A focus on PhD study, skills and supervision for students and staff and involved in PhD Education to connect, share best practice and develop ideas for the future … with an update on a major UK initiative in PhD training.
This focused activity on PhD Education in Data Visualization aims to …
share experiences of and approaches to PhD education in ways that support current PhD students, encourage future PhD students and inspire those supervising PhDs and coordinating PhD programmes to develop networks, approaches and discourse that support this activity.
We do so through …
A two-session track where we share and develop ideas and experiences about PhD training, hear about UK investment in data visualization research training, and aim to help our PhD students succeed in their studies and our PhD supervisors support them in doing so.
We plan activities that will connect and be useful for all three groups :
Meet the community and discuss and develop priorities for discussion around PhD education as well as hearing about [**DIVERSE-CDT**](https://diverse-cdt.ac.uk/)
An activity in which PhD students introduce themselves, the EPSRC Doctoral Training Centre for Diversity in Data Visualization reports on progress and plans, and we collectively contribute, prioritise and answer questions about planning, doing, supporting and supervising PhDs.
We invite current or prospective PhD students, at any stage in their studies or planning, to introduce themselves.
The submission is a single visual that tells us something about you and your PhD. This can be anything, submitted in advance, but might involve:
You can request a 1, 3 or 5 minute presentation during the submission and we do our best to fit that in during the day!
Deadline 01 May 2026 (Anywhere on Earth)
Submit your visual (PDF) and details through this Google Form.
Find out about DIVERSE-CDT the UK’s new Doctoral Training Centre for Diversity in Data Visualization, hosted at the University of Warwick and City St George’s, University of London.
This innovative PhD program in Data Visualization is delivering research training for 60 PhD students in the UK over the next decade.
Working in small groups those undertaking, and having completed PhDs, participate in loosely structured discussion to :
A diverse panel, in which PhD experiences are introduced and discussed and priorities for supporting, enhancing and extending PhD education are identified.
Hear from and connect with a diverse panel of guest participants who have acquired PhDs. Learn from their experiences of study and supervision and grill them with questions as we discuss and identify priorities for improving and widening PhD study.
A lively panel discussion in which experiences of supervision are introduced and discussed, and open questions are addressed in a structured session with the old hands that will include plenty of audience participation!
We will be recruiting excellent communicators, with complimentary experience who are diverse in terms of academic discipline, perspective and geography.
Questions from the brainstorming exercise and discussion around these.
We seek to uncover and prioritise activites and initiatives that can improve and extend PhD education for all parties with The Panel.
Jason Dykes
Cagatay Turkay
31/03/26