Opportunities
From the Brilliant Club to Early Career Fellowships and the library's PhD Life Blog — there are a variety of both external and internal opportunities for postgraduate researchers from different disciplines and with different interests.
Browse our list below to find out more!
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Fellowship demonstrates a personal and institutional commitment to professionalism in learning and teaching in higher education. Across four categories, from Associate to Principal, the Advance HE Fellowship provides individuals with recognition of their practice, impact and leadership of teaching and learning.
Practical and inspiring open days for first year PhD students new to the British Library.
The Early Career Fellowship Scheme supports completing Warwick doctoral candidates in the transition phase between their doctoral and independent postdoctoral research careers. Applications are welcomed twice per year.
The library PG Hub offers lots of events for postgraduates, among them: Write here, write now, PGR drop in, and Research refresh online.
The Postgraduate Community Engagement Team runs a peer mentorship scheme to provide support for postgraduate students – encouraging integration and a vibrant postgraduate experience.
The SU's Academic Representation system ensures that students have a say on their educational experience here at Warwick.
A blog about the PhD student experience at Warwick.
The APP PGR offers students insight, knowledge, skills and context in teaching in Higher Education, challenging perceptions, providing a dynamic learning environment and adding value to the work participants are doing at Warwick.
Our Research Partnerships help grow our world-leading activity across all our disciplines.
The Research Professional offers news and funding awareness.
There are opportunities throughout the academic year to join the Residential Community Team on campus and support students from a wide range of subject groups and backgrounds. As a volunteer in the Residential Life Team is asked to live on campus and provide pastoral and wellbeing support to the nearby student community. You can find more information and see if there are any current opportunities on the Residential Community pages.
The Brilliant Club – PhD and ECR part time opportunity – 24-25
The Brilliant Club is an award-winning university access charity. They recruit and train PhD students and ECRs to support disadvantaged school pupils access the most competitive universities and succeed when they get there.
The Brilliant Club provides PhDs and ECRs training in widening participation, research communication, and teaching. Researchers are then paid to deliver academically rigorous programmes to small groups of pupils in state schools across the UK.
How does it work?
On The Scholars Programme, tutors are trained to deliver a research based programme – either one based on their academic research, or a pre-designed programme. They deliver this course in university-style tutorials to groups of 7.
To help fit alongside their other commitments, tutors indicate their availability on a termly basis. Placements are paid from £605 per placement, with an additional £161 for designing a Scholars Programme course (plus London weighting). Travel expenses are also paid.
For more information, register to attend an online information event
To apply, fill in the application form here
If you have any queries, please get in touch via apply@thebrilliantclub.org
The Postgraduate Certificate in Transferable Skills in Sciences is a professionally recognised skills qualification.
The UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE) is the national representative body for postgraduate education and research.
The UK Council for International Student Affairs has worked to support international students and the institutions, students' unions and organisations who work closely with them.
Vitae is an organisation that realises the potential of researchers.
Warwick Enterprise helps you develop your entrepreneurial skills and try out new business ideas and social enterprises.
Warwick Volunteers supports students at the University of Warwick to volunteer in the communities around campus and where they live.
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) are a UK-wide programme designed to help businesses improve their competitiveness and productivity through shared knowledge, technology and skills.
Having some experience of work before you leave university has many benefits, more than you might first think.