Interdisciplinary group of research students from the University of Bristol and Cardiff University The PSS meets regularly to discuss areas of common interests and to support one another's writing plans. Previous events organised by the PSS include a workshop on Eurocentrism (2008) and a workshop on Alain Badiou (2009).

http://www.onedimensionaluniversity.blogspot.com/

The PSS are: Maria Balen, Thomas Hayes, Andrew Holmes, Laura Morosanu, Lorenzo Silvaggi, Rosa Vasilaki and Filip Vostal. Join us on facebook: Philisophy of Social Science (PSS) Study Group

At the first PGForum postgraduate day during the BSA's 2009 Annual Conference, many people spoke of the difficulties of being a graduate student - the emotional challenges, the worries and feelings of inadequacy, and the difficulty of negotiating relationships with supervisors or the challenges of being a part-time student. 

A recent online publication from the Higher Education Academy shares similar stories about the experience of doing a PhD, and the personal and emotional turmoil that it can entail.  It is a great affirmation of the complexities of a doctorate, and provides an opportunity to learn from others' experiences. http://escalate.ac.uk/6550

If you are interested in emotions and the PhD experience, we also invite you to join PGForum at this year's Postgraduate Day (6 April, BSA Conference, Glasgow), where one of our topics will be happiness and enjoyment in the PhD process. 

This page from the London School of Economics hosts public lecture media from eminent scholars and speakers in social, political and economic sciences.

At the top of the page you can also subscribe via iTunes to the channel 'U' service, and receive automatic updates of future uploads.  iTunesU is the new academic-focused service that delivers scholar-relevant content in the same way as its main podcast service.

http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/podcasts/publicLecturesAndEvents.htm

Postgraduate Forum e-Newsletters

The BSA PG Forum Newsletter brings together news and announcements relevant to the PG community, including:

* PG Profiles and special announcements

* Forthcoming events at a glance, including calls for papers

* Full details of Events & Calls for Papers.

* Funding Opportunities/Job opportunities/Prize awards

* Publications: Introducing new journals and calls for journal submissions

* Other News

Postgraduate members of the association are automatically enrolled onto a distribution list to receive monthly copies of the forum e-Newsletter.  If you know of any sociological event that would be of interest to postgraduate members, then do contact the co-convenors - pgforum@britsoc.org.uk

You can download the latest copy of the newsletter or browse the archive by clicking the link button below:

http://www.britsoc.co.uk/students/PGNewsletter.htm