Postgraduate Research - Our Community

Postgraduate students at Salford have the support of an enthusiastic team that is dedicated to make their postgraduate experience memorable and successful.

The team provides pastoral support, research training and encourages innovative and student-led activities – both academic and social – through a range of platforms.

On Campus, On-line

As a member of our postgraduate research community, you will be fully supported both on-site and online. Our postgraduate support team has established open communication through different channels in order to accommodate the needs of our eclectic and international postgraduate research community.

You can participate in the life of the community through a wide range of traditional and modern methods. These include:

Postgraduate Studies Team Blog

The team’s blog which aims to provide researchers from all disciplines with an open, informal space to interact and debate current issues regarding postgraduate skills training, teaching and digital scholarship.

Read the Postgraduate Studies Team Blog…

Virtual Doctoral School

The Virtual Doctoral School is a networked research environment that aims to support the learning process of PhD students, and the collaborative ventures of researchers across the University. Mentoring is also provided.

Visit the Virtual Doctoral School…

Alumni

We use LinkedIn, a professional social network to bring alumni, current and future students together in an environment that encourages mutually beneficial networking, discussion and career advancement.

Browse the LinkedIn Alumni group…

Social Networking

We use Twitter, a micro-blogging social network to enable immediate contact with the support team, and Slideshare, to share and aggregate research resources.

Twitter: @SalfordPGRs…

Browse Slideshare resources…

Our regular online newsletter features the latest news and activities of our community. The most recent edition included information on the free Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference (SPARC), careers advice, various conferences, seminars and other events nationally and at Salford, and various ‘student stories’ showcasing the work and experiences of current postgraduate researchers.

Postgraduate Newsletter – April 2011…