Report: workshop success!

The organisers would like to thank Darrelyn Gunzburg for providing us with a thoroughly engaging workshop on Presentation Skills!

Speaker Darrelyn Gunzburg chats with one of the evening's attendees 

Twenty students from across the board – MA’s, MPhil’s and PhD candidates from a range of departments – attended this session and the flood of questions near the end was telling!

We feel it really set the tone for the forum: presenting your ideas is potentially a rewarding and even fun experience, but it takes a lot of practice...

Find out what's going on next Friday here!

Inaugural Session Details

You are hereby warmly invited to the inaugural session of the Arts Postgraduate Forum! We were delighted that students from across all Faculties showed an interest at the PG Reception at the MShed museum.

http://www.facebook.com/ArtsPGForum

http://artspgforum.blogspot.com/2011/10/mshed-event-report.html

Darrelyn Gunzburg, PhD candidate and theatre director, will offer invaluable advice on Presentation Skills.

Date & Time: Friday 28 October, 4.10-5.40

Venue: LT1 (Lecture Theatre 1) at 43 Woodland Road. This is the Archaeology & Anthropology Department: 

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We welcome proposals from PG students outside the Faculty of Arts; if you would like to discuss your ideas, please get in touch!

Best wishes from the organising committee,

Wendy Sijnesael (haxws@bristol.ac.uk); Aisling Tierney (aislingtierney@gmail.com); Ben Earley (B.E.Earley@bristol.ac.uk)

MShed event report

What a fantastic evening! The MShed is an incredible venue and proved popular as ever last night. Hundreds of new PG students showed up for the PG Reception event. First, we were treated to a walk around the exhibit halls, then upstairs for free drinks. the Student's Union were present in full force and gave a series of talks. All evening, the sound of jazz filled the air thanks to the live band.

The room was packed for the series of welcome talks.

The Arts PG Forum's Wendy Sijnesael shares details of this year's plans.

The spectacular night-time view of Bristol from the MShed.

We were really happy to hear that students from across all faculties were interested in getting involved. Don't forget to attend our first event 4pm 28th Oct. to get some tips on presentation skills! (The venue will be confirmed soon - check back here or on Facebook for updates)

PG Reception event, Friday 14th October, 7.30pm

Come visit the team behind the Arts PG Forum at Friday's University of Bristol PG Reception, 7.30pm at the MShed, Bristol.

PG Reception: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=202664416466628
MShed Bristol: http://mshed.org/

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Even more opportunities - Forum open to all PG students

To further facilitate interdisciplinary research, PG students from other Faculties are also invited to present at the Faculty of Arts PG Forum.

Get in touch with one of the organisers to share your ideas for a paper!

Launch Poster

Our launch poster is now available for download:

• Arts PG Forum Launch Poster

Session on Presentation Skills, Friday 28 October 2011; 4.10-5.40 pm

We will be kicking things off on Friday 28 October with a Session on Presentation Skills by our fellow PG student Darrelyn Gunzburg!

Preparing for, introducing and presenting your work in research seminars is part of the requirements of taught MA and PGR work but no-one ever tells you what to do about the associated anxiety. 

Furthermore unless someone is kind enough to give you feedback, there appears to be no way towards improving such situations and terror can build disproportionately. 

The value of the experience thus disappears in a sea of froth and dread, rather than building pride in your work and learning to communicate your ideas.

Darrelyn Gunzburg (hadrg@bristol.ac.uk), PhD candidate History of Art, trained as a theatre director at NIDA in Australia and is also an experienced presenter. In this seminar she offers techniques on how to tame apprehension, focus on the task at hand and enjoy the experience.

Friday 28 October 2011; 4.10-5.40 pm; room TBC

Remember to contact the organisers if you would like to present a paper this term.