Important note regarding online versions of this course: our registration system will detail this as an ‘all day course’.  However, it will be run across the dates and times mentioned below. 

General Overview:

This course aims to help students to reflect on the distinctive nature of doctoral study and academic research in the context of the university. To do this we will engage with a range of different kinds of doctoral and academic writing, for example: finished theses, post-doctoral-research proposals, and upgrade submissions. We will also engage in activities to help you to think through the process of formulating and focussing a piece of research. The course is designed to support your engagement in the early stages of your doctoral studies, and it is expected that you will complete it prior to your upgrade.

NB: This course accrues 7 training points.

Summer: Teaching sessions (face-to-face): 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM on the following days:

Monday 3 June – Room A5.02 in the IOE
Wednesday 5 June - Room 739 in the IOE
Monday 17 June – Room A5.02 in the IOE
Wednesday 19 June - Room 739 in the IOE
Monday 24 June – Room A5.02 in the IOE
Wednesday 26 June – Room A5.02 in the IOE

Students will also be placed into one of five different breakout groups which will each run for one six-hour session within the summer term course.