Hi all,

Could you please circulate the details below to your networks?

Many thanks,

Neema

To PGT/PGR students and early career academics,

The Political Studies Association are holding an event on Demystifying and Navigating Early Career Academia at Bristol University on Tuesday 1st May. It is a day of workshops and panels aimed at lifting the lid on academic processes.

FREE Workshop: Demystifying and Navigating Early Career Academia

The PSA Early Career Network is holding a day’s conference at the University of Bristol on Tuesday 1st May, on ' Demystifying and Navigating Early Career Academia'. It is a day of workshops and panels aimed at lifting the lid on academic processes - including advice on CVs and interviews, REF and TEF, and impact. Central to all sessions will be an attention to issues of equality and diversity and how to make academia more inclusive, including a panel on diversity in early academia.

The event is kindly being sponsored by University of Bristol Gender Research Centre, BSA Race Study Group and PSA Women and Politics group.

It is a free event and travel bursaries can be made available for those who need them. More details and registration can be found here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ecn-workshop-demystifying-and-navigating-early-career-academia-tickets-44973994428?aff=erelexpmlt

The schedule for the day is as follows:

09:30-09:45: Welcome and Registration

09:45-10:00: Welcome Remarks, Jessica Smith, Birkbeck College, University of London and Neema Begum, University of Bristol

10:00-11:00: Impact Workshop: Dr Therese O’Toole, University of Bristol

11:00-12:00 REF and TEF Workshop Demystifying the Process, Professor Jonathan Tonge, University of Liverpool and Professor John Craig, Leeds Beckett University

12:00-12:15 Break

12:15-13:15 CVs and Interviews in Academia Workshop: Lifting the Lid, Dr Peter Allan, University of Bath

13:15-14:15: Lunch sponsored by PSA Women and Politics Specialist Group

14:15-15:30: Diversity in Early Academia Panel sponsored by BSA Race Study Group

Chair: Rima Saini, City, University of London

Speakers:

Professor Heather Savigny, De Montfort University

Dr Sadiya Akram, Manchester Metropolitan University

15:30 - 16:30: Speakers and Q&A Session

Phil Sooben, CEO, Political Studies Association

Keynote Speaker: Aisha Richards, Director, Shades of Noir

Q&A Session:

Aisha Richards, Director, Shades of Noir

Phil Sooben, CEO, Political Studies Association

James Weinberg, University of Sheffield, Chair of PSA Early Career Network

We look forward to seeing you there.

Kind regards,

Neema and Jess

**Please note this event was postponed due to severe weather conditions in March. The new date is Tuesday 1st May

Neema Begum
PhD Candidate, Politics

Teaching Assistant
School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS)
University of Bristol

Treasurer of Political Studies Association (PSA) Early Career Network (ECN)

Assistant Book Review Editor, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity