Doctoral Training Resources

About the project

The Doctoral College at City St George's encourages a culture of discovery and enterprise by providing a range of training, development and networking opportunities for Doctoral Researchers.

The Doctoral College is a signatory to the Concordat, embedding our commitment to support the career development of our researchers.

We primarily support our Doctoral Researchers through The Researcher Development Programme (DRDP) , however, we also provide a comprehensive suite of professional development opportunities such as an induction programme upon enrollment, Researchers' Development Days, seminars, and opportunities to present research and develop research skills by participating in a Festival of Research, as well as 3MThesis.

The Vitae Framework

The Doctoral College Researcher Development Programme (DRDP) has been mapped against The Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF) and aims to meet your needs at different stages in your research.

The Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF) has been endorsed by over 30 organisations including UK Research and Innovation as well as Concordat.

All training and development opportunities available within the Researcher Development Programme (DRDP) will enable you to:

• Continue to embed knowledge and expand on your intellectual abilities (Domain A of the Vitae Framework)
• Improve and strengthen your personal effectiveness (Domain B of the Vitae Framework)
• Gain a deeper understanding of research governance (Domain C of the Vitae Framework)
• Ensure that engagement, influence and impact skills are maximised (Domain C of the Vitae Framework).

Online training and development opportunities

Please visit our Research Manager calendar for bookable sessions, or see here .

Further Training and Support Available at City St George's

At City St George's Doctoral Researchers have access to a range of support services. These include:

City St George's Careers Service

City St George's Wellbeing Services

Library Services

Student Centre

Chaplaincy

• careers@city.ac.uk
• Antonia.Clark.2@city.ac.uk
• Wellbeing@city.ac.uk
• library@city.ac.uk
• Studentcentre@city.ac.uk
• chaplaincy@city.ac.uk

Training and development with external partners

In addition, courses are offered by our external partners such as the South East Network for Social Sciences (SeNSS) (which has its own dedicated virtual learning platform VLE) and The Bloomsbury Network (BPSN). If you require further information about this please email the Doctoral College .

Research areas