Applicant Webinars

We are running a series of applicant webinars for our 2026 studentship competition in November and December 2025.

Thursday 20th November 2025 – 1100 to 1200 GMT: Virtual Open Day session on the CDT in Designing Responsiple NLP. Register by going to the following link, selecting “Computing and Informatics” and then register for the session titled “AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Designing Responsible Natural Language Processing introduction”: https://study.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/open-days-events-visits/open-days-events/virtual-open-days

Thursday 27th November 2025 – 0930 to 1100 GMT: Applicant Webinar and Q&A #1. Register via this link: https://ed-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8D3N4oG_SuWSrktLrQOGIA

Monday 8th December 2025 – 1230 to 1400 GMT: Applicant Webinar and Q&A #2. Register via this link: https://ed-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZAGOYOy8QlSR6a24hu68Yg

In the meantime, please find recordings of the previous years sessions below.

Previous webinars (for 2025 studentships)

We held several online applicant Q&A sessions in November / December 2024 for our 2025 studentships (Cohort 2). These sessions were recorded and can be accessed below. The presentations are in the first 20-30 minutes, and the Q&A sessions with attendees after this:

Previous webinars (for 2024 studentships)

We also held two webinars for potential applicants for the 2024 CDT cohort on the 12th and 13th February 2024. The recordings of these two sessions are below – while some details have changed, much of what is covered will still be relevant for the 2025 CDT cohort.