Mills & Boon have been publishing romantic novels since 1908, but who were the often hidden authors? In her prize-winning 3 minute talk from #UoRPhDConf, Vic Pickup reveals insights from her PhD research drawing on letters from @uorspeccoll.bsky.social youtu.be/qzFDFZqTLNE?... #MillsandBoon #PhD

A large group of doctoral students at the Doctoral Research Conference

A student presenting their research in the Three Minute Thesis Competition

🤩 We had a fab time at this year's #UoRPhDConf hearing about all the amazing research from across our community. Below is a link to some more photos from the afternoon.
🏆 Congrats to all the prize-winners & a massive thank you to all who were part of it 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
📷👉🏼 www.facebook.com/media/set?va... #PhD

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❤️ We had an amazing time at #UoRPhDConf - so much fantastic research presented in so many different ways, a real buzz in the air and even a surprise poem from Prof Parveen Yaqoob, PVC Research and Innovation! 🏆 Congrats to our prize winners and thanks to you all for being part of our community! ❤️ 👏👏

🎤 Rap is so back. 5 PhD poets, rappers and rhymers go head-to-head giving us a flavour of something relating to their research or life as a researcher #UoRPhDConf

📖 It’s story time again! 6 more researchers with 6 more bedtime tales each telling the story of their doctoral research #UoRPhDConf

4 more researchers stepping up to the microphone seeking to summarise their research in a way anyone can understand it – oh yeah, and in less than 180 seconds! #UoRPhDConf

Dr Mark Dallas, Academic Champion for Public Engagement with Research sharing some thoughts on how doctoral researchers can engage the public with their research and receive support in doing so #UoRPhDConf

📖 Are you sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin. 4 students in the one-and-only armchair (not all at the same time!) all communicating their research in the form of a bedtime story. What fun! #UoRPhDConf

4 doctoral researchers taking up the challenge of making their complex work clear to a non-specialist audience in less than 3 minutes #UoRPhDConf

Professor Adrian Williams opens #UoRPhDConf 2025. “Doctoral research underpins the University’s research”

🗳️ If you’ve been to #UoRPhDConf before then you’ll know that during the afternoon attendees all have a great responsibility: to vote for their favourite competition entries for the Peoples’ Choice awards. So don’t forget to vote!

🏃 Interested to hear about the amazing research UoR doctoral students are doing? Come across to the Palmer Building (1.15 – 2pm today), take a look at the different displays & chat to researchers about their work. Research Images | Life in Pictures | Research Posters | Research Objects #UoRPhDConf

Doctoral researchers looking at a research poster at Doctoral Research Conference 2024

A doctoral researcher speaking at Doctoral Research Conference 2024

❗️Only 7 more sleeps until Doctoral Research Conference 2025! Cheer on your friends in the competitions, hear about research from outside your field, network with fellow researchers, vote for your favourites - and have fun!
Book your place for 18 June now www.reading.ac.uk/doctoral-res... #UoRPhDConf

📆 Only 2 weeks to go until Doctoral Research Conference 2025 on 18 June! Current UoR doctoral researchers, have you booked your place yet? Come along and be amazed by the quality & diversity of research in our community. 🎥 of last year's #UoRPhDConf to whet your appetite! youtu.be/06j4zoNgf6w?...

Doctoral researchers discussing a research poster at Doctoral Research Conference 2024

**Calling all current UoR doctoral researchers** Have you recently produced a conference poster? Raise the profile of your research by displaying it at #UoRPhDConf on 18 June and you could win a prize. Enter your poster by 25 April! See full details www.reading.ac.uk/doctoral-res...

Not experienced #UoRPhDConf before? This brief film gives a flavour of the afternoon which is coming up on 18 June. As well as being a fun event, it is a fab networking opportunity and a place where you can practice communicating your research to a non-specialist audience
youtu.be/06j4zoNgf6w?

Students in a crowded room discussing a research poster at the Doctoral Research Conference 2024

Student communicating his PhD research in the form of a bedtime story at Doctoral Conference 2024

🤩 UoR doctoral researchers: last chance to enter a competition at our Doctoral Research Conference in June. Research for a Better World | 3 Minute Thesis | Poster/Image/Object | Bedtime Story | Rhyme & Rap 🏆s to be won Submit your entries by 28 March ⏰
👉 www.reading.ac.uk/doctoral-res... #UoRPhDConf