News articles in the Postgraduate community
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2012-04-02
Postgraduate education consultation - AGCAS response
AGCAS has responded to a Higher Education Commission consultation on postgraduate education with a call for a review of funding, better access to work experience for postgraduate students and research staff, greater investment in careers education, information, advice and guidance for postgraduates and prospective students and more dialogue between HE and employers on postgraduate education and the needs of business.
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2012-02-01
Demystifying the PhD process
The AGCAS Postgraduate Students Task Group has produced a new resource aimed at practitioners working with postgraduate students. Demystifying the PhD Process evaluates the different approaches to helping students considering PhD study as their next step, outlines the differences in application procedures, and identifies strategies for careers professionals to apply when dealing with this client group.
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2011-12-15
Vacancy on the Research Staff Task Group
The AGCAS Research Staff Task Group is looking for a new member to join the group. The task group has been busy producing resources for careers advisers and for early career researchers and is also active in the researcher development community to raise the profile of the work of careers advisers and to feed into policy and developments such as the Researcher Development Framework (RDF) and the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers.