ESRC Doctoral Recognition: Preparing a submission

Jackie Powell

University of Southampton

j.m.powell@soton.ac.uk

Initial planning

• Accessing relevant documentation & guidance

• Mapping the building blocks to deliver ‘high quality training, supervision and support in an active research environment’

• Programme design to address both generic and specific components (linked to documentation)

• Collaborative networks and shared resources

Training Guidelines

• Introduction to ESRC PTG (section A) – provides useful background

• Purpose and Context of ESRC PTG (section B) – education, training and development

• Criteria for Recognition (section C)

Training Guidelines

• Criteria for Recognition (section C) – Generic research methods and methodologies– Subject specific input– General research skills/transferable skills– Provision of advanced training– Induction arrangements– Supervision arrangements– Research culture– Critical student mass– Submission rates

Training Guidelines

• General research skills and transferable skills (section D) – Bibliographic and computing skills– Teaching skills– Language skills– Ethical and legal issues– Exploitation of research and IPR

• Personal development and employment related skills– Communication skills– Research management & team working– Personal and career development

Training Guidelines

• Research methods training (section E)

– Learning outcomes – staged learning

– Research design and strategy

– Research methods and tools – understanding and application

– Data collection, analysis and dissemination

Training Guidelines

• Subject and discipline guidelines (section F)

– Nature of the area

– Preparation

– Subject specific domains of experience

– Research methods training

Guidelines

• Appendices– Support for part-time students and distance learning

– Recognition of professional doctorates

– Research Councils/Arts & Humanities Research Boards’ skills and training requirements

Completing the form

• The outlet: – mapping the building blocks– wider institutional structures

• Programme design to address both generic and specific components– distinctiveness of Social Work research– relationship to other social sciences

• Documentation – collation of material– cross referencing