Skills Forge

Researcher Development Team
@rdt_york

 

Researcher Development

Training and development for postgraduate research students and research staff

What we offer

Training and development and career planning support for:

  • Postgraduate research students, including:
    • skills development to help you with your studies
    • support and information for Postgraduates Who Teach
    • the Preparing Future Academics programme
  • Research staff, including:
    • a dedicated research staff development programme
    • learning and teaching training
    • leadership and management development for those in leadership roles

Researcher Development Framework

We organise our development opportunities through the national Researcher Development Framework

Postgraduates who teach

  • Research students who teach develop new skills and enhance the learning experience of the students they support
  • We have details of teaching and training opportunities and information about how PGWTs are used at York

Information for postgraduates who teach

Research Leaders

  • Our new pilot programme, Research Leaders, focuses on some of the key leadership challenges in the context of a research environment.
  • The programme is aimed at senior researchers and principal investigators who are heading up research projects and managing researchers.

Researcher-led projects

Researcher-led Development Projects 2011-2012

A fund of up to £30,000 is available to research students and early-career researchers to develop and deliver researcher- led projects that will result in either research with impact or resources to support employability.

 

Last Updated: 17 February 2011 | RDT rdt@york.ac.uk

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