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17/09/2026

PGR meetups

Blog post written by: Dr Heidi Kharbhih For a month the PGRs have been meeting on Teams once a week to connect and share stories. There are a few regulars who enjoy coming each week and others pop in and out depending on their priorities. It’s a beautiful collection of souls, brought together by their desire to progress research. All different fields, from all over the globe, coming together at Northampton....

Blog post written by: Dr Heidi Kharbhih For a month the PGRs have been meeting on Teams once a week to connect and share stories. There are a few regulars who enjoy coming each week and others pop …

03/09/2026

Call for contributors to the Graduate School Blog

As part of the UoN Graduate School's various initiatives to encourage and promote an enhanced sense of belonging of all PGR students to our UoN PGR community, we would like to expand further contributions by all PGRs to the Graduate School Blog. As part of this process, we would very much like all PGRs to contribute blog items discussing their experiences as PGRs at the university....

As part of the UoN Graduate School’s various initiatives to encourage and promote an enhanced sense of belonging of all PGR students to our UoN PGR community, we would like to expand further …

02/07/2026

Three Months In: How My PhD Journey in Parapsychology Began (And Why It Feels Like Coming Home)

Blog post written by: Dr Heidi Kharbhih 3 months since I started my PhD at Northampton University and I’m loving it! You know when life flows and things just fall into place, well that’s exactly my experience with starting this research. In this article, I want to share the journey so far, how I chose my research topic, the application process, securing funding, what the first 12 weeks involved, my early supervisory meetings and some reflections on what it feels like to return to academic research in a field that has fascinated me for years....

Blog post written by: Dr Heidi Kharbhih 3 months since I started my PhD at Northampton University and I’m loving it! You know when life flows and things just fall into place, well that’s exactly my…

11/06/2026

ARC26 Programme – UON Annual Research Conference – 24+25 June – 2026

Final Programme - Updated with MS Form Link 4 - Annual Research Conference - UON - 24+25 June - 2026Download

Final Programme – Updated with MS Form Link 4 – Annual Research Conference – UON – 24+25 June – 2026Download

02/06/2026

ARC26 Programme

Test 1 Text Final Programme – Updated with MS Form Link 4 – Annual Research Conference – UON – 24+25 June – 2026Download

01/06/2026

Images of Research 2026: voting now open!

The Graduate School’s 2026 Images of Research (IoR) is now open for ‘People’s Choice’ voting. This year we have a collection of 11 fabulous research images from across the university. IoR showcases research in a unique way – researchers produce an original image, which can be a photograph or artwork, and write a short, engaging summary describing how the image links to their research....

The Graduate School’s 2026 Images of Research (IoR) is now open for ‘People’s Choice’ voting. This year we have a collection of 11 fabulous research images from across the university. IoR showcases…

20/05/2026

Being Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable: Lessons from a NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) in Türkiye

Ian Hall at a NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) in Türkiye Blog post written by: Ian Hall Attending a NATO ARW in Türkiye last month was an exercise in learning how to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. From the outset, the workshop felt like a new Community of Practice I had joined, alongside others working in resilience modelling, supply chains, and contested logistics, areas where I have little technical expertise....

Ian Hall at a NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) in Türkiye Blog post written by: Ian Hall Attending a NATO ARW in Türkiye last month was an exercise in learning how to get comfortable with bein…

07/05/2026

The PGR Induction Experience

For me, this was re-treading old ground anew. For me, this was a small, calm homecoming. Although I have been back to the Northampton area since I was last a student there a few years ago, I have not set foot onto campus in quite some time. Not since I was robed out for a graduation. That ceremony in all its robed circumstance felt like the termination of something special; now, being inducted once more at the University of Northampton, that special something is being revisited and re-experienced....

For me, this was re-treading old ground anew. For me, this was a small, calm homecoming. Although I have been back to the Northampton area since I was last a student there a few years ago, I have n…

15/04/2026

5 Things I Loved About the PhD Induction Week

Starting a PhD can feel a bit vague at first, so induction week was actually really helpful in making things feel more concrete. Instead of trying to cover everything, I thought I’d share with you five things I really loved about the induction week. 1. How genuinely welcoming it felt From the moment we arrived, it didn’t feel stiff or overly formal, which I think everyone was probably half expecting....

Starting a PhD can feel a bit vague at first, so induction week was actually really helpful in making things feel more concrete. Instead of trying to cover everything, I thought I’d share with you …

26/03/2026

Becoming an Insider: Research, Language and Identity

Starting a doctorate is about more than timetables, systems and introductions. It is also about beginning to inhabit a new identity: that of a researcher. This week I was privileged to spend four days with over 20 people from across the world at an induction event hosted by Dr Xose Rosales and his amazing team from the Graduate School. It was a week of new beginnings and the creation of a new identity as a postgraduate researcher at UON....

Starting a doctorate is about more than timetables, systems and introductions. It is also about beginning to inhabit a new identity: that of a researcher. This week I was privileged to spend four d…

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