Emerging evidence shows that later high school start times are associated with increased sleep duration; however, little is known if this extends to the university setting. This study investigated associations of first lecture start times with sleep characteristics among university students. Seventy-five percent of first lectures occurred before noon. Students reported short sleep (M = 7.0 hours, SD = 1.9)…Continue Reading Lecture start time and sleep characteristics: Analysis of daily diaries of undergraduate students from the LoST-Sleep project
Category: Student Engagement
Combining Our Virtual Isolation Discussions
In this presentation, Jamie, a PhD Student studying the pathways into teaching: exploring the preparation and retention of maths and science teachers, converses with his supervisor Rachael about their combined experiences of the virtual isolation over the past year. They discuss the challenges and benefits put upon them by the situation over the last year,…Continue Reading Combining Our Virtual Isolation Discussions
Reflecting on PhD supervision during the pandemic.
Postgraduate Research students have faced a difficult time during the Covid-19 pandemic, when carefully planned research has been disrupted due to recurrent lockdowns, mental health problems have come to the fore, and the challenges of doing a doctorate have been made greater due to pressures on work and family. In this short talk, doctoral supervisors…Continue Reading Reflecting on PhD supervision during the pandemic.
Creating Connections in a Virtual World
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit in March 2020 in the UK, it quickly changed our day-to-day lives. With the closure of university facilities, doctoral researchers suddenly found themselves out of the postgraduate office and left to continue their studies from home. This shift triggered an almost overnight change in the environment surrounding many doctoral researchers,…Continue Reading Creating Connections in a Virtual World
Overcoming the challenges of doctoral study during the pandemic.
Director of Studies, Dr Joss Winn, talks with colleague and PhD Professional candidate, Alison Raby, about the challenges she has faced during the pandemic when undertaking her research, An exploration of the personal tutoring experiences of Chinese students in the UK. The impact of Covid-19 has meant that Alison has had to rethink her data…Continue Reading Overcoming the challenges of doctoral study during the pandemic.
Navigating the Doctoral Journey During a Pandemic
The doctoral journey can be a winding road, throwing up challenges at every twist and turn but the arrival of Covid-19 and the resulting restrictions, created a host of challenges that could never have been predicted and rapidly changed the way we live. For doctoral researchers this meant the closure of university facilities, services at…Continue Reading Navigating the Doctoral Journey During a Pandemic
Inter-Disciplinary Student Work Placements within a Care Home Setting: Improving Student Employability and Developing Social Connections – A Qualitative Evaluation
This article reports on the development, implementation and evaluation of a project to develop students’ employability skills by involving them in work experience within a care home. The aims of this project were (1) to describe how employability skills developed during the work experience (including knowledge and values relevant to the health and social care…Continue Reading Inter-Disciplinary Student Work Placements within a Care Home Setting: Improving Student Employability and Developing Social Connections – A Qualitative Evaluation
COVID-19 and the Responsibility to Protect Rohingya Refugees
On 1st April 2020, the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect issued an atrocity alert special issue on COVID-19. This alert noted that COVID-19 would have particularly adverse implications for the ‘70 million people forcibly displaced by conflict, persecution and atrocity’, many of whom currently live in conditions which leave them vulnerable to the coronavirus. University of…Continue Reading COVID-19 and the Responsibility to Protect Rohingya Refugees
PGR Connect Series
The PGR Connect Series drew to a close last week after nine excellent seminars over the course of July, August, and September. With the cancellation of many conferences in recent months and doctoral researchers now finding themselves working from home rather than alongside their peers in postgraduate offices, the sport and exercise psychology team in…Continue Reading PGR Connect Series