Skills Development Dr. Jo Cordy Centre for Academic & Professional Development

Skills Development

Dr. Jo Cordy

Centre for Academic & Professional Development

A bit of background…

RCUK JSS PP Skills Dev.

Research Skills Dev.2001

A bit of background…

Roberts Review

> PhD £

2 wks skills training

> 3.5 y2002

Investing in Innovation

£150M2002

A bit of background…

Vitae formedwww.vitae.ac.uk Personal,

professional & career dev.

Research Councils

£15M2008

A bit of background…

2010Researcher

Development Statement

Update of JSS

Skills to become a professional researcher

A bit of background…

2011 “Roberts” money ends

Researcher development still highly valued at QM

A “professional researcher”

Carries out research!

Attends conferences Networks and is part of the community Presents their work Writes papers/articles/books Engages with the public

These are all important parts of the PhD process Your PhD should help you develop the skills required

What skills are we talking about?

Research skills Skills to make you an effective researcher Skills to help you get your PhD Skills to help in a future research career Skills to help in any other career Skills for life in general!

What skills are we talking about?

Discussion

Look at the Researcher Development Statement

What do you think about it? Is there anything you disagree with? Is there anything missing? Which bits are most important to you?

Now? In the future?

Skills development – How?

Research & related activities Research training in your School or Institute Teaching opportunities CAPD workshops Internal/Doctoral College events Other QM departments External events & courses Other??

PhD – Research Activities

IdeasCritiquingLiterature

Searches

Argument

ExperimentsSimulations

Field Work

Thinking

AnalysisWriting

PhD – Other Activities

Teaching

Demonstrating

Mentoring

Presenting

Conferences

PublicEngagement

Getting funding

Examples of CAPD courses Managing your research project Critical Thinking Presenting your Research Endnote Managing your time Maintaining momentum …..and many more.

Should have received a list & booking details

Internal events

Internal events

Other QM departments

IT services Language Centre Library Thinking Writing Careers Advice & counselling

www.vitae.ac.uk

External events & courses

www.bl.uk

• Professional bodies

• Other institutions

Also…

Research training in your School or Institute Teaching opportunities On-line resources

Skills development – What’s expected? 2 weeks (70 hours) per year

Research Council & QM guidelines

Keep a record of training & development Needs to be included with reports Points-based system to help with this

Be responsible for your own development But talk to your supervisor about it

The points-based system

Web-based database - https://webapps.is.qmul.ac.uk/sps/

Use college ID to log in Some things uploaded automatically Other activities you can claim

Currently in pilot phase Target is 70 points in year 1, 210 by submission

Contact me: j.m.cordy@qmul.ac.uk