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Careers workshop: The bounce factor: what is resilience and how can your mindset affect you during job searching?

Start Date: 23 May 2023 1:00 pm

End Date: 23 May 2023 2:00 pm

Location: Online

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This session will give you an insight into maximizing resilience in your job searching, helping you to approach it with a confident and positive mindset.

Being resilient in your job search can help you to learn through each experience and bounce-back to improve chances of success. Cat is an experienced strengths psychology coach, therapist, TEDx speaker and the author of ‘Stay Calm and Content No Matter What Life Throws At You’.

By the end of this webinar, you will:

  • Know the key secrets of those who bounce back easily from obstacles or rejection.
  • Understand the relevance of resilience for your job search.
  • Learn how you can have a positive mindset for the jobs you apply to and the feedback you get – whether you get the job or not.
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Imperial Legacies and Sacred Space exhibition  

Start Date: 18 May 2023 3:00 pm

End Date: 30 May 2023 7:00 pm

Location: Chester Cathedral

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Join the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and Chester Cathedral for an exploration of the Cathedral’s place in history, its empire and slaveries. 

The Imperial Legacies and Sacred Space exhibition starts this Thursday (18 May) will feature a range of performances from our students and lectures from our staff, in addition to a Reflection Session at the end of the month. 

Click here to find out more and book your tickets.  

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PGR Seminar Series: Demystifying the Viva Voce

Start Date: 26 May 2023 11:30 am

End Date: 26 May 2023 12:30 pm

Location: Tower 403, Exton Park or online

Join us for the latest talk in our PGR Seminar Series by George Hales.

The viva voce is a crucial, yet somewhat mysterious stage of PhD assessment.

Whether you’re anxious about your upcoming viva or simply curious about what to expect, come along to this talk. We will talk about viva preparation, the day of the viva, and what comes
afterwards.

Email pgrevents@chester.ac.uk for meeting link

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PGR Seminar Series: What is the impact of dyslexia on adults in work – should we care?

Start Date: 19 May 2023 11:30 am

End Date: 19 May 2023 12:30 pm

Location: Tower 403, Exton Park or online

Join us for the latest talk in our PGR Seminar Series by Michael Hewson.

Research around dyslexia is often heavily weighted towards children and students.

As a dyslexic professional, researcher and student, I am interested in the continued effect dyslexia has on adults in their working and social life and am passionate about sharing my journey and experience to create more interest and research into the holistic adult experience of Neurodiversity.

Email pgrevents@chester.ac.uk for meeting link

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PGR Seminar Series: The challenges of fieldwork in a different country

Start Date: 12 May 2023 11:30 am

End Date: 12 May 2023 12:30 pm

Location: Tower 403, Exton Park or online

Join us for the latest talk in our PGR Seminar Series by Daniel Stratford.

It’s always exciting going off to a different country to do fieldwork as part of your PhD, but what’s not spoken about the challenges that come with this. In this talk I will discuss the financial, cultural and linguistic barriers towards undertaking fieldwork abroad.

Email pgrevents@chester.ac.uk for meeting link

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Postgraduate Open Day – Chester

Start Date: 10 June 2023 1:00 pm

End Date: 10 June 2023 3:00 pm

Location: Exton Park

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Are you looking to expand your skill set, increase your earnings potential or boost your chosen career path?

Then come along to one of our Postgrad Open Days and discover postgraduate study options at the University of Chester.

As well as chatting to academic staff, at the open events you will be able to speak with a range of support areas including postgraduate finance and accommodation.

You may also be eligible for our Graduate Loyalty Discount which offers 25% off qualifying postgraduate taught Master’s courses.

Book your Postgrad Open Day online today and visit us on campus to find out more.

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Postgraduate Open Day – UCW

Start Date: 7 June 2023 5:00 pm

End Date: 7 June 2023 8:00 pm

Location: University Centre Warrington

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Are you looking to expand your skill set, increase your earnings potential or boost your chosen career path?

Then come along to one of our Postgrad Open Days and discover postgraduate study options at the University of Chester.

As well as chatting to academic staff, at the open events you will be able to speak with a range of support areas including postgraduate finance and accommodation.

You may also be eligible for our Graduate Loyalty Discount which offers 25% off qualifying postgraduate taught Master’s courses.

Book your Postgrad Open Day online today and visit us on campus to find out more.

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Postgraduate Open Day – UCS

Start Date: 25 May 2023 5:00 pm

End Date: 25 May 2023 7:30 pm

Location: University Centre Shrewsbury

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Are you looking to expand your skill set, increase your earnings potential or boost your chosen career path?

Then come along to one of our Postgrad Open Days and discover postgraduate study options at the University of Chester.

As well as chatting to academic staff, at the open events you will be able to speak with a range of support areas including postgraduate finance and accommodation.

You may also be eligible for our Graduate Loyalty Discount which offers 25% off qualifying postgraduate taught Master’s courses.

Book your Postgrad Open Day online today and visit us on campus to find out more.

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Haygarth Public Lecture: ‘Being prepared for future health hazards’ by Professor Dame Jenny Harries

Start Date: 7 June 2023 6:30 pm

End Date: 7 June 2023 7:30 pm

Location: Queen's Park or online

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The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) was established to keep the nation safe from wide-ranging threats to our health security, while driving scientific innovation to prepare for and respond to current and future challenges.

The Haygarth Public Lecture has been established to celebrate the long tradition of public health action in Cheshire and is named in honour of the 18th-century Physician, John Haygarth FRS (1740-1827), who practiced Medicine at Chester Infirmary and has been described as “Clinical Investigator – Apostle of Sanitation”

Sponsored by the Faculty of Heath, Medicine and Society in conjunction with the Public Health Department at Cheshire West and Chester Council.

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Postgraduate Research – Presenting with confidence workshop

Start Date: 30 May 2023 2:00 pm

End Date: 30 May 2023 4:00 pm

Location: Online

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Lucy and Louise will be hosting a workshop on Presenting with Confidence. It will cover enhancing confidence when presenting, in addition to also touching on what makes an effective presentation, slide design, presentation style and how to best prepare for an audience Q&A.

This 2-hour workshop will be split into 2 x 50-minute blocks, allowing for a 10-minute break in between. There will be opportunity throughout for discussion and time to ask questions at the end.

This workshop is aimed towards people thinking of, or scheduled to present at a conference, whether that be the PGR Symposium or an external conference.

Join us using this link.

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