NB: This course accrues 7 training points.

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. Students need to attend all sessions.
 

May 13 – room 728 – 1:00 to 4:30
May 20 – room 728 – 1:00 to 4:30
May 27 – online - 5:00 to 6:30
June 9 - online - 5:00 to 6:30
June 17 – room 728 – 1:00 to 4:30
June 23 – online - 5:00 to 6:30
June 25 - online - 5:00 to 6:30

Students will also be placed into one of five different breakout groups which will each run face-to-face for a total of six hours within the summer term course.

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.