Lauren Nixon

Role

Lauren's role is to facilitate the doctoral research community at NTU, creating and maintaining communications and resources for doctoral candidates, including the Doctoral Hub site, the NTU Doctoral School social media, and regular candidate communications.

She ensures that doctoral candidates (Postgraduate Researchers/PGR) are kept up to date and aware of the facilities and services available to them. In addition, she facilitates a programme of research and community events throughout the academic year for candidates to share their research, develop their skills and connect.

She supports doctoral candidates’ development on a 1 to 1 basis and through sessions provided as part of the Doctoral Education, Training and Development Programme. Part of this involves providing inductions for each new doctoral researcher to help them understand the expectations of their degree and to prepare them for their doctoral journey.

Another role involves working with colleagues across the university to enhance and improve the doctoral experience at NTU, as well as with colleagues in other research teams to provide insight into the PGR perspective as part of Research, Culture and Environment.

Finally, she works on the Co(l)laboratory project supporting candidate development and with the EDEPI project on inclusive and accessible access to doctoral engagement.

Career overview

Lauren completed a PhD in English Literature in 2020 from the University of Sheffield and joined NTU in 2021. She previously worked in the NHS as a clinical administrator and has experience in academic networking, event management and communications.

External activity

Lauren has been the co-presenter of online streaming shows for the Rosenbach Museum in Philadelphia, for whom she has taught a number of courses.

She has written for magazines such as Jane Austen’s Regency World and has provided lectures and workshops for literature and history festivals.