Graduate School Researcher Development Programme

Are you a postgraduate research student in the College of Social Sciences? If so, there are a whole range of training initiatives, resources and courses designed to support your research skills and professional development. These activities have been

Thinking about how to plan your professional development over the course of your PhD and ensure your employability? See the Researcher Development Framework and Professional Development Planner

designed to complement the core Research Training Programme in helping you to further enhance your research and professional skills, and to meet the standards laid out in the Research Councils' Joint Skills Statement (JSS).

The UK Research Councils' recommend that postgraduate research students undertake the equivalent of two weeks of transferable skills training, per year. This training is likely to be a combination of subject, school, college, university service, or personally organised training.

 

If you have any queries on the courses listed below please contact Alan.McConnnell@glasgow.ac.uk

Campus Travel Reimbursement (£50 approx)
*
reimburse travel expenses to attend Researcher Development Programme Events between all campus sites i.e.  (Dumfries, Garscube and Gilmorehill)

Please follow this link for further guidance on - £50 (approx) travel reimbursement - to attend skills training events!


 

 

Research Training Week for new research students 10-14 Sep 2012
The PhD Survival Guide: Introductory Session on Surviving a Research Degree 13 Sep 2012
Research Training Week Social for all new and continuing postrgaduate research students (refeshments and social) 14 Sep 2012
Reviewing Your Career workshop  (June Cunningham, Careers Adviser, Postgraduate Research)  8 Oct 2012
Publishing Strategies for Postgraduates (Gesa Helms)  11 Oct 2012
Research Ethics in Practice (Gesa Helms)  18 Oct 2012
PhD Writing Workshops Series - 1st Year PhD Writing (Daniel Soule)  19 Oct 2012
Work in Progress, Research Questions, Working with Supervisors (Johanna Green)  24 Oct 2012
Communicating your Research: Publishing your Work & Conferences (Johanna Green)  7 Nov 2012
Job Search and applications (June Cunningham, Careers Adviser, Postgraduate Research)  12 Nov 2012
Developing your CV: Projects and Project Funding (Johanna Green)  21 Nov 2012
PhD Writing Workshops Series - 2nd Year PhD Writing (Daniel Soule)  23 Nov 2012
Online Session + Face-to-Face Workshop: Essentials of Attribution (Johanna Green)

Online Session
23 Nov 2012

Workshop
5th December 2012

Interview Techniques Workshop (June Cunningham, Careers Adviser, Postgraduate Research)  7 Dec 2012
Impact and engagement of your research (Gesa Helms)  21 Feb 2013
Originality and boundaries of research (Gesa Helms)  26 Feb 2013
PhD Writing Workshops Series - 1st Year PhD Writing (Daniel Soule)  28 Feb 2013
Planning and time management for the First Year Review  12 Mar 2013
PhD Writing Workshops Series - 3rd/Final Year PhD Writing (Daniel Soule)  14 Mar 2013
Communicating your first year of research  26 Mar 2013
Creative Approaches in Postgraduate Research:  Innovation, Motivation and Risk  8 April 2013
Research Ethics in Practice (Lisa Bradley & Gesa Helms)  11 April 2013
'Sentence Clinic':  Diagnose and Treat Problem Sentences (Gayle Pringle-Barnes)  16 April 2013
'Style Clinic':  Identify the Right Style for your Research  22 April 2013
PhD Writing Workshops Series - 2nd Year PhD Writing (Daniel Soule)  25 Apr 2013
Writing about Texts:  Highlighting Meaning and Significance of Source Texts  26 April 2013
Writing about Data:  Highlighting Meaning  29 April 2013
'Paragraph Clinic':  Diagnose and Treat Problem Paragraphs (Gayle Pringle-Barnes)  30 April 2013
Editing Skills:  Tackle Troublesome Words  3 May 2013
'Sentence Clinic':  Diagnose and Treat Problem Sentences (Gayle Pringle-Barnes)  7 May 2013
PhD Writing Workshops Series - Final Year PhD Writing (Daniel Soule)  9 May 2013
'Paragraph Clinic':  Diagnose and Treat Problem Paragraphs (Gayle Pringle-Barnes)  10 May 2013
'Style Clinic':  Identify the Right Style for your Research  14 May 2013
Introduction to Academic Publishing (Gesa Helms)  14 May 2013
Writing about Texts:  Highlighting Meaning and Significance of Source Texts  17 May 2013
Writing about Data:  Highlighting Meaning  21 May 2013
Editing Skills:  Tackle Troublesome Words  24 May 2013
Publishing Your Journal Article (Gesa Helms)  28 May 2013
'Sentence Clinic':  Diagnose and Treat Problem Sentences (Gayle Pringle-Barnes)  3 June 2013
'Paragraph Clinic':  Diagnose and Treat Problem Paragraphs (Gayle Pringle-Barnes)  4 June 2013
'Style Clinic':  Identify the Right Style for your Research  10 June 2013
Writing about Texts:  Highlighting Meaning and Significance of Source Texts  11 June 2013
Writing about Data:  Highlighting Meaning  17 June 2013
Editing Skills:  Tackle Troublesome Words  18 June 2013

Important Note:

The courses listed above are extremely popular and spaces limited.  If you sign up for any of the above courses,
then find you cannot attend, please cancel your booking immediately so that someone else can take your place.

Description College / School Closing Date
 Teacher Education Group Internship College of Social Sciences
School of Education
 1st March 2013

College of Social Sciences Postgraduate Internship

70 hours @ £14.25 per hour

 This is an opportunity for a PG intern to work with an established research group in the area of teacher education. The successful candidate will: (a) support the updating of an online resource/research digest for teacher educators, the Teacher Education Bibliography; and, (b) update and maintain a web resource, the Teacher Education Observatory.

The Teacher Education Group (TEG) is a UK-wide research group. The TEG produced the Teacher Education Bibliography to support research students and early career researchers working in the field of teacher education: <http://www.tlrp.org/capacity/rm/wt/teg/>. The Group is currently reviewing articles to update this resource.

The Teacher Education Observatory (TEO) was established to provide an accessible network for monitoring contemporary policy developments across the full range of teacher education in the UK. The TEO is intended to be a means of communicating significant policy developments, the opportunities arising from them and their possible impact on existing provision. The TEO will incorporate links to existing resources (such as the TEG Bibliography) but will also provide sites for ongoing discussions and reviews of contemporary developments

 <http://teachereducationobservatory.org/# >

All registered PhD students in the College of Social Sciences are eligible to apply. Please see the job description below for further details.

Please submit a letter of application and your full CV to Moira Hulme (moira.hulme@glasgow.ac.uk) by 1st March 2013.

RESPONSIBILITIES: TEG Internship 2013

Supporting the development of the Teacher Education Bibliography

(1)   To collate reviews of journal articles conducted by members of the Teacher Education Group using a standardized format.

(2)   To import the reviews into an excel format for uploading to a searchable database.

Supporting the development of the Teacher Education Observatory

(1)   To research and receive updates on teacher education reform in the UK from TEG members

(2)   To upload updates to the Teacher Education Observatory website

Total time commitment:  70 hrs (March-June 2013)

  • Training in TEG review system
  • Training in webpage management
  • Receiving, screening and collating review submissions for the TEG bibliography
  • Web management: editing and updating resources for the Teacher Education Observatory

Essential and Desirable Criteria of Applicants:

Essential

  • High degree of computer literacy including internet, spreadsheets and email
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Ability to work accurately and ensure attention to detail
  • Excellent organizational skills

Desirable

  • Awareness of copyright and attribution issues in the use of online media.
  • Ability to work with bibliographic software, EndNote.
  • Awareness of sources for teacher education policy in the UK

Research/Project Management - to be able to:

  • identify and access appropriate bibliographical resources and other sources of relevant information
  • use information technology appropriately for database management, recording and presenting information

Personal Effectiveness - to be able to:

  • demonstrate flexibility and open-mindedness
  • demonstrate self-discipline, motivation, and thoroughness
  • show initiative, work independently and be self-reliant

Communication Skills - to be able to:

  • write clearly and in a style appropriate to purpose

 Networking and team working - to be able to:

  • develop and maintain co-operative networks and working relationships within the institution and the wider research community
  • understand one's behaviours and impact on others when working in and contributing to the success of formal and informal teams