PGR Festival

Postgraduate Research students from two of Swansea's Research Excellence schemes will be sharing insights into their current research. Each student will have up to five minutes and must use a form of visual media as part of their talk.

This event is only open to students who are part of Swansea's Research Excellence schemes.

Do you suffer from writer’s block? Do you have an upcoming deadline for your next paper or thesis chapter? Need some extra motivation to help you progress with your work? The PGR Writing Club, based in the PGR Hub, is a new monthly activity that will provide structure, support and motivation to help you achieve your writing goals. The day will be structured with goal setting, quiet writing sessions, and breaks to connect with other PGRs and discuss your progress.

Please bring a laptop and have an idea of a specific writing goal for the day. Docking stations, plugs and lunch/tea/coffee will be available.

When: 9 May, 10:00 - 16:00

Where: Hyb PGR, Faraday 312, Singleton

Get involved: PGR Writing Club

Grab your mug and join us for a coffee and a natter in the Hyb PGR Lounge in the Faraday Building, room 313 as part of the PGR Festival. Coffee, tea, and snacks will be provided free of charge.

The PGR Society is run by PGRs for PGRs. You can find out more about the PGR Society, their events, and how to get involved here. https://www.swansea-union.co.uk/activities/society/pgr_society/

Don't miss out on this chance to expand your academic and social circle. We look forward to seeing you there!

When: 13th May 14:00- 15:30

Where: Hyb PGR, Faraday 313

Get involved: Sign up here

An informal session for current and future PGR supervisors to share experiences and good practice in establishing positive supervisory relationships and supporting PGRs to progress through their research.

When: 14^th May, 13:00 – 14:30

Where: Hyb PGR, Faraday 309, Singleton Campus

Sign up here (staff only): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1309970740749?aff=oddtdtcreator

Get away from your desk, the library or the lab, and explore creative ways to communicate your research while connecting with other PGRs.

There's refreshments on offer and you don't have to focus on your research, bring along your latest craft project or try out some new activities.

When: 16^th May, 10:30 – 15:00

Where: Hyb PGR, Faraday 309

Drop in, stay all day, or join us for an intro to zine making from 11am-12pm.: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1309951463089?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join us for our annual celebration of the PGR community home to the PGR Research Poster Competition, the live final of Swansea 3MT, and the PGR Awards.

Our poster competition showcases the research of PGR students, bringing together the university’s three faculties to share a wide range of topics and approaches.

The 3MT final is always one of the high points of the festival, hearing from some of our best and brightest PGRs from across the three faculties who will be sharing their research in just three minutes, with only one slide to help them. 

We’ll round off the day with the PGR Awards, recognising those who have contributed to enhancing the student experience over the last year.

When: May 21, 10:00 - 16:00

Where: Taliesin

Get involved: Sign up here 

Schedule: poster event 10am-12pm, networking & refreshments 12pm-1pm, 3MT final and awards 1.30pm-4pm. Come for the whole day or drop in for individual events.

Are you a fan of board games, video games, or even a good old game of hide and seek? Join us for this fun, student-led event organised by Tatiana Bodnar, a PhD student in Human Geography with a passion for all types of play! 

Game jams are fast-paced workshops where participants create a game in a short amount of time—anywhere from an hour to a week. Similar to a hackathon, this game jam will focus on turning your research into a game prototype. We’ll explore classic game mechanics, dive into different types of games, play an ideation game, and check out an example of a game I’m currently prototyping of my research. Then, we’ll work together to create prototypes of games inspired by our research! 

This relaxed, social session is all about having fun and thinking about research in a whole new way. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to bring your research to life through gaming and grab a drink and bite to eat! 

This session was inspired by the three-part live-stream lecture series Playing with Method: Game Design as Ethnographic Research, hosted by Stadtlabor for Multimodal Anthropology at HU Berlin. If you’re curious and want to explore their approach, you can learn more about the lectures: https://tscriado.org/2020/12/17/playingwithmethod/ 

When: 29 May, 6pm-9pm

Where: Common Meeple boardgame cafe, 77 St Helen's Road, Swansea SA1 4BG

Get involved: Game Jam