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Staff Directory Home Student success Transitions and transformations sponsorship programme

Transitions and transformations sponsorship programme

Academic sponsorship aims to develop research and professional skills, networks, and knowledge of opportunities among UK domiciled Black PGR students, encouraging, and enabling informed career choices in academia and other fields.

We are committed to supporting and equipping students to reach their full potential and thrive in their future lives. Celebrating the diversity of student backgrounds, circumstances, and aspirations, we seek to nurture individuals, maximising resilience, ambition, and capacity to succeed and develop. Working to these objectives, an academic sponsorship scheme is now live within the T&T project / Black Research Hub.

Based on a reciprocal partnership between an established academic and a student, this sponsorship seeks to:

  • actively support Black students who are considering a career in academia, by partnering them with established academics who can provide guidance, support, and opportunities for professional growth
  • equip Black students with the skills, knowledge, experiences, and networks to enhance their career prospects in their chosen field
  • build a sense of connectedness, capability, resourcefulness, and purpose among participants
  • provide students with insights and guidance on career paths and employment opportunities in their field and the wider academic world
  • establish new role models for Black UG, PGT and PGR students considering a career in academia.

As a partnership, there are also benefits to sponsors. These might include the opportunity to develop knowledge, insights, technical skills and cultural experience, or gain access to new/wider networks. We also offer a £500 contribution to your EIRA account on successful completion of the partnership period.

Get started

Sponsors (academic staff) can log into Sponsor registration (gradintel.com) to submit your profile.

Find out more

The Sponsorship programme is part of the bespoke digital platform the Black Researchers’ Hub.

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  • University of Essex
  • Wivenhoe Park
  • Colchester CO4 3SQ

 

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