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Skills Development
Dr. Jo Cordy
Centre for Academic & Professional Development
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RCUK JSS PP Skills Dev.
Research Skills Dev.2001
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Roberts Review
> PhD £
2 wks skills training
> 3.5 y2002
Investing in Innovation
£150M2002
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Vitae formedwww.vitae.ac.uk Personal,
professional & career dev.
Research Councils
£15M2008
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2010Researcher
Development Statement
Update of JSS
Skills to become a professional researcher
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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: [email protected]
