Supporting the PhD Experience

As we emerged from lockdown, SGSAH has been keen to offer a range of opportunities to support the PhD experience, for our funded researchers and more broadly.

Pandemic conditions have made us all think through the possibilities for holding online events and reducing unsustainable travel modes; thinking which has informed the development and publication of our GREEN/GRADUATE Strategy and Operations Plan. This environmental thinking is a line of work which will continue over 2022-23.

However, being strongly aware of the lack of in-person events we’ve been able to run in the past couple of years, in 2021-22 we offered a series of writing retreats to our funded researchers at Hospitalfield. These retreats were an experience which was deeply enriching and extremely productive for everyone who attended.

We’ve also run our successful research internships scheme again; both self-designed internships for our funded researchers, as well as a number of pre-arranged and advertised opportunities working with partners across Scotland, including the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), Historic Environment Scotland and Youth Theatre Arts Scotland.

SGSAH researchers in the Fernery at Hospitalfield