Academic year 2019/2020
If dates have not yet been listed, the DTP Administrative Hub (swbio-dtp@bristol.ac.uk) are still most likely to be able to provide you with some further information in the interim, to help you with planning your studies around the cohort activities.
| Activity | Date | Location | Expectations of attendance |
| Annual Student Conference 2019 | Wed 18th – Fri 20th September | Exeter Castle | Day 1: Students about to start their first year
Day 2-3: Students about to start their 1st-4th years. |
| Local DTP induction session | September/October | Within your home institution | First year students |
| Local networking event | January/February | Within your home institution | All years |
| Thesis Boot Camp | Mon 27th-Wed 29th April
(Note: Finish time on days 1+2: 8pm, finish time on day 3: 6.30pm) |
Bristol | Final year students |
| Research Theme Activity – Agriculture and the Environment
Coding Camp |
Fri 29th – Sun 31st May | Devon | Compulsory for second and third year students who have listed this as their main Research Theme.
Optional but encouraged for other students |
| Annual Careers Conference | Mon 1st – Tues 2nd June | University of Bath | Day 1: First year students
Day 2: All years |
| Leaving Dinner (final year students) | Tues 2nd June | Bath | Final year students |
| Research Theme Activity – Animal Behaviour and in vivo Studies
Field site visit to see the difference between how experiments are carried out in the field compared to the lab |
Thurs 25th – Fri 26th June | Cornwall | Compulsory for second and third year students who have listed this as their main Research Theme.
Optional but encouraged for other students. |
| Research Theme Activity – Biomolecular and Biophysical Studies
Local vineyard visit to look at how processes and analytics are carried out in industry |
Fri 26th – Sun 28th June | Cornwall | Compulsory for second and third year students who have listed this as their main Research Theme.
Optional but encouraged for other students. |
| Student-led Away Day | TBC | TBC | Second and third year students.
Optional but encouraged for all other years. |
| Research Theme Activity – Agriculture and the Environment (OPTIONAL) | Tues 7th – Fri 10th July | Prague | Optional for students who have listed this as their main Research Theme.
Optional for other students. |
| Annual Student Conference 2020 | September | TBC | Day 1: Students about to start their first year
Day 2-3: Students about to start their 1st-4th years. |