Doctoral Training Programme

Supporting your Research, Supporting your Teaching, Supporting your Career

In 2009 Durham University received the Outstanding Support for Early Career Researchers award from the Times Higher Education. Further information on our award-winning support is available below.

Doctoral Training Programme

The Doctoral Training Programme supports the professional development of all postgraduate research students, regardless of discipline or subject area. The skills you acquire will help with your research at Durham, and enhance your life skills and employability.

The Programme complements disciplinary-specific training provided by academic departments and covers topics such as:

Research Management: including time and project management, data and information management, and managing the supervisory relationship.

Research Skills: with sessions for PhD researchers on effective data analysis and conducting focus groups.

Personal Effectiveness: workshops on stress management, interview technique, and developing writing & communication skills.

IT Training: courses run with the ITS promote generic skills (e.g. in Word, Excel and Powerpoint), but also more specialised data handling skills (e.g. in Nvivo, LaTeX, SPSS, MATLAB).

Teaching in Higher Education: DULTA provides an opportunity for postgraduates to undertake professional development and gain accreditation as teachers in higher education.