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
- Knowledge and intellectual abilities
research methods, critical thinking, innovation
- Personal effectiveness
career management, personal skills, networking
- Research governance and organisation
strategy, ethics, copyright, income
- Engagement, influence and impact
enterprise, publication, media, collaboration
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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