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Doctoral Development Programme: workshops and student-led activities

Explore the range of workshops and activities to support the development of your research skills and transferable skills throughout your doctorate and beyond!

During a doctorate, doctoral researchers are encouraged to develop a range of skills, knowledge and experience. These will be invaluable to you in completing your doctorate on time and in your future chosen career.

The Doctoral College offers a variety of free workshops, events and other resources through our Doctoral Development Programme.

Training workshops

Doctoral researchers can access a variety of different workshops in the Doctoral Development Programme. Workshops mostly run online, and take place in both semesters. Themes include:

  • Academic skills such as reading strategically and critical thinking
  • Social media for researchers
  • Influence and negotiation
  • Presentation skills
  • Career development
  • Research methods
  • Writing masterclasses to support you writing your thesis
  • Information skills and data management
  • Open research/open access
  • Time management
  • Imposter syndrome
  • Motivation
  • Productivity
  • Project Management
  • Supervision

Development programmes

We offer a number of development programmes for doctoral researchers to develop their skills:

Resilient Leadership in Action

A three week online leadership development programme, in collaboration with 10 other UK institutions, for doctoral researchers to practice their leadership skills in various contexts under the observation of a Coach. During the programme, each participant will get the chance to lead and reflect on their learning. The programme makes use of buddies, peer learning groups as well as a little bit of theory.

3MT Development programme

Our 3MT competition has a built in programme of support. Throughout the programme, doctoral researchers will get the chance to attend workshops, access feedback on practice sessions and work with a 1:1 coach to develop their communication skills.

Writing Retreats

During Research Focus Weeks, we offer both in-person and virtual writing retreats to support doctoral researchers with their writing goals. Writing retreats give you protected and focused time to work on your writing in the company of a facilitator and other peers.

To book onto our workshops and student-led activities:

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Enquiries

If you have any questions, please contact us.


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