Attending my first joint EUPLAN/Platelet Society conference, Bristol 2023
The Research Support Award granted by Doctoral Services allowed me to attend my first international EUPLAN conference, jointly held this year with the Platelet Society in Bristol. This was a large 3-day conference that covered various aspects of platelet…
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A Warm Welcome to the Construction Management Research Community
With the assistance of a Research Support Award from Doctoral Services, I was able to attend and present a paper at the ARCOM (Association of Researchers in Construction Management) Conference 2023, held over three days in September 2023 at…
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My time at the BPS Cognitive and Developmental Section Conference 2023
In June 2023, I applied for the £500 Research Support Award available to Manchester Met’s doctoral students. I wanted to be able to attend the BPS Cognitive and Developmental Section Conference in Bristol after applying to present a poster…
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CARPA8: Exploring the Boundaries of Artistic Research and Dramaturgy
I recently had the exciting opportunity to attend CARPA8, a colloquium on artistic research in the performing arts hosted by The Performing Arts Research Centre (Tutke) in collaboration with the Comparative Dramaturgy and Performance Research Programme of the Theatre…
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Go to conferences! And let Man Met get you there: a first-timer’s journey to the Academy of Management (AoM) Annual Meeting
As a late-stage PhD student, the whirlwind that is attending and presenting at academic conferences is still a relatively new experience for me. Attending the 2023 Academy of Management (AoM) Annual Meeting in Boston, USA – with instrumental help…
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Offsite Creation
Experiencing in different places and transforming perception and concern into artistic practice often brings unexpected research progress. In July 2023, I engaged in a three-week artist-in-residence programme in Barcelona. As an international artist and researcher, I would like to…
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Presenting at Your First International Conference: A PhD Student’s Experience
As I waited for my fellow academics to reply to my attempt at generating audience participation, I was glad I said no to the offer of whisky at last night’s conference social. After a nervous second, thankfully, around half…
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Skink or Swim
Arriving in Bermuda and seeing my accommodation for the next three months, I began to wonder what I had let myself in for. I first felt trepidation; leaking roofs, a leaking boat, and unreliable amenities (for example, no running…
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An Amazing Opportunity at Falmouth University’s Haunted Landscapes Conference
Thanks to the funding received from the Graduate School’s Research Support Award and the kind help from my supervisor Professor Toby Heys, I had the opportunity to attend and present at the conference ‘Haunted Landscapes: Nature, Super-Nature, and Global…
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Joining a Community of Co-creation and Engagement as a Researcher, Teacher and Student
I began my PhD in the midst of the pandemic. The world came to a halt, as though a foot had come down hard on the brake pedal of life, enforcing a global emergency stop. I was a mid-career…
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