Call for Papers

All UBEL-funded students are welcome to attend and take part in the conference. Please fill out this form (https://forms.office.com/r/P3pSf1LTZq) if you would like to give a talk, present a poster, or run a workshop at the conference. The call for papers will be out until the Friday 29^th July and we will send reminders closer to the deadline.

If you would like to be a part of the conference organising committee, please indicate on the form and/or email Laura at laura.sheppard.20@ucl.ac.uk.

Job Vacancy for PGR students – UCL Consultancy Challenge: Consultancy Assistant

Students’ Union UCL is recruiting for staff for an exciting new project – the UCL Consultancy Challenge. This is a HEIF-funded pilot scheme that will bring together UCL students and Voluntary & Community Sector (VCS) organisations to collaborate on rewarding Knowledge Exchange projects. The projects will run in the first week after the end of term 3 (13 – 17 June.) Typical projects could include support with business planning, introduction of new technologies, better understanding of user needs, horizon scanning, policy work, data analytics, product development, or service evaluation.

As a Consultancy Assistant you will work with and support two or three VCS organisations from the ideation stage through to project design. Projects will be delivered by a team of 6 – 8 UCL students (per organisation) during the Consultancy Challenge Week.

The role is for 3 1/2 hours a week from 7 March to 24June 2022, with around 7 hours worked during the week of the Consultancy Challenge (13 – 17 June).

You must be a current UCL PhD or MRes student to be considered for this position.

We particularly welcome applications from students from BAME backgrounds.

We will be running an information session on Zoom on Thursday 3 March 13:00 – 14:00 UK time, where you’ll be able to ask any questions you might have before you apply for the role. Register Here.

For more information about the role and to apply, visit Students’ Union UCL JobShop.

DEADLINE for submissions Sunday 13 March 11.59 pm.

Dr Jana Dankovicova

Career Consultant, UCL Careers

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Be GREEN, keep it on the SCREEN

This is a reminder that ESRC’s 2022 Celebrating Impact Prize is now open. This is an annual opportunity to recognise and reward ESRC-supported researchers who have created or enabled outstanding impact.

The Prize is open to current and previous ESRC-supported researchers, including doctoral students, and there are six competition categories this year:

• Outstanding Business and Enterprise Impact
• Outstanding Public Policy Impact
• Outstanding Societal Impact
• Outstanding International Impact
• Outstanding Early Career Impact
• John Hills Impact Prize 2022

This year we are celebrating 10 years of the Impact Prize. To mark this we have an additional category for this year – the John Hills Impact Prize. This Prize is in memory of the late Professor Sir John Hills who is remembered across the social science and policy community for his leadership and contribution to social policy, especially in relation to poverty and inequality. This category will recognise a social scientist (either self-nominated or nominated by a third party) whose work demonstrates how the economic and social sciences benefit wider society and who has encouraged or facilitated positive and profound lasting changes in the quality of the lives of a significant number of people over a sustained period.  

We have also opened up eligibility to apply to social science researchers that have been funded by another UKRI Council through an eligible programme of interdisciplinary research where ESRC has been a partner on the programme.

All finalists have a film professionally made about their work and impact, and winners are awarded £10,000 to spend on further knowledge exchange, public engagement or other impact related activities.

Key dates:

• Applications open: 18 January 2022
• Applications close: 16:00 UK time on 17 March 2022      
• Interviews for shortlisted candidates: 21-23 June 2022
• Media Training for Finalists: w/c 18 & 25 July      
• Awards ceremony: November 2022 (date TBC) 

For further details, including application guidelines, please visit esrc.ukri.org/research/celebrating-impact-prize/