{"id":4272,"date":"2025-12-19T10:55:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/?p=4272"},"modified":"2026-03-25T12:40:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:40:47","slug":"phd-activities-spring-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/2025\/12\/19\/phd-activities-spring-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Activities Spring 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Below you will find our schedule for the Winchester School of Art PhD weekly meetings, which will generally run from 2-4pm on Wednesdays, in person (PGR Rooms<\/a> at WSA) and on MS Teams<\/a>. The series consists of (guest) speakers, workshops, trainings, and other research- and practice-led events.<\/p>\n

The working schedule will be updated here regularly.<\/p>\n

For other Faculty and University wide events please see the central University events calendar: https:\/\/events.soton.ac.uk\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nTUE<\/strong><\/td>\nWED<\/strong><\/td>\nTHU<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
January<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n28 January 12:00-14:00 New<\/strong> PhDs Induction and campus tour<\/strong>, followed by PhD\/ECC Start of Term Social <\/strong>@ 14:00-16:00 [in person], PGR Meeting Room (East 3024)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
February<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n4 February 14:00-16:00 PhD<\/strong> Town Hall \u2013 discussing important business for the coming year<\/strong>[hybrid], PGR Meeting Room (East 3024) and online<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n11 February 11:00-13:00 PhD Crits Rezia Wahid and Qixuan (Fay) Wu<\/strong> [in person], Sculpture Studio<\/p>\n

AND<\/p>\n

14:00-16:00 Practice-based research skills session with Prof Teresa Dillon <\/strong>[hybrid], PGR Meeting Room (East 3024) and online<\/a>. Teresa Dillon is a self-taught artist and curator who draws on methodologies from psychology, social science and the performing arts.<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\u00a018 February 14:00-16:00, PhD WriteLab <\/strong>[hybrid], PGR Meeting Room (East 3024) and online<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\u00a025 February 14:00-16:00 Letterpress workshop with Andy Reaney in preparation for Into the Fold<\/em><\/a>, WSA\u2019s artists book and zine festival (6-7 March)\u00a0<\/strong> [in person only, max 6 participants], Printmaking Workshop (1023 East, WSA)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a04 March 14:00-16:00 Zine and book-making workshop with Dr Megen de Bruin-Mol\u00e9 in preparation for Into the Fold<\/em><\/a>, WSA\u2019s artists book and zine festival (6-7 March)<\/strong> [hybrid], PGR Meeting Room (East 3024) and online<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17 March 14:00-16:00 PhD Crits <\/strong>[in person], Sculpture Studio<\/td>\n18 March 14:00-16:00, PhD WriteLab <\/strong>[hybrid], physical location TBC<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n25 March 14:00-16:00, Design Research Methods with Dr Daniel Cid (Head of Research Design Department) <\/strong>[hybrid], PGR Meeting Room (East 3024) and online<\/a>. A session focused on the idea that, in a way, we all design, and this potential can be transformed as an ongoing rehearsal for what more sustainable ways of living could be.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

EASTER BREAK 30 MARCH \u2013 24 APRIL<\/span><\/p>\n

(teaching and some university services will be suspended)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
 <\/td>\nTUE<\/strong><\/td>\nWED<\/strong><\/td>\nTHU<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April<\/strong><\/td>\n14 April 14:00-16:00 PGR Student\u00a0Crit\u00a0Workshop with Elissa Wang and Rui Cai<\/strong> [in person], Sculpture Studio (East Side). The work will remain up through Weds 15th<\/sup>\u00a0and Thursday 16th<\/sup>\u00a0April.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n29 April 14:00-16:00, PhD WriteLab\u00a0<\/strong>[hybrid], physical location TBC and\u00a0online<\/a><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n6 May 14:00-16:00\u00a0Learning to Teach: Reports and Reflections from SoTeach3\u00a0with PhD teachers and Megen de Bruin-Mol\u00e9 <\/strong>[hybrid], PGR Meeting Room (East 3024) and\u00a0online<\/a><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n13 May 14:00-16:00\u00a0PURE online profiles workshop\u00a0with Megen de Bruin-Mol\u00e9 <\/strong>[hybrid], PGR Meeting Room (East 3024) and\u00a0online<\/a>.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n20 May 14:00-16:00, Progression review preparation\u00a0session (leader TBC) <\/strong>[hybrid], PGR Meeting Room (East 3024) and\u00a0online<\/a><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n27 May 14:00-16:00, PhD WriteLab\u00a0<\/strong>[hybrid], physical location TBC and\u00a0online<\/a><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n\u00a010 June 14:00-16:00,PhD WriteLab\u00a0<\/strong>[hybrid], physical location TBC and\u00a0online<\/a><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n17 June 14:00-16:00, \u2018Identifying and narrating impact\u2019\u00a0workshop with Dan Ashton, focus on developing PURE profiles\u00a0<\/strong>[hybrid], PGR Meeting Room (East 3024) and\u00a0online<\/a><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

WSA Summer Graduation will take place at 10am on Monday, 20 July 2026 in Winchester Cathedral. <\/strong>Following this, at around 12pm there will be a formal reception on the Cathedral grounds for staff and PGRs. There will then be a PhD celebration, lunch, and social at The Willow Tree from around 1pm.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Below you will find our schedule for the Winchester School of Art PhD weekly meetings, which will generally run from 2-4pm on Wednesdays, in person (PGR Rooms at WSA) and on MS Teams. The series consists of (guest) speakers, workshops, trainings, and other research- and practice-led events. The working schedule will be updated here regularly. … Continue reading “PhD Activities Spring 2026”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99787,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[702608],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phd-seminar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99787"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4272"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4287,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4272\/revisions\/4287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}