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Many of us would like UCD or the School to include our profiles on university websites. This is a common practice in other universities. PhD students need this official space to start building our professional careers.

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I would love to hear senior classmates or faculty their tips on how to write essays, dissertations, publications in general. Thank you for this space!

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Thank you very much for all these resources. You have answered many of my questions already! :) this is really great.

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See some resources for your academic and personal development HERE.

Some topics:
- International Students

- Academic Writing
- Citation and Referencing
- OneSearch

- Academic Integrity Course
- Student Capacity
- Sustainability for students
- Financial Support
- Disability Support

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I would like to know if there are any updates on the 1000€ that the government announced that will be given to students. Until now there is no updates from the school if and when we'll get them while other schools did it already

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thank you for this space, it is brilliant!
As I advance in my masters, I am more and more concern about jobs and the "real world". It would be great to have more opportunities to discuss job opportunities or any advice on how to progress from our master to the job market.

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We need to participate in conferences and events, but international conferences are not welcoming for students, particularly for master students, so conferences run by students on students' topics are so much needed. We need the support of faculty and staff organising these events in real life or online.

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It would be great to have someone speak about their experiences applying to and conducting postdoc research at UCD!

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I am here as a visiting professor and have truly enjoyed these Cafe Conversations. Thanks to this space, I have met many people and engaged in fantastic conversations with students and staff. It is a very pleasant space. I will certainly be taking this idea back to my home institution. Thank you for the space!

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The cafe is a good innovation and a useful outlet for addressing isolation that is most common with PhD students!
Also would love to see more support from the faculty for part-time PhD students of social work.

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It would be great to discuss increasing our PhD stipends or otherwise having more financial support from UCD. Our stipends are already less than the national minimum wage, and what with the rising costs of rent and energy due to the war in Ukraine, the pandemic, etc., most of us are struggling to support ourselves while we complete our studies. This is something many of us would like to discuss with our supportive faculty!

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The Cafe Conversations is a welcome innovation! I'm in my 4th year of part time PhD study so, may not have opportunity to attend many meetings. May I suggest to invite the Graduate Student Adviser to one of the meetings so he can talk about his role and also answer some of the questions here. I believe it will be a good opportunity for him to meet the group too.

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As mentioned in another post: information for tutor/teaching opportunities, research assistance, other academic roles...in our school or else

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I think it's important to discuss an increase of our stipends...

our scholarships were always lower than the minimum wage which makes it really hard to survive in an expensive city like Dublin, now things are way worse because of the inflation and the general increase of prices (war, etc)...

plus, there is no actual support for conferences and summer/winter schools (except GRIF-which is laughable-)

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I would be very interested to hear/chat about all things PHD: future opportunities, scholarships, and relevant research areas in the field of Gender Studies.

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I would love to see more exchanges between faculty and students. We know they are incredibly busy and sometimes classmates feel intimidated approaching some professors, so I love this space for informal and more fluid conversations. I would like to hear more about opportunities to take classes in other schools, learn more about my instructors projects and research activities.

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1. Teaching/tutoring options for PhDs
2. Submitting first solo paper as a PhD

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What a wonderful idea! Hope it continues

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Hope it can continue!

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Great initiative! Let's keep doing that...

1. Let's organise presentations from our school (invite scholars, or each professor from our school) and PhDs.
2. Share our research
3. Funding opportunities/conferences etc.
4. Organise beers/drinks (it attracts more people)

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Advice on presenting research and getting involved at conferences would be very useful!

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It would be great to have information/conversations about opportunities for research assistance, teaching, and other academic work roles.