Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering
Find your place in the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering (SAgE). Feel part of our pioneering postgraduate research community.
Working together to transform our world
Welcome to life as a researcher in the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering.
You belong to a community of more than 1,000 postgraduate research students at SAgE.
Together, we’re making a big impact in many research areas – both established and up and coming.
Our research is often multidisciplinary, making SAgE an exciting place to collaborate.
Your faculty depends on you
As a postgraduate research student, you form the heart of our research community. Your work drives important – sometimes ground-breaking – discoveries. Research at SAgE simply couldn’t happen without you.
Opportunities to support your development
We’re committed to making sure you have an excellent experience, and find support to become a future research leader.
You can enjoy many development opportunities, including our faculty research development programme. This equips you with skills to:
- work across disciplines
- partner with business, government and external stakeholders
- increase the research and impact of your research
Aspire to be an entrepreneur?
We’re particularly committed to working with you to achieve this (where relevant) through our development programme. We’ll help you understand the value of your research in the world. We’ll also help you identify opportunities to commercialise your research outputs.
Look out for our flagship ACTION innovation and enterprise programme which supports you create value and impact from your research. ACTION 2024 runs from May- July 2024.
We’re committed to making sure you have an excellent experience, and find support to become a future research leader.
Multi-track postgraduate research conference
The SAgE PGR conference will take place next week and we look forward to seeing you there! All PGRs and colleagues are welcome to attend.
When: Tuesday January 21st - Thursday January 23rd 2025.
Where: Herschel Building and Boiler House
The full daily schedule can be found below.
- Posters will be displayed throughout the conference in the Boiler House.
- Please join the Teams group to access information on the schedule and parallel themes.
Unfortunately, due to University budget restrictions, we will not be able to provide lunch for attendees. Instead, we will have an area where attendees can sit together and eat food that they have brought.
Tuesday 21st January
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09.00-10.00 |
Registration |
Foyer
Curtis Auditorium
Herschel Building |
11.30-12.30
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10.00-11.00 |
Welcome & Conference Opening (Phil Lord) |
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11.00 - 11.30 |
Coffee break |
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11.30-12.30 |
Parallel sessions |
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12.30-14.00 |
Lunch (bring your own) |
Boiler House
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14.00-15.30
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Posters |
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14.00-15.30 |
Parallel sessions |
Herschel Building
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15.30-16.00 |
Coffee break & social |
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16:00 |
Finish |
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Wednesday 22nd January
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Programme
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09.00-10.00 |
Registration |
Foyer
Curtis Auditorium
Herschel Building |
11.30-12.30
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10.00-11.00 |
Welcome (David Kimsey) |
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11.00 - 11.30 |
Coffee break |
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11.30-12.30 |
Parallel sessions |
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12.30-14.00 |
Lunch (bring your own) |
Boiler House
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14.00-15.30
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Posters |
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14.00-15.30 |
Parallel sessions |
Herschel Building
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15.30-16.00 |
Coffee break & social |
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16:00 |
Finish |
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Thursday 23rd January
Programme
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09.00-09:30 |
Registration |
Herschel Building |
09:30-11:00 |
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09:30-11:00 |
Parallel sessions |
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11.00-11.30 |
Coffee break |
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11.30-12.30 |
Parallel sessions |
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12.30-14.00 |
Lunch (bring your own) |
Boiler House
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11.30-12.30 |
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Posters |
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14.00-14.30 |
Coffee Break |
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15.30-15.30 |
Closing session - poster awards |
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15:30 |
Close |
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