Researcher Development Programme
Researcher Development Programme for PhD Researchers: a comprehensive training and development programme delivered in person and online.
Over 150 workshops each year.
Shut Up and Write
Writing productivity sessions for PhD Researcher are organized throughout the calendar year.
We are part of a Collaborative Writing Retreat Partnership alongside other universities including Imperial College London, King’s College London, Queen Mary University London, University of Cambridge, University of Glasgow, University of Surrey, University of York and University of Bristol. This partnership offers online writing sessions to all PGRs and research staff across all the institutions listed. You can book these on PhD Manager.
The Doctoral College hosts regular Writing Retreats on campus and details are on PhD Manager and dates are promoted in the Weekly Update email.
For more information contact Lisa Thompson, l.thompson@ulster.ac.uk
Life Beyond the PhD
Life Beyond the PhD is a series of one hour seminars hosted by the Doctoral College in partnership with each of the Faculties.
Monthly Coffee Catch Ups
Monthly Coffee Mornings on each campus, where all PhD Researchers are invited to come together and catch up.
Festival of PhD Research
The Festival of PhD Research is an annual event for PhD Researchers to celebrate and showcase their work in a supportive and encouraging environment. It includes keynote speakers, PhD presentations and posters, the 3MT competition, Bake your PhD competition and prizes for Best Presentation and Best Poster.
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition 2025
We are delighted to be hosting Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition at Ulster for the eighth year running.
The live 3MT® Final will take place on Thursday 19 June 12-2pm on the Belfast campus.