Feel the fear and do it anyway: Intellectual risk taking and harnessing the politics of dis/comfort

Feel the fear and do it anyway: Intellectual risk taking and harnessing the politics of dis/comfort

Facilitator: Associate Professor Sarah Lawson-Welsh RDF Indicator: A3 Programme: PGR Research Skills Programme 2021-22 Theme: Research Methods Session Overview: This session provides a chance to think about the nature of researcher fear and the benefits of intellectual risk-taking, using Sarah's own research in global food studies as a case study and drawing upon the theoretical writing on dis/comfort of feminist thinkers such as Sara Ahmed, Rachelle Chadwick (and others). There will be opportunities to review your individual and collective ‘comfort zones’ as a researcher and you will be encouraged to think further – and reflexively – about the politics of dis/comfort in your own individual research praxis and the ways in which you can harness this to develop research strategies which challenge privileged positions of ignorance or ‘comfortable truths’ (Chadwick 2021). Learning Outcomes: By the end of the session, you will have a clearer sense of your individual and collective comfort zones as a researcher and better awareness of a range of strategies that you can put...
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Lessons learnt from postgraduate researcher supervision (staff only)

Lessons learnt from postgraduate researcher supervision (staff only)

Facilitator: Professor Andy Hill, Head of Postgraduate Research RDF Indicator: D1 Programme: CPD Programme 2021-22 Theme: YSJU Supervision, Leadership and Mentorship   Session Overview: This session will provide a series of key lessons regarding successful (and less successful) postgraduate researcher supervision. As a consequence, attendees will be aided in their own development as effective supervisors. It will be delivered by Professor Andrew Hill who has supervised doctoral students (at least reasonable successfully) over the last 10 years. Learning Outcomes: A better understanding of the key factors that underpin successful PGR supervision.   You can book your place on Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lessons-learned-from-postgraduate-researcher-supervision-staff-only-tickets-194972196087...
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Theory, media and film

Theory, media and film

Session facilitator: Professor Steve Rawle Session Overview: There are so few academic disciplines as publicly maligned as Film and Media Studies (now often under the umbrella of Screen Studies), despite the centrally of forms of media to our everyday lives. Yet, Media Studies remains a political hot potato. In a discipline where there are also sharp divides between theory and practice, this raises the question of how Film and Media Studies theorises contemporary media cultures and defines its political contribution and impact.  How should you approach systematic searching for theoretical literature? When does theorising stop and critique or other methods begin? This session draws on a near-20-year journey in film and cultural theory, often at the lower-end of cultural distinction. It considers how to approach ‘theory’ as both an object and a critical framework, including: methods for evaluating and synthesising theory; theoretically-informed criticism; the ethics of theory; and generating impact as a theorist.   Learning Outcomes: Identifying appropriate theoretical approaches The pitfalls of theory and theorising To book your place, use this link to Eventbrite here: Book now...
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Planning your research career (inclusive of Individual Research Plans)

Planning your research career (inclusive of Individual Research Plans)

Facilitator: Associate Professor Dai O'Brian RDF Indicator: B1, B3 Programme: Theme: Early Career Researchers (staff in first five years since PhD) Facilitator: Dr Dai O'Brian, Associate Professor and Programme Lead of BSL, Deaf Studies and Linguistics Session Overview: How and why should we plan our research careers? In this session we will discuss how and why we can make decisions about the direction of our research, with some reflections from Dai about his own career so far. Learning Outcomes: To be confirmed.    You can book your place on Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/planning-your-research-career-inclusive-of-individual-research-plans-tickets-194967873157...
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Life, work and sustainable work practice

Life, work and sustainable work practice

Session facilitator: Professor Vanessa Corby The aim of this session is to equip PGRs and staff with a sustainable approach to their PhD and research projects. Historically, research has been billed as an isolating experience, legitimated by the romantic vision of the solitary (usually male) scholar immersed in dusty texts or pouring over pestilent petri-dishes. The completion of any research project is not only dependent on academic excellence, however, but also health and emotional well-being. This session unpicks the unhealthy relationship between academic identity, time and solitude and asks PGRs to think differently about what it means to work effectively as 'an academic'. Learning Outcomes: This session promotes the need for structure in the working day and the benefits of working incrementally to accommodate exercise and the needs of friends and family. Rather than a guilty pleasure or impediment to ‘research’ the session foregrounds the positive impact of these non-academic activities for their thinking, thesis and well-being. As such the session will not...
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A beginners guide to editing books (staff only)

A beginners guide to editing books (staff only)

Facilitator: Professor Helen Sauntson RDF Indicator: B3 Programme: CPD Programme 2021-22 Theme: Early Career Researchers (staff in first five years since PhD) Session Overview: This session focuses on the processes involved in producing an edited book. The session includes information on early decisions which need to be made in the planning stage, how to write a successful proposal for an edited book, key tasks undertaken during the manuscript preparation stage, the role of the book editor and the role of the publisher. Professor Sauntson draws on her extensive experience both as a book editor and a book series editor to offer advice on how to successfully edit a book. Learning Outcomes: Knowledge and understanding of the processes involved in producing an edited book Knowledge of how to write a successful proposal for an edited book Knowledge and understanding of the role of the book editor   You can book your place on Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-beginners-guide-to-editing-books-tickets-194962045727...
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Using the RDF for your career progression

Using the RDF for your career progression

Session facilitator: Dr Charlotte Haines Lyon This session will introduce the Vitae RDF planner to participants and look at how researchers can use it to help aid their career progression. Learning Outcomes: 1) Participants will understand what the RDF planner is and how to access it. 2) Participants will understand how to use it and log evidence. 3) Participants will be able to export reports for different uses, eg, PhD reviews, promotions and job applications. Book now This session will be taking place in FT/210...
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Transforming Creative Practice into a Creative Research Project

Transforming Creative Practice into a Creative Research Project

Session facilitator: Associate Professor Vanessa Corby, Professor of Theory, History and Practice of Art All processes of making be they in the disciplines of creative writing, design, performance, fine art, film or music, I would argue, can be research driven. They engage with a field but find it wanting; there’s a gap to be filled, an itch to scratch, something to be said, an experience to be shared or rearticulated. When that’s not the case, in my experience, there’s a tendency to find the practice wanting, because it can lack conviction, integrity and, to parrot the REF, originality, significance and rigour. Learning Outcomes: This workshop offers strategies to identify, articulate and pursue the research dimensions of practice. As such it will be useful for postgraduate researchers who need to meet the learning outcomes set for their programmes and practice-based staff who work within the definitions of research set by the REF. Rather than present a toolkit of how to academicize your work to...
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Supporting your postgraduate researchers in doctoral writing (staff only)

Supporting your postgraduate researchers in doctoral writing (staff only)

Facilitators: Dr Charlotte Hains Lyon and  Dr Joan Walton RDF indicator: B1, B2 Programme: CPD Programme 2023-24 Theme: YSJU Supervision and Leadership   Session Overview: This will take the form of a workshop, informed by questions raised by participants in advance. Charlotte and Joan will share practices and experiences that will help you to address a variety of issues and problems experienced by PGRs relating to writing. Learning Outcomes: Participants will gain an understanding of issues that might impact the writing of PGRS. Participants will have a range of strategies to use with PGRs to help them progress their writing skills.   The session will take place on Teams.    You can book your place via Forms here: ...
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Q&A with Chairs of School Ethics Committee

Q&A with Chairs of School Ethics Committee

Facilitators: Dr Scott Cole, Helen Trouille, Sophie Carter and Olalekan Adekola Session Format: In this session, Chairs of the School Ethics Committees of York St John will host a session on Ethics. Within this session, participants are advised to share any project plans and obtain peer and expert feedback on their proposals. There will also be an opportunity to ask general research ethics questions. Learning Outcomes: Although this is not a formal taught session, participants will learn; how to identify and mitigate risks, how to identify ethical issues and how to discuss ethics in a group of people with varied backgrounds and expertise.   Session facilitated by some of the School Ethics Chairs This session will be delivered live via Teams and may be recorded Booking Book your place via Eventbrite now https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/193665517777  ...
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