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ESRC Doctoral Recognition: Preparing a submission
Jackie Powell
University of Southampton
j.m.powell@soton.ac.uk
Initial planning
• Accessing relevant documentation & guidance
• Mapping the building blocks to deliver ‘high quality training, supervision and support in an active research environment’
• Programme design to address both generic and specific components (linked to documentation)
• Collaborative networks and shared resources
Training Guidelines
• Introduction to ESRC PTG (section A) – provides useful background
• Purpose and Context of ESRC PTG (section B) – education, training and development
• Criteria for Recognition (section C)
Training Guidelines
• Criteria for Recognition (section C) – Generic research methods and methodologies– Subject specific input– General research skills/transferable skills– Provision of advanced training– Induction arrangements– Supervision arrangements– Research culture– Critical student mass– Submission rates
Training Guidelines
• General research skills and transferable skills (section D) – Bibliographic and computing skills– Teaching skills– Language skills– Ethical and legal issues– Exploitation of research and IPR
• Personal development and employment related skills– Communication skills– Research management & team working– Personal and career development
Training Guidelines
• Research methods training (section E)
– Learning outcomes – staged learning
– Research design and strategy
– Research methods and tools – understanding and application
– Data collection, analysis and dissemination
Training Guidelines
• Subject and discipline guidelines (section F)
– Nature of the area
– Preparation
– Subject specific domains of experience
– Research methods training
Guidelines
• Appendices– Support for part-time students and distance learning
– Recognition of professional doctorates
– Research Councils/Arts & Humanities Research Boards’ skills and training requirements
Completing the form
• The outlet: – mapping the building blocks– wider institutional structures
• Programme design to address both generic and specific components– distinctiveness of Social Work research– relationship to other social sciences
• Documentation – collation of material– cross referencing
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