ESRC Wales DTP Newsletter

The July 2021 edition of the ESRC Wales DTP newsletter

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July 2021

Your student reps: TBC (Aberystwyth University), TBC (Bangor University), TBC (Cardiff Metropolitan University), Rachel Phillips and Tracey Rosell (Cardiff University), Rosie Watts (Swansea University) and Aimee Morse (University of Gloucestershire)

Wales DTP Student Teams Community News

The Teams community recently held its final networking event of the academic year. Updates were provided from the DTP on matters including: the DTP buddy scheme; meeting the new cohort of DTP students at induction; evolving the Teams community, and future networking events. If you were unable to attend the meeting, you can view the updates in our announcements video.

Should you wish to share your thoughts and discuss the announcements made, you can do so anonymously via a dedicated Padlet.

The Teams community has proven a great success, helping us to communicate, network and form partnerships despite the ongoing pandemic. Thank you to everyone for your contributions and continued involvement!

Small Grants Scheme

Despite the current situation, there is still plenty of potential and support for the submission of applications for DTP small grant activities, and to plan collaborations that can be done virtually (webinars instead of conferences for example). We welcome proposals for our next small grant applications call with a closing date of 1 November 2021.

Further information and an application form can be found on the DTP website

WISERD 2021 Summer Series Competition Winners

The DTP extends its congratulations to University of Wales Trinity St David PhD student Emma Reardon, winner of the poster pitching session in the 2021 WISERD Summer Series, held online this month. Emma receives a prize of £200 book tokens, sponsored by the Wales DTP, for her talk 'I feel like a square peg in a round hole. How is autism perceived and does it matter'. Congratulations also to student Muhao Du, Cardiff University, winner of the best poster prize', for his research on 'Finding Harmony in Hardship: experiences of subsidiaries of Chinese MNCs in the high technology sector'. Muhao receives £200 book tokens, sponsored by the Learned Society of Wales.

ESRC Student Survey

The ESRC recognise that the student voice is an important factor in monitoring its doctoral training investments. Current postgraduate students are invited to complete a brief survey about their studentship experience. Responses will be combined with those of others to help inform both the ESRC and Doctoral Training Partnerships about the experience of postgraduate researchers, helping to improve future support. The survey is open until 6 August.

Zinc Innovation Internships 2021-2022

Zinc builds brand-new companies from scratch to develop products and services that respond to urgent societal challenges. They are looking for ambitious PhD students from a range of academic backgrounds, who are passionate about one or more of their missions to: improve mental health; enhance the quality of later life; and unlock new life chances for people affected by automation and globalisation. They are particularly interested in recruiting students with an interest in their current mission focus on improving mental health for children and young people.

Further details about this opportunity are available online. The closing date for applications is 6 August, for students interested in joining Zinc in October.

There is also a recording of an introduction to Innovation Internships programme, which includes thoughts and reflections from two current PhD students who have recently worked with Zinc and their ventures.

Any Wales DTP funded student who is interested in making an application, should contact us to seek DTP support for the provision of a 12 week funded extension to their stipend.

Dates for the Diary

August
6th Deadline for completion of ESRC Student Survey
6th Deadline for applications for Zinc Innovation Internships
18th Random Effects Modelling - Advanced Issues

September
3rd Mediation Analysis Methods
7th Randomised Controlled Trials for quantitative social researchers
16th Automating map production in QGIS
22nd Introduction to Data Linkage and Analysing Linked Data

Keep an eye on the DTP online diary for updates

Automating Map Production in QGIS

WISERD is working in partnership with NCRM to deliver this course, which runs over two mornings on 16th-17th September. Participants will learn how to automatically generate a batch of multiple maps from a single map layout template in QGIS, using the QGIS Atlas tool. For further details and to book, visit the WISERD website.

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