Skills training support
What is the Graduate Skills Training Programme?
The Graduate Skills Training Programme aims to equip postgraduates with the skills, attributes and knowledge to thrive as independent researchers and professionals. It focuses on the delivery of ‘transferrable skills’ to complement subject specific training, providing graduates with a competitive edge when forging a research career or entering employment.
Graduate Skills Training Programme: overview (videos)
Dr Judy Williams introduces the Graduate Skills Training Programme, set up to help and support postgraduate taught and postgraduate research students throughout their programme of study. She provides an insight into the key aspects of the programme, including:
- Transferable skills
- Career Development
- Starting a PhD
- Vitae (the national body of training)
View: More Graduate Skills Training Programme (videos)
Available courses
Courses/sessions are grouped into four themes:
- Postgraduate essential skills
- Introduction to research ‘Speed PhD’
- Introduction to Data Handling
- Scientific Creativity
- Time management and project management
- Communication skills
- Academic writing
- Developing the effective research communicator
- Effective presentation skills
- Optimising your scientific poster
- Thesis completion skills
- In the home stretch: preparation of a high-quality PhD thesis
- How to prepare and succeed in your viva
- Third Year Workshop: Your Thesis and Beyond
- Professional development and career management skills
- Entrepreneurial skills
- Pathways: Career options for PhDs and research staff
- Peer mentoring for researchers
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