Join us for the launch of the Graduate School Festival 2021, an online week-long festival, showcasing University of Westminster doctoral research.
The week of workshops, panels, screenings, competitions, exhibitions, talks and much more has been created to show peers, colleagues at the university and people beyond it the brilliant research being done by doctoral students here at the University of Westminster — research that is in the process of changing lives, minds and the world!
Do explore the website for all the ways you can get involved, such as by:
- following our Twitter Takeover:
- watching film screenings of work in progress
- supporting our 3MT competition contestants
- and much moreGo to the Festival Programme page.
Doctoral research is about bringing new things into the world. Spend the week with us watching them come to light!
Here are a few examples of what the festival has to offer:
Launch event - 7 secrets of highly sucessful research students (Monday 17 May, 10am - 12:30pm)
- Presenter Dr Hugh Kearns of Flinders University, Adelaide is known internationally for his work as a public speaker, educator and researcher. Hugh’s twitter account is a favourite with research students, well known for motivational and supportive guidance on thriving during the PhD journey.
Journey to the PHD: the obstacles and how to beat them (Tuesday 18 May, 6pm - 8pm)
- In these interviews and panel, you will hear from a range of current doctoral students from backgrounds that are underrepresented in doctoral education — about their experiences, their routes to doctoral study, their advice and guidance for others thinking of doing a PhD, their challenges to the status quo in higher education.
Patterns of Migration - a live film screening and Q&A with Claire Wang and Arese Visconti (Wednesday 19 May, 2pm - 3:30pm)
- This event will discuss themes related to migration through visual arts. Structured as a Q&A panel, the two introductory presentations will describe research case studies related to migration seen by contemporary artists and the still growing phenomenon of recent Italian diaspora to Western Switzerland.
3 Minute Thesis Competition: The Final (Thursday 20 May, 3:30pm - 5pm)
- The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an academic research communication competition. The Competition gives doctoral students a chance to communicate the importance of their research beyond their discipline and their peers — in three minutes, with no notes and with only one slide!
In conversation with Orna Rosenfeld (Friday 21 May, 6pm - 7pm)
- Dr Orna Rosenfeld is an award-winning urban strategist, author and global advisor on housing. She works with international organizations and banks, governments and cities to help advance housing knowledge, policy and investment in pursuit of inclusive urban futures.
To read more about the launch event, plus a comprehensive guide to the festival and the full events programme please visit the festival website.
