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College of Life Sciences Medicine
Graduate School Research Training Programme
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College of Life Sciences Medicine
Your PhD Research Project
Skills Training Research Methods
Techniques Generic/Professional Skills
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College of Life Sciences Medicine
School of Psychology MRes Programme
Professional Research Skills Advanced Research
Methods Supervised Research Project
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Research Skills Training
Why the Need? A PhD student should make a
substantial original contribution to their
field Skills training aids research Contributes
to professional personal development Enhances
life-skills employability University of
Aberdeen, through Graduate Schools, is committed
to the delivery of Research Skills Training
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Categories of Research Training
RESEARCH SKILLS A. Basic research skills and
techniques B. Understanding the research
environment
GENERIC AND TRANSFERABLE SKILLS C. Management of
research D. Personal effectiveness E.
Communication skills F. Networking and
team-working skills G. Skills relating to career
management
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College of Life Sciences Medicine
Generic Research Skills Training
Centrally - University ASPIRE Programme Generic
personal transferable skills College of Life
Sciences Medicine programme Generic research
skills Specific research methods
courses Residential workshops
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Generic Research Training
A PhD student should spend 2 weeks (10 days) per
year
Generic transferable skills Research specific
training Seminars/journal clubs/research group
meetings Conferences/workshops/symposia Outreach
programmes, eg Researcher in Residence
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Generic Research Training
University of Aberdeen
CLSM Graduate School
ASPIRE
Year 1
Psychology
Biological Sciences Medical Sciences Medicine
Post-graduate Training for Research
MRes
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Generic Research Training
Skills Training in the CLSM Graduate
School Accessed through website Compulsory
courses (University Safety) Core or
essential Elective generic and research specific
courses Some in place, others being developed
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Registering for Courses
Access to information, College graduate school
website College Schools coordinators Superviso
rs
Feedback, Same channels
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Registering for Courses
Discuss with supervisor Identify courses from
the programmes available Register through the
Graduate School website Homepage Information
for current students Research
Training Login Select course Save
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Generic Research Training
Students at other Research Institutions eg
Macauley, Rowett, Marine labs etc Non-standard
students eg Part-time, split Mature students
Flexibility credit for courses taken
elsewhere, multiple dates venues Co-operation
with other institutions Take into account skills
already acquired
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Generic Research Training
Demonstrating All students involved in lab or
field-based research are required to act as
demonstrators Demonstrator training Friday,
October 14 10.00 12.30 Elphinstone Hall
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University of Aberdeen
ASPIRE Programme Aberdeen Skills for Postgraduate
Innovation, Research Employability
Developed run centrally by University of
Aberdeen Robin Bowden the ASPIRE website
Comprises courses relating to Academic
Personal Development and Employability Personal
Development Plan (PDP)
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Personal Development Plan
What is it? Tool for personal assessment
gaol-setting Current skills, knowledge
expertise Formal assessment of personal
training needs Set academic, career, personal
goals Maps out ways to achieve these gaols
objectives
What is the benefit? Helps define, record
review personal professional development
Increases self-awareness confidence Provides
a resource for future career
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Personal Development Plan
What involvement does my supervisor have in my
PDP? Research training / academic aspect
Initially assessment of current skills
expertise Identifying appropriate training
needs Agreeing a programme of training Regularly
reviewing both acquired skills and needs