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Doctoral Research Culture Month

Join us in June 2025 for our flagship annual events: the Doctoral Research Celebration Evening and the Doctoral Festival of Ideas.

Doctoral Research Celebration Evening


The Doctoral College will be hosting the annual Doctoral Research Celebration Evening on Wednesday 11 June 2025 at Komedia, Bath to celebrate the achievements of doctoral researchers and staff within the University community.

This event brings together: - The University's Three Minute Thesis Final - Presentation of various student and staff awards, e.g. Doctoral Recognition Awards, Excellence in Doctoral Supervision Prizes and the Godfrey and Sue Hall Postgraduate Research Prize.

The Doctoral College invites over 100 attendees each year and we have approximately 50 open tickets available for both doctoral researchers and staff within the University. Open tickets will be released in May 2025.

Find out more about how to submit a nomination
A picture of the stage at Komedia for the Doctoral Research Celebration evening 2024

Doctoral Festival of Ideas


The Doctoral College, in collaboration with the Faculties and School, will be hosting the 2nd Doctoral Festival of Ideas between Tuesday 17 June and Wednesday 18 June 2025.

During the festival you can expect to see a programme of activities to help raise the profile of research being undertaken by our doctoral researchers, as well as sessions that will help make us all think about the impact of our research.

The full programme will be released in April 2025.

Find out more about the Doctoral Festival of Ideas
A student presenting her research to a member of the event.

Get involved


We have loads of opportunities for you as doctoral researchers to get involved:

Poster presentation at the festival of ideas 2024