Faculty of Science & Engineering Researcher Development http://www.researchsupport.se.manchester.ac.uk/ Email: fse-resdev@manchester.ac.uk Phone: 0161 306 4188 Room C4 Sackville Street Building

PhD Timeline of Researcher Development The successful completion of PhD research depends on progress through a time-constrained sequence

from initial concepts through literature review and analysis to communicating original results and impact in

a thesis and beyond. Researcher Development plans free workshops along this timeline exploring best

practice and allowing you to bring specific issues to discuss and share with other PhDs at similar stages.

3 year PhD Research Teaching & Impact & Public Career 4 year PhD year quarter Essentials Learning Engagement Management quarter year

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Wellbeing & Personal Effectiveness workshops (appropriate at any time of the PhD)

Graduate Teaching

Assistant (GTA) Training

GTA Learning Outcomes

& Lesson Plans

GTA Teaching Skills

GTA Marking & Feedback

Develop teaching

experience as a Graduate

Teaching Assistant (GTA)

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LEAP Application for

Associate Fellowship of

Advance HE

GTA eLearn & Blackboard

GTA Roles & Expectations

Conference Preparation

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Library Workshops for FSE

Introduction to Research

Essentials

Critical Reading

Academic Writing

How to Work With Your

Supervisor

Plan Your PhD

Faculty PGR Welcome

Careers: It’s Never Too

Early To Start

Click to BOOK

Setting Yourself Up for

Success Getting Started with

Public Engagement

Science Busking Training

Impact for Researchers

7 Steps to Raising Your

Research Profile

Altmetrics to Measure

Non-academic Impact

Lay Abstracts with Impact

Open Access Publishing

Overview of Reference

Management Tools

SUPI: Engaging with

Schools

Developing Effective

Communication

Masterclass in Evaluating

Public Engagement

Beginner’s Guide to

Evaluating Public

Engagement

Research Blogging

CV Masterclass

Careers: Intensive One-

day Workshop

Time Management for

Research Success

Preparing Presentation

Content

Presentation Practice &

Feedback

Designing Research

Posters

Consider placements in

industry? /

visiting other research

labs?

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Publishing Academic

Papers

Planning the Final

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Writing Up Your

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Managing eThesis

Submissions

Viva Survivor

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along eProg pathways. The Introduction to Research Essentials workshop is

required for all PhDs to learn about requirements and the support available

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Influencing Others Networking for

Researchers

Increasing Emotional

Intelligence

Building Emotional

Resilience

Learning to Be Assertive

Wellbeing Wednesdays