Training and Development

Departmental Postgraduate Induction

Incoming PhD and MAR students

Do you need information on registering, Link opens in a new windowand other useful tips? see the University's Welcome Pages.Link opens in a new window For research degrees, please contact your supervisor (if you don't know who this is, email the Director of Graduate Studies: Prof. Caroline Petit; Zahra Newby from 1/9/26).

Details for 26-27 are still being finalised. Dates will be added as arranged but please check in Sept for final timetable.

Wednesday 7th October 2026:

12-1: Induction for New PGR students (room TBC)

1-2: Welcome lunch for all PGRs. Classics Academic Studio (2nd floor, FAB building)

2-3: Induction for returning PGR students. OC.1.03 and online.

2-3: Library induction for new PhD and MAR students (Andy Calvert, Librarian): Library, tbc

The interactive campus map will help you locate rooms.

The Department provides an induction into subject-specific research methods and techniques to all research students in the course of their first year. The programme below also incorporates the sessions provided by CADRE, which are compulsory for all new PhD students.

Attendance at Induction sessions (as appropriate for year of study) and Work-in-Progress seminars is required for all Research Postgrads. Please note that certain sessions are formal engagement monitoring points.

Departmental induction and training programme 2026/27 (being updated regularly). Some sessions are only for PhD students - please check below.

• Following the inductions above:
• Tuesday 13th October 2026: 10-2: CADRE Workshop 1: Welcome and Induction (for new MPhil/PhD students). Wolfson Research Exchange (Library, Floor 3 extension)
  Wednesday 14 October 2026, 10.30-12.15 (Antiquities Room, FAB2.23) Prepare to teach in HE, with Oliver Turner (open to all MPhil/PhD students)
• Tuesday 20th October 2026, 11-1: CADRE Workshop 2: Thriving in your PhD (for new MPhil/PhD students). Wolfson Research Exchange (Library, Floor 3 extension)
• Tuesday 20th October 2026, 2-3pm, (Antiquities Room, FAB 2.23). Ancient texts at graduate level, with Joe Watson. (MAR and PhD students).
• Wednesday 28 October 2026, 12-1 (Antiquities Room, FAB2.23) Reflections on the Research Journey, with Dr Jacqui Butler (Warwick MA and PhD Alumna, PhD awarded 2026). (new MAR and MPhil/PhD students).
• Interested in using Endnote? Please book into a training session at the library. Our departmental Endnote style guide can be found on the right of this page.

Work in progress seminars:

In 2026/27, the Work in Progress Seminar (WiP) will take place on Wednesdays from 2pm. There will be a mixture of online and face to face sessions. The programme for the term will be available hereLink opens in a new window. Attendance is mandatory for all PGRs.

CADRE 2026/27

Faculty-wide training are organised by the Doctoral College via CADRELink opens in a new window.

Researcher Development Programme

A centrally run training programme for doctoral researchers is also available - see their website.

The Centre for the Study of the Renaissance (CSR)

will be holding courses on

Palaeography: from Manuscript to PrintLink opens in a new window

Latin for Research in the Humanities

AND MORE:

https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren/languages/