North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership

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Telling The World: Publicising Your Research Through The Media Workshop

Ishita Patil, Planning and Environment, University of Manchester (2024 Cohort) In April 2025, I attended a two half-day online workshop titled Telling the World: Publicising Your Research Through the Media, organised by former BBC journalists Tim Grout-Smith and Lily Poberezhska….

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Civil service internship placement: Overview, reflection and thoughts

James Whitehurst, Health and Wellbeing, Keele University (2022 cohort) Over the past three months I have been lucky enough to experience working in the civil service as a member of the “Open Innovation Team”. The Open Innovation Team (OIT) are…

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My reflection on co-organising the student representatives ‘conference themed’ event at Manchester

Sam Browning, Geography & Environment, University of Liverpool (2024 cohort) *(Please read/listen here to the narrated version or do both based on whatever you prefer)! Hi Folks, Each year, the NWSSDTP rep team collaborates to create an impactful event for students across…

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My Reflections on Attending the University of Liverpool’s Latest Neurodiversity Symposium (March, 2025)*

One of our NWSSDTP Student Representatives recently attended the Neurodiversity Symposium at the University of Liverpool. In this blog, Sam discusses how useful he found the day.

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