full research with young people with an ostomy. Sign up 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researchin...

The Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership Course is back for 2026! The course is unlike most leadership programmes. It will leave you with the power to actually shape the future. Offered to all UoM PGRs in Humanities. 👉 documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx...

ARTS & CRAFTS FOR CALM Hosted by the PGR Creative and Active Wellbeing Community 🪷 Take a mindful break from your research! 📍 Location: Jean McFarlane Building, 1st Floor, G306 🗓 Date: Monday, 9 January 2026 ⏰ Time: 12:30–2:30 PM Register now on: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Minding the Gaps in Translation: How can translation studies help us navigate the realities of cross-language research? 🗓️ Thursday 5 February ⏰ 10am-1pm Join the first workshop in the Lost & Found In Translation Series! Sign up now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lfit-mindi...

The Doctoral Academy Support Hub will be open during the usual hours (10am to 4pm, Monday to Friday) up to and including Tuesday 23 December 2025. The Hub will then close from Wednesday 24 December 2025 and re-open on Monday 5 January 2026. Wishing you all a restful festive break!

📢 Call for Applications! The Upjohn Institute’s Early Career Research Awards provide a resource for junior researchers (those within six years of earning a Ph.D.) to conduct research related to policy on employment issues. The deadline to apply is January 23, 2026. www.upjohn.org/news/upjohn-...

Wishing all our PGRs a wonderful festive break 🎄! Watch the Faculty's highlights video with a selection of our key moments from 2025, including successes across research, teaching and learning, and social responsibility. staff.manchester.ac.uk/uomhumscomms...

The Mental Health Support Team will remain open to support PGRs on Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 December. If you feel distressed or need support during the closure period, there are options available to you so please visit www.manchester.ac.uk/closure-supp... for available services.

🎓 Congrats to our grads! 🎓 Yesterday, we celebrated our Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute graduates. Wishing you all the best as you tackle global challenges ahead! 🌍✨ 📸 Our academics in graduation attire.

🚀 Applications Close Friday 19th December for MEC Researcher Launchpad! Are you a PhD student (Years 2–4) with big ideas and ambitions to create real-world impact? This is your chance to take your research into the world! Full details here: www.entrepreneurship.manchester.ac.uk/researcher-l...

Methodological, Ethical & Safeguarding Challenges of Researching Mixed & Mutable Extremism 🗓️ Thurs 18 Dec ⏰ 12-1pm 🌐 online Are you researching Incels, misogyny, far right ideology or conspiracy theory groups online? #ResearchMethods #Methodology #Methods #ResearchingExtremism #ResearchingHate 1/2🧵

Creative Manchester recently participated in the BEYOND Conference, where they showcased our own Harry O’Brien, whose project Data Sonification for Algorithm Behaviour is part of the 1st year of his PhD Electroacoustic Music Composition. Find out about it here: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/c...

Calling all PGR Parents! Join the Parents and Carers Christmas Event for a festive lunch, family games, carol singing, and of course a special visit from Santa with presents 🎅! Register your attendance (for catering purposes) using the QR code provided.

The next seminar from @ethnicityuk.bsky.social is from Dhiraj Murthy, on racial inequalities in GenAI 👇🏾 @uomsoss.bsky.social @digitaluom.bsky.social

Humanities PGRs! Help shape the future of career development for postgraduate researchers 😀

Writing and Researching Differently through Fictocriticism 🗓️ Thursday 4 December ⏰ 12-1pm 🌐 online In this Methods North West Seminar, Mark Gatto (Northumbria University) will be exploring gender, work & care through dystopian fictocriticism. Sign up now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1963287905...

The British Federation of Women Graduates has announced their annual travel bursary, available for women postgraduate students enrolled at an institution in North West England or North Wales. Entry deadline 5pm 9th January 2026.

The next film showing for the Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) Film Club will be Children of Heaven (Majid Majidi). For PGRs interested in MENA (esp. Iranian) cinema this is the film to see! Everyone welcome 😀!

Join this Methods North West Lunchtime Seminar 'Writing and Researching Differently through Fictocriticism' with Dr Mark Gatto (Northumbria University) @methodsmcr.bsky.social 🗓️ Thursday 4 December ⏰ 12-1pm 🌐 online Sign up now! 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1963287905...

Manchester Research Forum for European Philosophy presents: Artistic Reason and Imaginative Freedom: Yoko Ono’s Instruction Project qua Project of Autonomy Dr. Gabriella Daris reflects upon the ‘instruction pieces’ by conceptual artist Yoko Ono 3:30-6pm 19 November 2025 A112, Sam Alex Building UoM

🚨 TOMORROW - SPACES STILL AVAILABLE 🚨 Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper for the Social Sciences 🗓️ Tues 18 Nov ⏰ 10-3pm 📍 AMBS This free workshop introduces Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper algorithm as a model free tool for visualising data Book now 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1801610097...

📢 Calling all Social Media Analysts! PGR Social Media Methods Network 🗓️ Thursday 27 November ⏰ 12-1pm 🌐 online This Methods North West lunchtime session will bring together social media methods researchers and analysts of digital culture. Sign up now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pgr-social...

The online Rylands Lunchtime Seminar Series highlights the breadth and quality of our unique Special Collections and showcases world-class collections-based research activities. Register here to attend 😀: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Interested in turning your research into a thriving deeptech startup? Learn how through the University-sponsored Conception X Venture Scientist programme. Sign up for an on-campus discovery session (18th November) or online discovery session (27th November): www.conceptionx.org/apply

💡 Meet our workshop lead Dr Simon Rudkin Simon is a member of the UoM's Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research (CMI) & @socialstats.bsky.social 🪧 He has pioneered application of Ball Mapper in social sciences, focusing on the info which is held within data & using that info for societal benefit

Join the ‘Defiance: Artists at Risk’ event on 20 November, 4:30pm at the Beyer Theatre, UoM. Our guest is Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov. Andrey will present his new book Three Years on Fire: The Destruction of Ukraine. Entry is free on a first come, first served basis.

Are you a PhD student working on China? The Manchester China Institute (MCI) invites proposals for Spring 2026 Early Career Researcher (ECR) China Studies Workshops. To apply, please see here for details: www.mci.manchester.ac.uk/about/events...

📢 Methods Labs Applications Now Open! 📢 These grants offer opportunities for postgraduate and academic researchers to come together to work intensively for a concentrated period of time around particular methods or methodologies. For more detail: www.methodsnorthwest.ac.uk/home/catalys...

On 12th November, take a break & come to Corridor Coffee (ground floor of the SU) from 9.30AM. This month, the Students’ Union is encouraging students to get out in nature to improve their wellbeing, so we will be grabbing a warm drink and heading off on a walk around the local campus.

PGRs - are you curious about how your skills translate beyond academia? Developing Enterprising Researchers is an online workshop to help you uncover how your research competencies align with industry needs. 📅 27th November 2025 ⏰ 10:00 - 12:00 Register here: app.manchester.ac.uk/training/pro...