Welcome to the July edition of your summer Doctoral College newsletter. In this issue, we share highlights from the Doctoral Values Project, shaped by your feedback, and celebrate the winners of the 2025 WATE, WAPTE, and WAPCE awards. You’ll also find a range of opportunities to get involved in this summer, including conferences, focus groups, lantern-making workshops, and green campus initiatives. Plus, stay up to date with research events, ethical AI discussions, journal clubs, and fellowship guidance.
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Doctoral Values: Update
Recently, as part of our Doctoral Values Project, we met with PGRs across many different disciplines, both in person and online, about your experiences of being a PGR at Warwick. We began by exploring what matters most to our PGR community and engaging PGRs through workshops and surveys. We’ve gathered insights, identified key themes, and are now planning the next phase. Find out more on this page.
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Warwick's Research Spotlights
Warwick’s Research Spotlights are working to tackle some of the most pressing challenges of our lifetime. Showcasing our research excellence, guiding our focus and uniting experts from academia, industry and beyond to drive lasting change and impact. Bringing together brilliant minds to foster collaboration. Find out more about our six key research areas, sign up to the PGR/ECR network, and keep an eye out for a range of events, activities and student competitions.
Sustainability at Warwick: Summer activities
Join us as we continue our Warwick at Night event series with a moth survey on Thursday 10 July to see the species of moths on campus, and our Warwick Wombles Litter Picks throughout the summer. These activities contribute towards the Warwick Award.
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ReproducibiliTea Journal Club
Sign up to ReproducibiliTea for a workshop on combatting fraud in scientific publishing on Tuesday 8 July, 3-4pm, in FAB3.30. This week, we’re focusing on the reading: How can we overcome the barriers to researchers producing high quality, open research?
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Global Illuminations Procession: Lantern Workshops
Our Global Illuminations Procession, as part of our 60th anniversary, is taking place in November. We’re holding four artist-led workshops in August and September for you to create your own lanterns for the event. Come along!
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AI for Good: Building a FAIR and Ethical Digital Ecosystem
Join us on 10 July, 10:30am–3pm at The Climb (Junction Building) for an interactive AI for Good symposium on using 'FAIR' data principles to guide ethical AI development in research and industry. The event is open to all PGRs, with expert talks, panel discussions, and networking.
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Fellowships: Developing your independent academic career
This session on 9 July, 2-3pm in GLT4 (Gibbet Hill Campus), is an introduction to Fellowships and how they can be used to accelerate your academic career. We'll cover the types of Fellowships, the review process, and what the funders are looking for in applications.
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Best wishes,
Betty
and the Doctoral College Team
Betty is a second-year PhD student in the School of Life Sciences and PGR Coordinator in the Doctoral College, working on initiatives to enhance the PGR student experience.
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