Early Career Researchers (ECRs) are an important part of our community and we are eager to provide platforms where they can share their work with us, network, and gain additional professional skills. Please find out more on the activities that we plan specifically for ECRs below.
Future events:
Public Engagement: Why, Who and What?
Date: Friday, 24 February, 2023 - 14:00 to 16:00
Venue: Main Seminar Room, David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ
Speaker: Dr Lucinda Spokes, Head of Public Engagement, Office of External Affairs and Communications, University of Cambridge
The training session from 2 pm to 3:30 pm will include a presentation and practical exercises and will be followed by tea, coffee, cake and networking from 3:30 to 4 pm. Please find further information here.
Run jointly with The University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute.
Past events:
How to Write and Submit Papers for Publication
Wednesday 12th October 2022 14:00 - 15:30 Venue: TBC
NB The date of this event has been changed. It was originally scheduled for Friday 14th October.
From peer review and point size to successful abstracts and succinct sentences, this event will provide early career researchers with essential information about journal publishing.
Editors and academics will give attendees the inside track on best practice for writing and successfully submitting papers; from how to make a good first impression and tips for text that’s relevant and robust, to impact factors and rejection.
Speakers will include:
- Professor John Carr, Dept of Plants Sciences, University of Cambridge,
- Katie Henderson, Publishing Editor, Cambridge University Press,
- Representatives from the journal Plants People Planet.
Healthy Eco-Systems Ideation Workshop
Friday 14th October 2022 10am Venue: The Maxwell Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE
ECRs and PhD students will work in teams to devise ideas for solutions to the most pressing climate change questions related to healthy eco-systems. This event will be part of the Cambridge Zero Climate Change Festival 2022, and is organised jointly by the Interdisciplinary Research Centres on Energy, Global Food Security, Public Health and the Cambridge Conservation Initiative. Register here
Applications from BAME students/researchers, women, students with diverse gender identities, and other underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged.
An on-line briefing meeting will be held in advance, at 11am on Friday 9th September. Please find further information here.
Connecting with Industry (Open Innovation Forum, IfM)
29/30 June 2020
Please find more information HERE.
BBSRC Grants & Fellowships Workshop
6 May 2020
Please find more information HERE.
"After my PhD, what?"
30 November 2020
Please find more information HERE.
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