Publishing on Africa and international development - a retreat for Scottish based doctoral students
Location
Comrie Croft
Braincroft by Crieff PH7 4JZ United KingdomDescription
The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science welcomes postgraduate research students to the following advanced training event:
Publishing on Africa and international development -
a retreat for Scottish based doctoral students
20-22 March 2015
Comrie Croft, Perthshire
In Spring 2015, the Centre of African Studies (University of Edinburgh) is hosting a writing retreat for PhD students.
The event has two goals:
- To connect Africanist scholars across Scotland
- To help PhD students to write and publish. We will offer both space to write in a distraction-free environment, and masterclass training on skills such as targeting journals and turning PhD chapters into publications
‣ Who
The retreat is open to PhD students (i.e. those writing up) based at Scottish Universities studying African social science topics.
‣ Where
The retreat is based at Comrie Croft, a rural farmhouse/campsite with numerous outdoor activities close by.
‣ Cost
The (subsidised) fee is £25. This covers meals, accommodation, and transport. Payment in advance, only through ePay please!
‣ Format and commitment
The retreat programme has a mix of activities as well as scheduled writing time. It works best if you are working on finishing a chapter/article, rather than starting from a new one. Therefore, we ask you to provide a draft of your work-in-progress a week before the retreat (on which we can provide feedback).
The organiser of this event is Pete Kingsley and further questions can be directed to him at Pete.Kingsley@ed.ac.uk.
Organised by
The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science is the UK's largest facilitator of funding, training and support for doctoral students in social science. By combining the expertise of sixteen universities across Scotland, the school facilitates world-class PhD research. The school is funded jointly by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Scottish Funding Council.
SGSSS is a highly attractive environment for doctoral research. Not only do our partner universities offer an excellent research environment, we also offer comprehensive and world-class research training in a number of discipline-specific and interdisciplinary pathways. In addition, the school manages a programme of advanced training courses and an annual summer school which together offers our students further opportunities to develop their research, knowledge exchange and transferable professional skills.
At the heart of the SGSSS is the Doctoral Training Partnership (formerly the Doctoral Training Centre) in Scotland. The SGSSS was established in 2011 and is the biggest of 14 Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) accredited DTPs in the United Kingdom. The bid for renewed funding has been successful and from 1 October 2017 the SGSSS will be one of the ESRC's 14 Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTP).