ResearchGATE
ResearchGATE is the leading professional network for researchers. It's free of charge and designed to meet researchers' needs.
Below are listed a number of useful links for postgraduate researchers. If you know of something that should be here or if you find a link is out of date please email Annabel Holland
A global, multi-disciplinary scholarly research community where researchers connect.
With a unique identifier assigned to each author in ResearcherID, you can eliminate author misidentification and view an author’s citation metrics instantly. Search the registry to find collaborators, review publication lists and explore how research is used around the world.
Methodspace is the home of the Research Methods community from across the world. Join us on Methodspace! If you're not a member already, why not join us - you'll find lots of groups and resources relevant to your research.
PhD Diaries is a resource hosted by University College London of accounts of their experience by doctoral students, supervisors and examiners.
AcaWiki is like "Wikipedia for academic research" designed to increase the impact of scholars, students, and bloggers by enabling the sharing of summaries and discussion of academic papers online.
http://www.postgraduateforum.com
Discussion forums and information for postgraduate students worldwide.
PhinisheD is a discussion and support group for those who are trying to finish their thesis and for those who have been there.
http://www.postgradresources.info/
Suggestions, advice, tips and general help, applicable for training, development and general support ACROSS DISCIPLINES.
ResearchGATE is the leading professional network for researchers. It's free of charge and designed to meet researchers' needs.
The Postgraduate Toolbox is the perfect tool to get you through your post-grad degree.
The National Postgraduate Committee is a charity to advance, in the public interest, postgraduate education in the UK. It is made up of postgraduate student representatives from educational institutions with postgraduate students. The NPC aims to promote the interests of postgraduates studying in the UK, while remaining politically non-aligned. The Committee holds an annual conference, and publishes various guidelines and codes of practice. The websites contains a lot of useful information for postgraduate researchers.
Vitae is a national organisation championing the personal, professional and career development of doctoral researchers and research staff in higher education institutions and research institutes. The website contains a wealth of information and some excellent links for research resources for ALL researchers.
Graduate Junction aims to break down the barriers which exist between disciplines, providing access to previously unexplored opportunities. With more than 12,000 researchers in 70 countries already engaged in the network, Graduate Junction is a rapidly growing online research community. It is a worldwide community designed by postgraduate researchers who recognised the need for on-line networking. As well as discussion, advice and group forums, there are also some interesting features include literature searches and graduate journals.
Although this website is described as "A career resource for Arts and Humanities postgraduate researchers" Beyond the PhD contains lots of information for all stages of researcher study in all disciplines. For example, audio clips relating to dyslexia, stress, mature students and families, teaching, networking.
The Writing Across Boundaries website is dedicated to the support of social science researchers who wish to engage more effectively with the practical and intellectual issues that arise in the quest to produce texts which are engaging, accurate and analytically insightful.
UK resource centre is the Government’s lead organisation for the provision of advice, services and policy consultation regarding the under-representation of women in science, engineering, technology and the built environment (SET).
Join GetSET Women to expand your network, promote your work and inspire others. It's free to join and searchable too.
The Pequod is a blog on literature and university life by a PhD English Literature graduate.
For some light relief - Piled High and Deeper is a PhD student comic strip. The ongoing chronicle of life (or the lack thereof) in a graduate school. Also has a PhD forum.
http://www.scholarship-search.org.uk
A directory of funding opportunities for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the UK.
Dr Catherine Armstrong is a new Lecturer in History at Manchester Metropolitan University, specialising in North American History.
As a long-time jobseeker for an academic role herself, Catherine is in a unique position to understand and offer her knowledge and experience to those developing an academic career.
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/blogs/just-higher-ed/
Postgraduate careers advice from the Graduate Junction. Blogs, stories, advice, events
The UK's official graduate careers site which contains not only jobs but also careers advice and on-line forums.
Find a PostDoc Europe's only web site dedicated solely to postdoctoral job opportunities.
This series of leaflets is available to download free of charge in Adobe Acrobat format. They offes practical advice to international students who have chosen to return to their home country to look for work. Each country guide includes key facts about current trends and jobs, advice about seeking employment, hints and tips for making a successful application, and helpful information sources.
There are profiles for Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Russia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and the USA.
The series was produced with funding from the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) under the Prime Minister’s Initiative for International Education (PMI2).
The Times Higher Education provides higher education news, resources and university jobs for the academic world.
The Independent Postgraduate Higher Education news, jobs and much more eg ticket exchanges.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/higher-education
Latest Higher Education news including research news.
Published under the auspices of the Institute of Advanced Study at Durham University, Kaleidoscope is designed to foster communication between postgraduates across disciplines and to promote excellence in interdisciplinary research. Kaleidoscope accepts articles and reviews from any discipline, with a focus on the annual research theme of the Institute of Advanced Study.
Associated Institution: Durham University
Submission Nationalities: International
Submission Criteria: Postgraduates, New Academics
Discipline(s): Arts, Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities
Peer Reviewers: Postgraduates
eSharp is an international online journal for postgraduate research in the arts, humanities, social sciences and education. Based at the University of Glasgow and run by graduate students, it aims to provide a critical but supportive entry to academic publishing for emerging academics, including postgraduates and recent postdoctoral students.
Associated Institution: University of Glasgow
Submission Nationalities: International
Submission Criteria: Postgraduates and Postdoctoral students within one year of attaining their doctorate.
Discipline(s): Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Education
Peer Reviewers: Postgraduates
A cross-disciplinary social sciences journal engaging in critical and political thought on contemporary societies. In-Spire encourages interaction and exchange of new perspectives between disciplines. Our themed issues pursue questions of political and ethical relevance, while our general issues publish a variety of research questions and strategies.
Associated Institution: Keele University: Research Institute for Law, Politics and Justice
Submission Nationalities: International
Submission Criteria: Postgraduates and early career researchers
Discipline(s): Social Sciences
Peer Reviewers: Postgraduates and Academics
Philosophical Writings is an international journal which welcomes submissions of book reviews and articles on any area of current philosophical debate. We primarily publish original work by advanced postgraduates and new academics, though we also accept work by established academics.
Associated Institution: Durham University
Submission Nationalities: International
Submission Criteria: Postgraduates, New Academics
Discipline(s): Philosophy
Peer Reviewers: Postgraduates
Platform is a refereed e-journal run by postgraduates, which provides a space for postgraduate researchers and entry-level academics to publish their work. Platform operates a peer and academic review system, and is published twice yearly. We welcome the submission of academic and practice based papers, and performance and book reviews.
Associated Institution: Royal Holloway, University of London
Submission Nationalities: International
Submission Criteria: Postgraduates, New Academics
Discipline(s): Theatre, Performing Arts, Drama
Peer Reviewers: Papers are reviewed by one academic and one peer (postgraduate) reviewer
PLATFORM: Journal of Media and Communication is a biannual open-access online postgraduate publication, refereed by an international board of established and emerging scholars working across diverse paradigms in Media and Communication. PLATFORM invites postgraduates to submit work related to the rising significance of Media and Communication for contemporary globalized environments.
Associated Institution: University of Melbourne
Submission Nationalities: International
Submission Criteria: Postgraduates
Discipline(s): Media and Communication
Peer Reviewers: Postgraduates
All historical disciplines are bound up together in our postgraduate-run e-Journal. For its yearly editions, it welcomes submissions from all postgraduates in the North East of England. Topics range from prehistoric wall paintings in Brazil to history in educational films and the knights templar in the North East.
Associated Institution: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, School of Historical Studies
Submission Nationalities: North East England
Submission Criteria: Postgraduates
Discipline(s): History, Archaeology, Classics, History of Medicine
Peer Reviewers: Postgraduates
Postgraduate English is the postgraduate journal of the Department of English Studies At Durham University. The aim of the journal is to provide a space in which postgraduates in English throughout the UK and Europe can place their work and, if accepted for publication, receive a little feedback on it. The journal will also be pleased to act either as a forum or archive for any conferences specifically aimed at postgraduates.
Associated Institution: Durham University
Submission Nationalities: UK, Europe
Submission Criteria: Postgraduates
Discipline(s): English Literature
Peer Reviewers: Academic
The aim of the PJA is to offer postgraduates interested in aesthetics a space to exchange ideas, and also to promote high quality essays relevant to postgraduates' interests. The journal is published three times annually, in April, August and December. Essays are invited from postgraduate students on any topic in aesthetics.
Associated Institution: British Society of Aesthetics
Submission Nationalities: International
Submission Criteria: Postgraduates
Discipline(s): Aesthetics
Peer Reviewers: Academics
Platform is a refereed e-journal run by postgraduates, which provides a space for postgraduate researchers and entry-level academics to publish their work. Platform operates a peer and academic review system, and is published twice yearly. We welcome the submission of academic and practice based papers, and performance and book reviews.
Associated Institution: British Association for American Studies
Submission Nationalities: International
Submission Criteria: Postgraduates
Discipline(s): American Studies
Peer Reviewers: Postgraduates
aspeers gives emerging European scholars a platform to showcase work beyond the classroom and for discussion and exchange. We believe that wider circulation of graduate scholarship has great potential to energize American Studies. We offer emerging scholars the unique opportunity to publish and get recognition for their research in their early careers.
Associated Institution: University of Leipzig
Submission Nationalities: European
Submission Criteria: Graduate Student (MA level or equivalent)
Discipline(s): American Studies
Peer Reviewers: MA Students
The New School Psychology Bulletin (NSPB) is an Open Access, peer-reviewed research journal created and operated by graduate students at The New School for Social Research, New York City. Founded in 2003, the NSPB has become an important and valid alternative to established academic journals for all aspiring authors in the field of psychology.
Associated Institution: The New School for Social Research
Submission Nationalities: International
Submission Criteria: Postgraduates
Discipline(s): Psychology
Peer Reviewers: Postgraduates
