Part 2 of the EdD

Dr Jane Andrews & Dr Richard Waller Programme Leaders

Friday 1st March 2013

Agenda
The purpose of todays meeting Your questions Key milestones in the EdD part 2 The Graduate School at UWE sources of support Back to you for further questions / clarifications

 Moving from a teaching to a supervised mode Your supervisory team The department research environment (BRILLE, D4DL) The ACE faculty research environment research centres, (Digital cultures, linguistics, fine print research, Place, location, context, environment)

Part 2

Key milestones
Ethical approval (Lesley Brock) RD1 research design (Graduate School office) Annual monitoring (tutors and student forms) Annual research conferences (June) Progression exam Mock viva Viva

Researcher Skills Development An overview of support

Dr Paul Spencer Researcher Development Manager UWE Graduate School Paul.spencer@uwe.ac.uk 0117 32 83974

The Products of a Research Degree

A written body of work

A researcher with a set of skills

Why the emphasis on skills?

There should be additional training for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers, mainly in transferable skills, equivalent of two weeks per year Sir Gareth Roberts (b. 1940; d. 2007 )
SET for Success (2002)- A report to Govt on the supply of educated talent to the UK economy

What are these skills?

UK Research Councils produced a Joint Statement on Skills (2001) which described a range of competences that should be developed by the end of a research degree

Researcher Development Framework

Launched in 2010 Development by Vitae in collaboration with Research Councils Knowledge, behaviours & attitudes of researchers across a range of experience Supersedes the JSS http://www.vitae.ac.uk/rdf

RDF planner an online PDP tool

Where do the Graduate School fit in?

Overarching admin support for PGR Provides an institutional focus for PGR Broad skills development programme Emphasis on generic/transferable skills Complement faculty student support

Skills Development Programme

Practical/knowledge workshops for research degrees

The Beginners Guide to a Research Degree The IT workshops (Microsoft Office) The Progression Examination Writing Up Preparing for the Final Viva

RBI Skills Development Programme

Research skills (generic)

Getting Published Research Conference Survival Guide 1st Steps to Small Group Teaching How to win funds & influence people Research ethics

RBI Skills Development Programme

Transferable skills (the fun stuff?)

The Effective Researcher The Effective Part Time Researcher Art & Science of Communication Personal Skills Development Residential

Graduate School Community

We want doctoral students to feel connected to each other and to the staff supporting doctoral students.
@uwegradschool janet.iocom.com/signup/westofengland

http://thedigitaldoctorate.com

www.uwe.ac.uk/graduateschool

Where do I find out more?

Graduate School Webpages http://www.uwe.ac.uk/graduateschool Digitally Connected Researcher blog http://thedigitaldoctorate.com Vitae researcher development http://www.vitae.ac.uk RDF Planner http://rdfplanner.net