Tuesday 8 June 2021
Conference Programme
09.15 Conference welcome :
� Professor Trevor McMillan , Vice-Chancellor
� Katie Charlton , KPA President
09.30 Three Minute Thesis Competition ( semi-finals ):
� Professor Alexandra Lamont , Keele Doctoral Academy Director
10.15 Networking with presenters and competition viewing :
� Posters
� Advertise your Research ( in memory of Dr Rachel Green ) ( available to be viewed from Tuesday 1st June via the ILAS website )
11.15 Panel session :
� The employment experiences of doctoral degree students
12.00 Final competition viewing ( break ):
� Poster and Create my Thesis viewing
� Final voting for all competitions closes at 12.15
12.15 Open Research presentation :
� Open Research Champion
� Competition winners ’ presentation followed by prize giving with Dr Jim Grange , University Academic Lead for Research & Integrity Improvement
13.00 Presentation of prizes :
� Professor Jonathan Wastling , Executive Dean of Natural Sciences
13.30 Break-out sessions : ( Each breakout session will be delivered twice i . e ., 2 x 50 minutes with a 10-minute break in between )
� Job Applications , CVs and Interviews – Making a Good Impact hosted by Emma Colley
� Inside perspectives and tips for grant applications – Early Career / Post Doc . hosted by James Cook
� Researcher conversations hosted by Zoe Robinson � Designs for opportunity : scoping potential postgraduate project funding hosted by Deirdre McKay � In the company of friends : research with external partners hosted by
Ann Pittard � Research journaling with Start to Success hosted by Toni Karic
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