{"id":646,"date":"2015-11-11T11:08:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T11:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/?p=646"},"modified":"2015-11-18T11:47:05","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T11:47:05","slug":"northern-bridge-autumn-school-october-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/2015\/11\/11\/northern-bridge-autumn-school-october-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Bridge Autumn School – October 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

A number of our AHRC funded PhD students attended the Northern Bridge<\/a> Autumn School, hosted by Queens University Belfast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We set off from Newcastle Airport with the weather forecast to rain, rain, rain, with a little more rain scheduled for Belfast for the next few days. We were pleasantly surprised to land in a slightly grey but DRY Belfast. We had time to wander around the city of Belfast, to see some of the street art, the infamous \u2019Big Fish\u2019, the Ulster Museum<\/a> and we even squeezed in a visit to Maggie May\u2019s Caf\u00e9, which was as nice as people had reported, and so we pass on the recommendation (see photo below)!<\/p>\n

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Belfast side streets & artwork (left & top right); Maggie May’s milkshake & ice cream sundae after a trip to the Ulster Museum! (bottom right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The main aim of the Wednesday timetable was to give this year\u2019s newly funded students a chance to talk and get to know each other, and to hear about their research topics; whilst for the 2014\/2015 group it was a chance to catch up with each other\u2019s progress and adventures since the Newcastle event in June 2015.<\/p>\n

While the new starters were perfecting their \u2018elevator pitch’ (ie. Sell yourself to a prospective boss in the time it takes you to climb 7 floors in a lift!<\/em>), we spent time reflecting on the advantages of being part of the Northern Bridge partnership. We also highlighted areas in which more could have been made as a new starter, and this was the spark for the afternoon session, which we were to run for the new cohort. This \u2018Peer Feedback\u2019 session also included a pitching session for possible training events to be run and organised through Northern Bridge by us, the students. The focus of the afternoon was careers and employability; we heard from a Northern Bridge student who had undertaken a placement that had benefitted her research and provided a possible career path post-PhD. It certainly gave us some food for thought!<\/p>\n

The day was concluded with a drinks reception in the wonderful Great Hall of Queen\u2019s University followed by a meal at an Italian restaurant (also followed by a visit to the nearby pubs and bars for some!).<\/p>\n

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The Great Hall, Queen\u2019s University, Belfast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thursday\u2019s sessions included thematic-based interdisciplinary group networking, followed by a Keynote lecture by Professor Richard Clay (Newcastle University) titled \u201cfrom coins to Internet in 45 minutes(ish)\u201d. Professor Clay outlined some interesting ideas about the use of marks, graffiti and prints to change perception and re-code public space using examples through history\u2014from early coinage to modern-day street art.<\/p>\n

The closing session focussed on ways of disseminating research via the media, discussing \u2018being Mary Beard\u2019 \u2013 an academic who regularly presents her research interest to the public through documentaries, radio programmes, and her blog, alongside her academic publications. This session also brought up very current issues regarding gender and the representation of academics (women academics, in particular) within the media. It was a short but thought provoking session which raised questions about women in academia and in the media, and how we can move to change these stereotypes. This is obviously an issue which is currently being scrutinised and addressed by academia and the wider public alike.<\/p>\n

The autumn conference was a great introduction for the new starters, and provided some food for thought for those of us in stage 2 of our PhD projects – How will we disseminate our work? What road will be taken, an academic or non-academic path? What makes my CV stand out from all the others?<\/p>\n

Time to start planning!<\/p>\n

-Lucy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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