Membership

Are you a postgraduate student (or know one)?

Here’s one very good reason to become a member of the Society…

The Society’s largest event of the year is just around the corner. Our Annual Conference brings together over 1,200 Society members and colleagues from across the world to share research and build career-enhancing networks. This event is a must for anyone with an interest in the subject, but particularly for postgraduate students, who can present their work, build their understanding and make great connections in a supportive and friendly environment.

The 2016 Conference will be held in Liverpool from 21 to 24 March. If you are interested in attending, or know someone who might be, registration and abstract submission are open now.

The Society offers generous grant support to postgraduate members, to make attendance an even more attractive proposition. Around 300 Annual Conference grants are awarded every year to eligible applicants. The discounted attendance rates and the grant, together, make a very strong financial case for membership.

This example compares a postgraduate student attending the Conference as either a non-member or a member. The figures are based on our 2015 Conference in Birmingham.

In this instance, a £33 investment in membership could have saved our non-member £560, or 16 times its value! If you have postgraduate students, colleagues or friends who would like to go to the Conference but currently don’t – or do as non-members – then please let them know about what they are missing out on.

For the full list of Society grants available, plus details of our 2016 Annual Conference and how to join the Society, please visit our website.

POSTGRADUATE STUDENT ATTENDING ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR THREE DAYS (TWO NIGHTS)

¹This was the average Conference Grant amount awarded in 2015 – exact amounts will vary according to individual applicants’ circumstances.

"THE CONFERENCE CONTENT, NETWORKING AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES HAVE ALL BEEN EXCELLENT."

Society member Lidia Lasecka, 2015 Birmingham event

PAUL EASTON

Head of Membership Services
[email protected]