Fantastic to learn that the Leverhulme Trust is going to fund masters and PhD studentships for under-represented students to increase access to research careers. Bravo! 👏

We're losing too many excellent undergraduate students from research in the UK because they can't afford to complete masters courses now often required for admission to PhD studies.

(With a 2.i and no access to funds for a masters I would be unlikely to get on a PhD scheme now!)

#EDI #firstgenacademics #researchfunding

CHANGING RESEARCH CULTURES FOR THE FUTURE

A Conference for Working-Class Academics, Researchers and Students

14 June 2023 @ University of Nottingham

Apply to speak or register to attend at https://changingresearchcultures.wordpress.com/

#firstgenacademics #researchculture

#introductionpost I'm Calliope, an #academic in #LiteratureStudies and #culturalStudies focus on #nineteenthCentury and early #TwentiethCentury #sf #fantasy #horror and #gothic #fiction

I'm #firstgenacademics and an adjunct professor

I'm also #trans #nonbinary and a practicing #druid

I also also study and write about #tarot and #cartomancy

I have a cat, I cuss, I'm from #appalachia and I've got #generalizedanxietydisorder and some other flavors of neurodivergence