EPS Meeting: Swansea University. 12th – 14th July 2023.
This meeting will be held on the Singleton campus and will include the 21st Mid-Career Lecture by Gareth Gaskell (with an accompanying symposium organised by Jelena Mirkovic, Matt Davis and Jenni Rodd), as well as the 2023 EPS/BSA Undergraduate Prize talk by Lottie Shipp and the President’s Address by Kathy Rastle.
Workshop: Making it as an Early Career Academic
Organised by Gavin Buckingham
When academics are appointed as a lecturer, they are thrown so far into the deep end from the (very different) world of postdoc or PhD student that it’s such a jarring change of pace and direction which totally derails people during these important years. It is becoming apparent to universities that ‘surviving your first year as a lecturer post’ is something that junior academics really do need support with. There is almost no formal provision for this support beyond unguided internal mentoring schemes. This half day workshop will cover getting your first lectureship to how to survive your first year as an academic on an open-ended (permanent) contract and will be a mixture of delivered content and facilitated discussion.
EPS Swansea Social Event: ECR Networking and Pub Quiz
Wednesday 12th July at BrewStone, arrival from 7pm onwards
33 Uplands Crescent, Uplands, Swansea SA2 0NP
Do you know your shrink Freud from your Pink Floyd? Your Pavlovs from your pavlovas? We warmly welcome you to join us for an evening of networking and pub quiz fun. No prior teammates necessary, we will be on hand to help you meet new colleagues. One free drink will be provided, with further drinks and food available to order throughout the evening. The quiz will kick off at 8pm.
All are welcome to attend, but registration is necessary due to limited capacity. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis, with a proportion reserved for ECRs.
Accommodation
There are no on-campus (Singleton campus) accommodation options available for EPS Swansea, but we recommend that attendees and speakers look into accommodation options as soon as possible.
The Mumbles area is slightly further away from the meeting compared to options within Swansea: Tides Reach Oyster House Norton House
Options in town include the City Centre or Waterside Premier Inns, Mariott Hotel (Marina – Delta Hotels), Morgans and Travelodge.
The EPS presentation portals are now closed. We opened the portals on Tuesday 2nd May 2023 at 10am (UK time) for members and their guests to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations. The portals remained open for 24 hours.
Local Organiser: Jeremy Tree