PGSkills for the Humanities & Social Sciences Graduate School
The following courses have been categorised by your Graduate School as either essential, recommended or optional for doctoral students in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
In addition to the essential courses, it is expected that you undertake courses and other development activities [pdf, 51KB] to fulfil the required 10 days of skills training per year.
Compulsory for Candidature
Research ethics and governance - eLearning module
Essential
Information skills: Copyright/plagiarism/referencing
Getting started: essentials for starting your doctorate on the right track
Preparation for Final Year - for Humanities and Social Sciences
Preparing for Transfer - for Humanities and Social Sciences
Preparing for the Viva - for Humanities and Social Sciences
Preparing for your viva - eLearning module
Starting your doctorate - eLearning module
Recommended
Being an effective researcher, part time
Collecting qualitative data through interviews
Critical thinking - reading and writing
Working effectively with your supervisor(s)
Information skills: Getting published, getting cited
Information skills: Finding statistics & data in the Social Sciences
Information skills: Keeping up to date
Information skills: Literature searching in the Social Sciences
Making the most out of conferences
Managing your research project - eLearning module
Presentations: Planning conference posters
Presentations: Preparing posters for a conference
Presentation skills: Feedback on your presentation skills
Presentation skills: Planning and delivering more confidently
Presentation skills: Presenting your research
Reviewing, managing and using literature - eLearning module
Writing: Critical writing - for the social sciences
Writing papers for publication - eLearning module
Writing your thesis (less painfully) for the social sciences
Optional
Involving Children in Research - coming soon
Research with people in powerful positions - coming soon
One to one statistics advice - from the Statistics Advisory Service
Career Essentials in Humanities and Social Sciences - coming soon
Careers beyond academia - eLearning module
Careers: Getting hold of your career
Careers in academia - eLearning module
Careers: Using a CV to evidence and sell your skills
Case Study Research and Generalization - coming soon
Choosing the right stats package - coming soon
Ethics and International Research - coming soon
Ethics: Research ethics and governance - eLearning module
Excel advanced: Conditional Logic and Lookup Tables
Excel database functions pt 1 - filtering, sorting
Excel database functions pt2 - pivot tables
NVivo: Introduction to NVivo 9
Policy/Document Analysis - coming soon
Reading for academic writing - for the social sciences
Researching Sensitive Issues - coming soon
