Induction Events
Induction events for PGR students.
The Informatics Graduate School holds PGR Induction events in September and January each year. These events provide you with important information to get you started on your PGR degree programme. As well as presentations from a range of University teams, this is an excellent opportunity to meet, mix and mingle with your new PGR peers. Attendance at the PGR Induction is expected by all new PGR students (including those on CDT programmes).
Upcoming Welcome/Induction Session
The IGS welcome and induction session will take place as follows:
Date: Tuesday 17 January 2023
Time: 12:00 to 15:00 (with lunch break)
Location: Informatics Forum, Room G.03
Attendance at the PGR induction session is expected by all new PGR students.
As well as receiving lots of useful and relevant information related to the School and your programme of PG study, the IGS induction is an opportunity to meet the Graduate School Directors, Postgraduate Research Personal Tutors and the IGS student support and admin team, as well other new PGR students joining the School.
October 2022
10.30am Tea and Coffee served in the Forum atrium
11.00 – 11.10am (10 mins) - Welcome to the School of Informatics from the Deputy Head of School - Frank Keller (Deputy Head of School)
11.10 – 11.25am (15 mins) Welcome to Informatics from the Director of the Graduate School - Nigel Topham (Director of IGS)
11.25 – 11.45am (20 mins) Welcome to Informatics from the Deputy Director of the Graduate School - Mary Cryan (Deputy Director of IGS)
12.00 - 1.00pm (1 hour) Lunch served in the Forum Atrium
1.15 – 1.30pm (15 mins) Introduction to the IAD – Louise McKay
1.30 – 1.50pm (20 mins) Overview of Supervisor role and responsibilities - Phil Wadler (PGR Supervisor)
1.50 - 2.10pm (20 mins) Overview of University Teaching opportunities – Björn Franke (Director of Teaching)
2.10 – 2:30pm (20 mins) Student Internships - Opportunity and Experience - Ondrej Bohdal (Data Science PhD Student)
2:30 – 3.00pm Student Q&A session
Other activities for PGR students
University of Edinburgh
The University organises welcome events for all new students.
On the first day of September Welcome Week, Principal Peter Mathieson addressed all new students to the University community. You can find a link to the recording below.
Doctoral College
The Doctoral College is a central structure, designed to help coordinate and highlight training, support, and opportunities for all postgraduate researchers across the institution.
A welcome talk from the University of Edinburgh Doctoral College for all new postgraduate researchers took place on 13 September 2022. You can find a link to the recording and slides below.
Doctoral College Welcome Session 2022
Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA)
You can find social events organised by the Edinburgh University Students' Association below.
Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) cohorts
Students commencing studies on one of the School’s UKRI CDT programmes in Biomedical Artificial Intelligence (BMAI), Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Robotics and Autonomous System (RAS), will be contacted directly about cohort-specific CDT welcome/induction events by their CDT Coordinators.