Dear all,
At the last meeting in Birmingham, we discussed Claire's (Nottingham) proposal/idea of having a regular Part-Time Research Programme.
As discussed, I thought it would be good to set up a message here to discuss further:
One of the questions that was asked was whether this venture should be an 'EmDoc' run event. From my perspective this would be problematic as EmDoc only includes the East Midlands Universities; does this mean only PGRs registered in those universities could participate? What about the other members of the MRD Forum?
So a follow-up question was 'where would the programme sit/live/exist etc.'. I posited that it could be run by universities in the MRD Forum but rather than the programme be set up as a 'page' on a University website, why not create a wordpress site focused only on the Part-Time Research Programme (perhaps with that title)? Whoever, hosts the programme for the year would be in charge of the website and get to advertise; then change hands to another university. This would keep the subscription rather open but also still focused only on Part-Time Researchers from MRD Forum universities.
Anyway those are some of my thoughts - would be good to hear from others as I think a regular PT Researcher Programme would be a great way to support them.
All the best
Chantal
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