Writing for Impact: Dissertations and Beyond
Time and Date: 12.00pm - 1.30pm, Wednesday 20 November
Location: CKK 8.01
Topic: Can storytelling techniques enhance your academic writing? Come to our lunchtime seminar to find out how to effectively showcase your ideas to engage the reader and enhance scholarly success. The seminar will be led by LSE alumni and visiting professor Dr. Carol Reade. Opportunities will be available to sign up for one-on-one writing surgeries for those attending the seminar. Open to all doctoral students. Lunch provided.
Audience: All DoM Research Students.
Please contact Camilla Kennedy-Harper, at C.Kennedy-Harper@lse.ac.uk for more information.
Alumni Panel: Working after your PhD
Time and Date: 12.30pm - 2.00pm, Wednesday 27 November
Location: PhD Academy
Topic: Our LSE PhD qualified speakers will share their stories of entering and moving on in the early and mid stages of their career in the fields of research, policy and impact in a variety of roles in different types of organisations in the UK. It's an interesting and intentionally diverse crowd so you can learn from a broad range of academic disciplines and employment sectors.
Audience: All LSE Research Students.
More information and booking on Careers Hub.
Persuasive Speaking
Time and Date: 2.00pm - 4.00pm, Monday 11 November
Location: PhD Academy
Topic: This workshop will show you how to organise your presentation in a way that brings your audience along with you, step by step. It will also teach you how to communicate persuasively through a host of tips related to slide format, timing and delivery. Finally, this workshop will help you to introduce a bit of yourself into your public speaking, so that your presentations sparkle with wit and originality.
Audience: All LSE Research Students.
Book here.
Managing your PhD Data
Time and Date: Tuesday 22 and Tuesday 29 October
Location: PhD Academy
Topic: LSE PhD Academy 2 session workshop on the process of managing and organising your PhD Data.
Audience: DoM Research Students
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Communcation Skills in Academia
Time and Date: 10.30am - 11.00am, Thursday 31 October
Location: MAR 4.21
Topic: A Q&A with Connson Locke about effective communication in academia. Open to all DoM research students.
Audience: DoM Research Students (See Outlook for invitiation)
Please contact Camilla Kennedy-Harper, at C.Kennedy-Harper@lse.ac.uk for more information.
CVs for academic posts
Time and Date: 12.30pm - 2.00pm, Wednesday 23 October
Location: PhD Academy
Topic: This seminar explores how to put together strong application materials for academic jobs drawing on materials used by recent job candidates.
Audience: DoM Research Students
More information and booking on Careers Hub.
LSE ESRC DTP Reception - Continuing students
Time and Date: 6.00pm - 8.00pm, Tueday 15 October
Location: Bishopsgate Institute
Topic: The PhD Academy start of year ESRC DTP reception, held at the Bishopsgate Institute. A chance to network with your fellow ESRC DTP colleagues over food and drink! Reception is open to all ESRC DTP cohorts, but limited spaces are available. There will also be limited spaces to go on a guided tour of the Bishopsgate archives available during the reception.
Audience: ESRC funded students
Organisational Economics Reading Group
Time and Date: 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Thursday 10 October
Location: MAR 4.12
Topic: Organisational Economics Reading Group: David Cai will lead a discussion on Melitz, M. J. (2003). The Impact of Trade on Intra-Industry Reallocations and Aggregate Industry Productivity. Econometrica, 71(6), 1695–1725.
Audience: Economics and Mangement research students. Open to all DoM research students
Please contact David Cai, at j.cai18@lse.ac.uk, for more information.
Preparing for an Academic Career
Time and Date: 12.30pm - 2.00pm, Friday 11 October
Location: PhD Academy
Topic: Would you like to know more about how the academic ‘system’ in the UK works and how to prepare for job applications? LSE Careers event to inform and support research students navigate an academic career path.
Audience: All LSE Research Students
More information and booking on Careers Hub.