DCAH's Research Training and Development Programme

This is just a reminder that the panel discussion on Interdisciplinary Research, which was due to take place tomorrow as part of the training session, has unfortunately had to be postponed until the summer. More to follow in due course. What is interdisciplinarity and what does it look like in the day to day of […]

This week's training session on thinking about the connections between your research and real world impact outside of the university, will now be led by Dale Townshend from the English Department. You're welcome to join us online or in person. This will be a hybrid session, hosted online on TEAMs and in-person 'Thinking About Impact […]

This workshop is dedicated to postdoctoral research funding opportunities and the practicalities of applying for them. One way of continuing your research after you’ve finished your PhD is by securing a postdoctoral fellowship. There are a number of schemes open to researchers in the Arts and Humanities, including those run by the British Academy, the […]

This session dedicated to ethics is designed to be responsive to your needs, as identified in the ethics survey conducted earlier in the year. It will be an opportunity to think critically about the role that ethics plays in Arts and Humanities research, from a philosophical as well as a methodological perspective. The workshop will […]

Collaborative research is “unruly, rich and messy”, and collaborative research, writing and publishing offers unique opportunities and challenges to postgraduate and early career researchers. In this hands-on workshop we will explore the struggles and strategies of collaborative work for ECRs, and try out a collaborative, playful simulation of academic co-authorship. This event is in person […]

Struggling to edit your writing? Get help from your peers! In our editing clinic, you’ll discuss a draft of your work and get feedback to improve your writing skills. Before attending the clinic, you’ll be asked to complete a short task and to identify the work you want to share with your peers. The task […]

Annual Progress Reviews (APRs) give you the opportunity to demonstrate your research progress and receive formal feedback from academic reviewers. These take place annually and doctoral students must complete each review satisfactorily in order to progress to the next year of their research programme. In this informal session we’ll talk about what to expect from […]