Postdoc Appreciation Week

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Join us for Postdoc Appreciation Week 2024 as we explore how you can build an authentic network that extends beyond your immediate (research) circles, and practice them right away with your fellow attendees!

UK NPAW 2024

Into the Postdoc-verse: building relationships across dimensions

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Monday 16th September 2024, 10:00 am

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Virtual Event (Zoom)

Come join us in this world-expanding exercise, where you will get the lowdown and tips on building an authentic network that extends beyond your immediate (research) circles, and practice them right away with your fellow attendees! We will also provide a space after the main session for you to build upon these new connections you’ve made.

Event Agenda

10:00 AM – 10:10 AMWelcome & Introduction

10:10 AM – 10:40 AMSteve Cross’ masterclass on “Making Effective Connections”

10:40 AM – 11:10 AMOrganised networking sessions

11:10 AM – 12:00 PMPanellist introductions (Dr Joe Fennell, Dr Laura Pottinger, Dr Pooja Khurana) and facilitated discussion/Q&A with audience

12:00 PM – 12:15 PMClosing remarks and scheduling of follow up meetups between participants

12:30 PM Event Closure

Please note: the agenda is a rough guide only and any unanswered questions will be addressed in the UK NPAW website after the event.

Speakers

Dr Steve Cross

Steve has been training researchers in networking since 2015, for universities, The Royal Society, Prostate Cancer UK and more. He's also the founder of Bright Club, and the GoPotato initiative!

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Dr Joe Fennell

Dr Joe Fennell is a Research Fellow at the Open University and independent consultant. He has maintained a thread of end-user engaged research throughout his career, ranging from commercial agritech, research collaborations with international third sector organisations, and UK Space Agency satellite mission.

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Dr Laura Pottinger

Laura Pottinger is a cultural geographer at the University of Manchester with interests in everyday forms of socio-environmental activism and creative research methods. In her interdisciplinary research she works with artists, community and cultural organisations, and researchers from social and environmental sciences.

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Dr Pooja Khurana

With a diverse research career spanning seven countries and extensive volunteer work, Pooja now serve as Community Manager at the Marie Curie Alumni Association. She leads global career initiatives for researchers and co-lead the European Citizen Science Project. Pooja is also an advocate for research reform, mental and menstrual health, and citizen representation.

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UK NPAW

A volunteer group of postdocs/ex-postdocs/researcher developers across institutions of UK/ROI. We organise the annual online and free Postdoc Appreciation Week flagship event, that aims to uplift our postdocs whilst also providing useful information for the community.

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