Researcher Development Programme

The Researcher Development Programme is a series of workshops and training courses run by the Learning Institute and designed to help you to recognise and develop key skills and attributes needed to effectively manage your research, and to prepare and plan for the next stages of your career. It also provides opportunities for you to meet other research students and post-docs from different departments and campuses, which can be a valuable and interesting experience. The programme is very varied and includes courses designed to help you with specific aspects of your PhD (e.g. ‘Writing your Thesis’, ‘The Viva’) as well as courses to help you develop more widely applicable skills (e.g. ‘Mindmapping and Speed Reading’, ‘Critical Thinking’). The courses on the programme are delivered by experienced tutors, most of whom have a PhD and experience of research. You should receive a wall-planner listing all the courses planned for this academic year, which will help you and your supervisor select the most useful workshops for you to attend. If you have not received one, please contact Dr Jo Cordy.

Places on courses and workshops can be booked at course booking