SCDTP Final Year Conference: Embracing Challenges

Save the Date for FYC 2025! 🌟 The South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (SCDTP) is excited to announce the upcoming Final Year Conference (FYC) 2025, themed ‘Embracing Challenges’. This annual event brings together doctoral researchers from across our partner institutions for a day of collaboration, knowledge exchange, and professional development.

FYC 2025 will feature inspiring keynote speakers, interactive workshops, and presentations showcasing cutting-edge research from a wide range of disciplines. It’s the perfect opportunity for PhD students to showcase their work, connect with peers, and gain valuable feedback.

The event page is ready, please visit : https://southcoastdtp.ac.uk/all-events/fyc2025/

• Friday 24 January 2025, 10:00 to 16:30

• Portsmouth Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth PO1 2AB

• SCDTP masters & PhD students, PDFs, thematic pathway coordinators & supervisors are invited

The themes of the rooms are:

Adapt:

Example topics include:

‘The Role of Trauma in the Association between Autism and Psychosis’, ‘Reducing work hours for a ‘better future’? Exploring preferences and experiences of working-time reduction’, ‘Material belongings: Family and nation as lived by members of LGBTQ+ in Lebanon’, ‘Navigating Hospital Operations Through Simulation: A Study of Urban Flooding Disasters and Physical Damage Impact’.

Evolve:

Example topics include:

‘Memory beliefs and memory distortion: The impact of memory misunderstanding in clinical and legal contexts’, ‘Exploring Individuation as a Strategy for Enhancing Recall Accuracy in Intelligence-Gathering Investigation Teams’, ‘How orangutans cope in a rehabilitation environment: Examining attachment and attachment-related behaviours with mothers, caregivers and peers’, ‘Charting Westminster’s Bubble: An Ideological Map of Britain’s Digital Elite’.

Innovate:

Example topics include:

‘It feels like a lightness, and it feels… happy”: Gender Euphoria, Gender Dysphoria, and Sexual Wellbeing in Transgender and Non-Binary Adults’, ‘Attachment and Support Behaviours in Long-Distance Relationships’, ‘Seasonality and Child Health in Bangladesh’, ‘Perception of Natural Scenes: Colour and Depth in Vision’. “