Research Training

Research training at Glasgow is designed to enhance graduate students' research and professional skills, meet their training needs and requirements, as well as encourage and provide support for individual and collective research activities and initiatives.

Training is delivered mainly through the Research Training Course. The aim of the Course is to provide stimulating, relevant and needs-based training for an arts and humanities graduate community and to fulfil the requirements of funding bodies in the sector such as the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The Course consists of Core Workshops in a range of Library and Advanced Humanities IT skills, supplemented by a series of general workshop activities that run regularly throughout the academic year. Unless exempt, all research students (and those Taught Masters students expected to do so by their Course Convener) are expected to attend the Core Workshops (normally in the first year of their study), and a minimum of two General Workshops every year. You should consult your supervisor (or Taught Masters Convener) as to the choice of workshops that most suit your needs, and keep a record of your own training on the Research Training Portfolio.  Click here for further details on course requirements and assessment (for Taught Masters students only).

The Course is complemented further by a variety of graduate-led regular activities and initiatives such as the Annual Graduate School Conference, the award-winning electronic journal eSharp, international colloquia, seminar series and discussion groups. Participation in or initiation of any such activity forms an important part of your academic and professional training and is actively supported by the Graduate School. Interdisciplinary and cross-departmental exchange at the graduate level is one of the aims of the School, as it encourages collegiality but also provides opportunities for practising your developing academic and professional skills in a supportive and vibrant environment. A great range of student-led initiatives are sponsored by the School's Collaborative Research Training Initiative Scheme every year. The School is also a member of the AHRC-funded Interdisciplinary Research Training Network, co-ordinated by the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, at the University of Cambridge. Students interested in participating in any of the IRTN events, should contact the Director of the Graduate School. 

The Research and Enterprise office also run a researcher development programme for PhD students and Post-doctorates.

For queries regarding the Research Training Course please contact the Research Training Co-ordinator Dr Fiona Darroch.