Transferable skills training

Training in research skills is a key element in the development of all postgraduate students. It is becoming widely recognised that future employers, in a range of sectors, expect staff to possess a wide variety of generic and transferable skills. To help you develop these skills the Graduate School provides a training programme as detailed in the Research Training Programme & Personal Development Planning for Graduate and Postdoctoral Researchers brochure (Research Training Programme Brochure 2013-14You can also participate in other training opportunities outlined in the brochure. Your personal development planning should include regular meetings with your supervisor to discuss your training needs and how you can aquire a broad range of skills during your postgraduate studies.

Postgraduate Student Credit System

Full time students undertaking a PhD should gain 20 skills training credits and aim for at least 12 in the first year. All other postgraduate degrees and part-time students should gain credits pro-rata.

• CREDITS FOR ATTENDING COURSES

Courses listed in the RTP brochure have a defined number of credits attached. Credits can also be attained through attending courses organised by Research & Enterprise, IT Services. Courses organised by the Graduate School will have credits applied once registers have been returned to the Graduate School office.
PLEASE NOTE adding credits is a manual process and may take up to 5 working days once the registers are returned to the Graduate School office.

• CREDITS FOR UNDERTAKING OTHER SKILLS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND ACTIVITIES

It is expected that you will gain around 70% of your credit total from undertaking courses offered within the University of Glasgow.  To have credits for activities and courses undertaken outwith the University you should firstly have these approved by your Institute/School Postgraduate Convenor.  Email them with a brief description of the course/activity and clearly state which of the RDF skills domains you gained training in.  Then email evidence that you undertook the training to the Graduate School and request that the credit is allocated to your training record. Requests for credits to be added to your transcript should be submitted to mvls-rtpcredits@glasgow.ac.uk .

Please be aware that the online booking system which can be reached through the Quick Links section of this page should only be used for checking credits which have been applied to your transcript and NOT for booking courses, which MUST be booked via MyCampus (see instructions below).  A new system for applying credits directly to your MyCampus record is currently under construction and this will be available from early 2014.  All requests for credits should currently be submitted to the dedicated mailbox as indicated above.

All Research Training Programme Courses Are Open to MVLS Students Only (students in other Colleges should refer to their College Graduate School Office for information on research training opportunities available)

Careers Event  Life Sciences – What employers want from PhD graduates

Wednesday October 16^th October 2013  2 till 4pm

If you are considering moving away from academia after your PhD then you are following the footsteps of many previous Life Science researchers in academia who have made very successful moves into a range of careers within Life Sciences industry and beyond. This event is being run to give you an opportunity to meet employers and gain an insight into what opportunities are out there for you. We are asking a group of employers to tell you more about their area of work, and their own reflections on what skills employers look for from new recruits, and in particular any areas for improvements in PhD, particularly in their applications.  Places for this course are limited therefore early booking is recommended.  Places can be reserved by contacting mvls-gradschool@glasgow.ac.uk please indicate "Careers Event" in the subject header of your email.

Other Courses
(the undernoted courses are not bookable through the Graduate School online booking system, please refer to instructions below on how to book a place on these courses)

Researcher Development Courses can be booked via MyCampus
How to book
Search to enrol for courses using My Campus (under Self Service - Student Centre / Enrollment / Add by Search / Course Career:  PG Research) add a keyword search of the Course/workshop select your preferred Course and Date which will be added to 'your choices'.  Make sure that you click on the 'my choices' tab then select the courses from the table view and then click on “Enrol” to complete enrolment on the course/workshop.

If this is a multi-day course, you must be available to attend all days. Course venues will be entered onto MyCampus and you'll receive a course reminder, one week prior to the event, letting you know the venue.

IT Courses
All IT Courses should be booked via the IT Services website which is indicated at Quick Links on the right of this page