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 was 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 in 2012. To find out more about the successful projects please follow the link below.

 

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

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