Research Career Development
Resources
Research Career Development Support Programme
Please see the Programme for 2011-12 for a list of research developments events during 2011 -12.
If you would like more information about these events or to register, please visit the Research Events Diary or alternatively please contact the Research Career Development Support Team.
Other events are held throughout the year in addition to the published calendar. These events are held to meet the ever-growing demand for the training and development opportunities offered by the team.
Career Development
Career Development workshops and CV clinics are run during the year by the Research Career Develop Support department, details of these are available on request.Please follow the links below for other useful information some of which have been written by Alison Taylor facilitator at these workshops:-
Applying for jobs
Enhance your employability
Finding employability after a phd
CVS for PhD researchers
Applying for jobs in academia
Academic job interviews
Careers/resources for PhD researchers
Research Degree Skills
The Research Degree Skills website is an evolving resource for postgraduate research students as they embark on their studies. It will help you to identify your existing skills and to plan a programme of development for skills which need updating or acquiring. It is closely linked to the Skills Audit which all first year (or part-time equivalent) postgraduate research students are required to carry out. The Research Degree Skills website now provides access to the STM895 website which is aimed at Faculty of Science postgraduate research students and provides links to course materials, the e-portfolio system and conferencing facilities.
The Research Degrees Skills website is currently undergoing a revision which includes an e-portfolio system for all postgraduate research students not just those from the Faculty of Science.
UK Council for International Student Affairs
UK Council for International Student Affairs has lots of useful advice and information for International students coming to study in the UK.
Moving to Milton Keynes
Information about relocating to Milton Keynes and rented accommodation for current or prospective research students can be found at Living in Milton Keynes.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: ADVICE ON LIVING IN THE UK
The EURAXESS UNITED KINGDOM website offers advice and information about living in the UK. You will find advice on a wide range of issues affecting daily life, including accommodation; daycare and schooling for your children; benefits for families; financial matters; healthcare and your entitlement to free treatment; politics; society; and how to get around the UK and enjoy your free time.
More information on Milton Keynes can be found at these websites
VITAE
VITAE supports the personal, professional and career development of researchers and builds on the work and activities of the UK Grad programme for postgraduate researchers and UK Higher Education Researcher Development (UKHERD) for research staff.
BECOMING A PhD RESEARCHER: ADVICE ON PREPARING FOR ACADEMIC PRACTICE
This website is for those who are studying for a doctorate, or who are in the early stages of developing a career beyond their PhD. It aims to demystify the PhD process and give you opportunities to reflect on your academic practice.
Content for this site has been derived from recent research projects conducted at universities around the UK by those working to support PhD researchers in their academic and professional development.
As you move around the site, you will see that different resources are informed by different research projects.
These projects were funded by the University of Oxford’s Centre for Excellence in Preparing for Academic Practice (based at the Oxford Learning Institute). We hope you will find the resources available here helpful.
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