Doctoral Society Coleraine

Welcome to the Doctoral Society Coleraine, representing PhD researchers throughout a variety of disciplines!  

Committee members:

• Eva Mihalovova (Chairwoman) | Mihalovova-E@ulster.ac.uk
• Leah Peart (Financial Officer) | Peart-L@ulster.ac.uk
• Lauren Crawford (Communications Officer) | Crawford-L15@ulster.ac.uk
• Oteri Kueberuwa (Wellbeing Officer) | Kueberuwa-o1@ulster.ac.uk
• Aimee Russell (Public Engagement Officer) | Russell-a17@ulster.ac.uk

We are actively looking for new committee members from all departments. Please contact us if you are interested. 

• Instagram: col_doctoral_society
• Society Email: colerainedocsociety@outlook.com 
• Committee Email addresses: as above
• PhD Engage Page: https://engage.cloud.microsoft/main/groups/eyJfdHlwZSI6Ikdyb3VwIiwiaWQiOiIxOTgzNjAzODM0ODgifQ/all

What we are about....

Doing a PhD can be very isolating so our primary goal is to bring like-minded researchers together from every department to socialise and make connections during our PhD journeys!

Where we meet?

The Doc - E008 (located near the Student Union bar)

What activities are we planning?

2026 (dates to be confirmed):

• Semester 2 welcome event (Jan/Feb)
• Yoga (Feb)
• Wellbeing event (March)
• Canvas painting (April)
• Doctoral Ball (10th June)
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• Beach BBQ / Picnic (warm weather required)
• Wine and Charcuterie 
• Quiz 
• Pub Crawl
• Craft session
• Game night / Mario Kart competition

We have a number of events planned throughout the year but we would love to hear some of your suggestions. Hit the link below!

Suggestions

2025/26 Completed Events 

7th December 2025 - Christmas Paint & Sip!

26th September 2025 - Yoga!

16th September 2025 - PhD pizza welcome in the Doc

2024/25 Doctoral Ball - Waterfoot Hotel, Derry/Londonderry

Youtube Video Montage 

2024/25 UUSU Awards - Achieved Society Gold STARS Award 

2024/2025 Events

2023/2024 Events

2022/2023 Events