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.

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!