Researcher Development
The Researcher Development programme is provided by the Doctoral College to help you get the best out of your time at Warwick and the best out of yourself. The programme covers all disciplines and stages of research; including writing, research methods, productivity & skills, PhD in second language series, wellbeing and support for your career. Thinking about your professional development allows you to source the support and training you need, when you need it.
Researcher Development 2022-2023 (office.com)
RD 2023 Handbook (Spring)-includes schedule with bookable links
RD Spring Schedule ( print version)
"The prime gain from doing a PhD is little to do with the subject.
It is the life skills; surviving countless struggles, persisting through difficult times, becoming a resourceful problem solver and independent thinker; and knowing when to ask for help.
Invaluable for any future role!!"
We run an online and in-person programme of support and training throughout the year including evenings, weekends and vacation periods; so hopefully you will find an event which suits your timing.
We hold all our online events on our RDO Teams channel, where we also publicise any research related events that we hear about.
Check out the following resources
Researcher Development Programme Handbook (includes a list of all workshops and dates)
Follow us on Twitter ( @warwickrssp)
Listen to our careers and research related Podcasts or watch our RDOWarwick - YouTube videos.
Workshop and E.Learning Resources
Researcher Development Programme - the 6 Core Series
Accelerator series –Sessions that will get your PhD off to the best start. It will bring you into contact with other new arrivals at Warwick, starting to build your professional network and peer group of colleagues.
Essentials, productivity and wellbeing series-key areas that we all will need to cover no matter what our discipline and sessions to keep us on track, motivated, and meeting milestones.
Research practices & Methodologies series- in addition to our popular research methods training we also focus on integrity, ethics, planning and team working
PhD in Second Language Series – If you are doing your PhD in your second, third or even 4th language then we run weekly sessions focussing on writing, presenting, speaking and also navigating the strange accents and behaviours of the British.
Writing support- we start from the basics of sentence structure, through to writing your first press release. We cover how to manage large volumes of material, organising your argument, signposting and storyboarding. And when you are writing up, we offer retreats, proof reading circles and creative writing sessions to deal with writers block. Check out our dedicated Writing page
Careers- we need to start thinking and planning where next, so that we can make the most of any opportunities we have during our PhD. Check out our dedicated Careers page
Coming up in the first week of the RDO Spring programme:
Research Refresh
Mon 30/01/2023 9.30-11.00 Get Prepared, Get Organised - starting your PhD
Tue 31/01/2023 9.30-11.00 Emotional Intelligence for Researchers
Tue 31/01/2023 11.30-12.45 Accelerator Series: Speed Reading
Tue 31/01/2023 13.00-14.30 10 Things I Wish I'd Known (at the start of my PhD)
Wed 01/02/2023 13.00-14.30 Research Planning
Thu 02/02/2023 10.00-11.30 Writing Focus
Thu 02/02/2023 11.00-12.30 Dealing with Impostor Syndrome
Fri 03/02/2023 13.00-13.45 Research Life: Winter Wellbeing
Do you have any questions? Contact us via RDcontact@warwick.ac.uk or use the Contact and Feedback Form.
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