Welcome to the EdD part 2

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Part 2 of the EdDDr Jane Andrews & Dr Richard Waller

Programme LeadersFriday 1st March 2013


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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


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Part 2 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)


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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


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Researcher Skills DevelopmentAn overview of support

Dr Paul SpencerResearcher Development Manager

UWE Graduate School

[email protected]

0117 32 83974
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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The Products of a Research Degree

A researcher with a

set of skillsA written body of

work


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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


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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 theend of a research degree


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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
http://www.vitae.ac.uk/rdfhttp://www.vitae.ac.uk/rdf


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RDF planner an online PDP tool


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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


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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


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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


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RBI Skills Development ProgrammeTransferable skills (the fun stuff?)

The Effective Researcher

The Effective Part Time Researcher

Art & Science of Communication Personal Skills Development Residential


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Graduate School Community

We want doctoral students to feel connected toeach other and to the staff supporting doctoral

students.

http://thedigitaldoctorate.com

@uwegradschool

janet.iocom.com/signup/westofengland
http://thedigitaldoctorate.com/https://twitter.com/UWEGradSchoolhttp://janet.iocom.com/signup/westofenglandhttp://janet.iocom.com/signup/westofenglandhttp://janet.iocom.com/signup/westofenglandhttp://janet.iocom.com/signup/westofenglandhttps://twitter.com/UWEGradSchoolhttps://twitter.com/UWEGradSchoolhttp://thedigitaldoctorate.com/


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www.uwe.ac.uk/graduateschool


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Where do I find out more?

Graduate School Webpageshttp://www.uwe.ac.uk/graduateschool

Digitally Connected Researcher blog

http://thedigitaldoctorate.com Vitae researcher development

http://www.vitae.ac.uk

RDF Plannerhttp://rdfplanner.net
http://www.uwe.ac.uk/graduateschoolhttp://thedigitaldoctorate.com/http://www.vitae.ac.uk/http://rdfplanner.net/http://rdfplanner.net/http://www.vitae.ac.uk/http://thedigitaldoctorate.com/http://www.uwe.ac.uk/graduateschool

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Welcome to the EdD part 2