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Spring is here @ougradsch.bsky.social. There's a beautiful carpet of crocus outside the Wilson Building.🙂

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I'm planning an event on 'The Future of the Doctorate' (will update here asap). In the meantime, what are your views on its future, given all that's happening? #AcWri #DoctoralEducation #DoctoralWriting #PhDLife #Thesis #ResearchWriting #GenAI #GAI #AcademicSky www.bloomsbury.com/uk/change-an...

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Clear calm night so a chance to take out my @unistellar.bsky.social telescope. I love the combination of leaning back & taking in the beauty of the stars, and seeing all the deep sky objects my scope shows me. Among the glorious galaxies on show were NGC 2403, NGC 2903, M101 and M102.

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At start of Feb, we welcomed 23 new PG research students to the @openuniversity.bsky.social. As traditional we welcomed them by inviting them to draw images of their research inspiration, posted here tagged #OUGradSch25. @geologyclare.bsky.social @oulibrary.bsky.social @pacespaceou.bsky.social

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✏️For your calendars - many upcoming GCSJ events in Feb and March covering important global topics. All free and open for registration. 🖇️Links via fass.open.ac.uk/research/centres/GCSJ/events #SocialJusticeDay #research #academia @gunjans.bsky.social @ouopenlearn.bsky.social @ougradsch.bsky.social

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I have been a member of this group for most of my PhD, and the breadth of work they do is astonishing.

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Congratulations to Sam Gould, a PhD student with Open Thanatology, for winning the Faculty Postgraduate Award recently. Sam works at Sobell House Hospice as part of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and they've written a news item about Sam's work! www.ouh.nhs.uk/research/new...

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Huge thanks to all who travelled & made it, wrote & stretched 😉, and gave feedback on our all-day #PACEspace 'Writing Retreat' last week in #ThePark - the sun streamed and we all got tons of writing done ✍️✍️✍️🥳 #DoctoralWriting #PhDLife #ThesisWriting @ougradsch.bsky.social @oulibrary.bsky.social

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A very warm welcome to our new postgraduate research students! 👋 The Library Services Research Support team offer specialised advice, support, and guidance to help you throughout the research and scholarship process. Visit our Library Research Support website: www5.open.ac.uk/library-rese...

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The @openuniversity.bsky.social campus looking rather lovely in a delicate sunset this evening.

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Welcome to @openuniversity.bsky.social new PhD students! We have loved hearing about your varied and fascinating research projects and look forward to supporting you. @oulibrary.bsky.social @oustudents.bsky.social @geologyclare.bsky.social

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Thanks to the @openuniversity.bsky.social Confucius Institute for a lovely Chinese New Year celebration and inviting PGRs along to take part! #ChineseNewYear2025

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We're so pleased to see that @openuniversity.bsky.social finally has an account here. Welcome aboard!

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Embroidery, crochet, darning and knitting in the Library at the monthly crafting group. All PGRs and OU staff welcome - let us know if you wanted to be added to the invites! @geologyclare.bsky.social @lizdanner.bsky.social @lindsay-13.bsky.social @eyossarian.bsky.social

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Congratulations on your viva, Elisa Oliveira da Costa! #ProudSupervisor @geologyclare.bsky.social

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📢Launched today: The Gender Pain Gap consultation on Pain in Sexual & Reproductive Health Procedures (UK). Aim: To understand experiences, priorities & views of people with experience of painful procedures. openeducation.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Open to 31 Jan. Please share widely!

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A perspective-shifting conversation about #assessment. Listen here theory-into-practice.weebly.com/tip-blog/exp... @tihe.bsky.social @ougradsch.bsky.social

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PGRs and OU Staff: get your tickets for the Roc Soc Graduate School Ceilidh and Burns Night Celebration on 31 January (ticket sales close on 16 January) £10 for students and £15 for staff, including a haggis supper and all the dancing you can manage! https://buff.ly/4gLEhao

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🎧 PhD update: Today I am transcribing yesterday’s interview with @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social. ⌨️ My touch typing skills are poor. Yay for ClipChamp and ChatGPT. 👉 AI prompt of the day: ‘Remove timestamps from this text. Do NOT change any text.’ #AcademicSky #PhD @ougradsch.bsky.social

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May be of interest to #PACEspace @ougradsch.bsky.social 👇🏼 #AcademicLiteracies

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Good thread for us to follow #PACEspace, on #feedback 👇🏼 [As an aside, I'm planning an informal #ThursdayMorningCoffee (online & on campus) via @ougradsch.bsky.social in the Spring to share experiences, research, and responses to #SupervisorFeedback] #AcWri #DoctoralWriting #AcademicLiteracies {JM}

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Wee glance into the sorts of discussions we get into at #PACEspace 😱 {JM}: kick-starting 2025 with a session on 'Commitment, Risk, and Voice' in #DoctoralWriting #ResearchWriting #AcademicLiteracies ✍️ @ougradsch.bsky.social #ZombieNouns #Nominalisation #AcWri #PhDLife #WhatMakesWritingAcademic👀

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Very excited to be giving a talk at the Phenomenology of Health & Relationships event next month. Registration details below... #philsky @ougradsch.bsky.social

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#PhDdiary #NewYearsResolutions #2025 1. stay motivated - read phdinahundredsteps.com/2013/09/19/w... and talk to people, 2. analyse my data by Easter, 3. write weekly/daily! 4. never give up @ougradsch.bsky.social @lctcentre.bsky.social @phdgirlsa.bsky.social @serenissimaj.bsky.social

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Still time to apply for these fantastic #professionaldoctorate programmes at The Open University wels.open.ac.uk/research/res... #DHSC #EDD #healthandsocialcare #education #socialwork @ougradsch.bsky.social @oulibrary.bsky.social @basw-uk.bsky.social

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Happy 2025! Is this the year you sign up for a PhD? Please see our funded opportunities page for studentships, including Grand Union and Open-Oxford-Cambridge Doctoral Training Partnerships. Lots of closing dates in January and February: https://buff.ly/49ZSuOn @oustudents.bsky.social

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@ougradsch.bsky.social, @serenissimaj.bsky.social PGRs, this course looks great!

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#proudsupervisor! A very successful end to a great #Fluidnet collaboration!

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Last supervision of the year done

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Congratulations Sander Hoogendoorn, pictured here with @geologyclare.bsky.social and Alison Halton, on your viva today! 🍾🍾🥂🥂

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This is one of our favourite spots in the Library building, known as The Park. 🌳 It's an outdoor-themed breakout space... the ideal space for informal gatherings and study breaks. The Library building is open to all, including the general public, so come visit us! 😊 #MiltonKeynes

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Lovely crisp winters day on campus today ❄️❄️❄️

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OU PG research students & staff are warmly invited to the Roc Soc/Grad School Ceilidh & Burns Night Celebration on 31 Jan 2025 in the Hub Theatre, 17:00. Tickets are £10 (PGR) & £15 (Staff). forms.office.com/e/cMwkyM5px4 @riobanerjee.bsky.social @geologyclare.bsky.social @oulibrary.bsky.social

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The joint winner of our first Meme Your Research competition is Meng-Chin from STEM. Buy her a coffee next time you see her. @riobanerjee.bsky.social

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Ready to welcome Monday in with our inaugural Meme Your Research winners? Here's @gandhar018.bsky.social's! @riobanerjee.bsky.social

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Oh I am loving this series by @oulibrary.bsky.social focused on @ougradsch.bsky.social theses!

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Feeling tired? It's not just you! 🥱 Read Emily Breese's 'Cognitive impacts of circadian misalignment and sleep disruption - shift working and new parenthood' for some interesting insights this #ThesisThursday. Here it is on ORO: oro.open.ac.uk/78709/

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