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 next PGR Welcome/Induction session will take place in January 2022 - exact date and time to be confirmed.
Students commencing studies out with Induction months of Sept and January are encouraged to review the induction information and recording from our previous Induction sessions, and are welcome to attend the next available Induction session.
September 2021
You can find the programme and presentations for this event below:
The session was delivered online via Blackboard Collaborate.
09.45am Session opens for arrivals
10.00 – 10am (10 mins) - Welcome to the School of Informatics from the Head of School - Jane Hillston (Head of School, PGR Personal Tutor)
10.10 – 10.25am (15 mins) Welcome to Informatics from the Director of the Graduate School - Nigel Topham (Director of IGS)
10.25 – 10.45am (20 mins) Welcome to Informatics from the Deputy Director of the Graduate School - Mary Cryan (Deputy Director of IGS)
10:45 – 11.00am (15 mins) Introduction to the IAD – Louise McKay
11.00 – 11.20am (20 mins) Overview of Supervisor role and responsibilities - Michael O'Boyle (PGR Supervisor)
11.20-11.40am (20 mins) Overview of University Teaching opportunities – Björn Franke (Director of Teaching)
11.40 – 12:00pm (20 mins) Student Internships - Opportunity and Experience – Steven Kleinegesse (Data Science PhD Student)
12:00 – 12:15pm Student Q&A session
September 2020
Please click on IGS Induction event - September 2020 to watch a recording of this event.
Other activities for PGR students
University of Edinburgh
The University organises exclusive Postgraduate student welcome events, before you start and throughout Welcome Week and beyond. You can find more information below.
Sign up for "How-to" online sessions for PG students
Doctoral College
A welcome talk from the University of Edinburgh Doctoral College for all new postgraduate researchers will take place on Thursday 16th September at 1:00pm- 1.45pm. The Doctoral College is a central structure at Edinburgh, designed to help coordinate and highlight training, support and opportunities for all postgraduate researchers.
Click here to register for this session
Edinburgh University Students' Association
You can find social events organised by the Edinburgh University Students' Association below.
CDT cohorts
Students commencing studies on one of the School’s UKRI CDT programmes in Biomedical Artificial Intelligence (BMAI) or Natural Language Processing (NLP), will be contacted directly about cohort-specific CDT welcome/induction events by their CDT Admin Coordinators.