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4.45 Welcome for 2014 Cohort and new
supervisors
5.45 Joined by some members of previous
cohorts
6.30 Joined by other doctoral researchers in
the social sciences
6.35 Food
DTC Structure
Pathway Cluster
Leader
Prof. Jamie Ward
Prof. Ed
Steinmueller
Interdisciplinary Pathway Cluster
Host School
Understanding Behaviour
Innovation and Sustainability
Psychology
Business,
Management and
Economics
Global Social Transformations
Global Studies
Prof. Maya
Unnithan
Knowledge and Society:
Well-being, Health and
Communities
Education and
Social Work
Prof. Kwame
Akyeampong
Citizenship, Justice and Security
Law, Politics and
Sociology
Prof. Aleks
Szczerbiak
Global Economic Performance
Business,
Management and
Economics
Prof. Ed
Steinmueller
Pathway Cluster
Pathway (Department)
Some Research Centres
Understanding
Behaviour
Psychology
Innovation and
Sustainability
Science and technology studies
(SPRU)
Sussex Neuroscience
Centre for Cognitive Science (COGS)
Social Technological and Environmental
Pathways to Sustainability (STEPS)
Global Social
Transformations
Area and development studies
Human geography
Political science and international
studies (International relations)
Social anthropology
Sussex Centre for Migration Research
(SCMR)
Centre for Global Health Policy
Knowledge and
Society:
Well-being, Health
and Communities
Education
Social work
Centre for International Education (CIE)
Centre for Innovation and Research in
Childhood and Youth (CIRCY)
Citizenship, Justice
and Security
Political science and international
studies (Politics)
Socio-legal studies (Law)
Sociology
Sussex European Institute (SEI)
Centre for Gender Studies (CGS)
Global Economic
Performance
Centre for Poverty and Inequality
Economics
(Management and business studies) Research (CPIR)
Pathway clusters, pathways, schools,
departments and centres
• Pathway: the arrangements for doctoral support
and development that are available to doctoral
researchers in your school, department and
research centre.
• ESRC: the resources and opportunities that are
available only to ESRC funded students and which
come directly from them via the DTC
• University: what is made available for doctoral
researchers centrally in terms of courses and
resources mainly through the doctoral school
DTC tasks
• Selects doctoral researchers for awards
• Administers the grant: between ESRC and
University
• Performs quality assurance
• Contributes to university doctoral governance
• MSc in Social Research Methods
• Is there for you!
Training Needs
Analysis
Research Methods
• 1+3 Courses – take/audit
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MSc in Social Research Methods
MRes in Psychological Methods
MSc in Applied Social Psychology
MSc in Foundations of Clinical Psychology
MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience
MSc in Science and Technology Policy
MSc in Technology and Innovation Management
MSc in Economics
MSc in Development Economics
MSc in International Economics
• Other master’s courses – take /audit
• School / Department / Centre Seminars
• Other doctoral provision in your school (or
elsewhere)
Researcher Development Programme: Short Courses
• http://www.sussex.ac.uk/doctoralschool/internal/researcherdev/events/all
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http://www.sussex.ac.uk/doctoralschool/internal/researcherdev/e-learning
Researcher Development Programme: Online Courses
Advanced Training
• Sussex DTC - organized
in the summer term
• Other DTCs (bursary
reduces cost to £30)
• Other National Centre
for Research Methods
• Other relevant courses
(With research training
support grant)
Research Training Support Grant
(RTSG)
• Pooled fund based on £750 per year per
researcher
• Expenses associated with research project
(including fieldwork, conferences, training etc)
• Discuss with supervisor – complete form
• request amounts from DTC based on realistic
costing (quotation or estimate)
• Collective application rather than individual items
• Submit expense form with receipts reimbursement
Overseas Fieldwork
• Difficult Language Training
• Extra costs that might not be incurred by
those doing fieldwork in the UK
– Return flights to the country of fieldwork
– Visa costs
– Vaccinations
– Interpreter/Translation costs
Other activities
• First year and third year conferences
• ESRC Festival of Social Science
• Watch this space!
All cohorts
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Teacher Training
Placements
Media training
Overseas institutional visits
Mentoring Circles scheme
Teaching and Teacher training
• The amount of time that
researcher is expected
spend each year on their
research “equates to a 37.5hour week for 48 weeks
[1800 hours]. Please note
that ESRC allows for eight
weeks’ holiday per year and
when this is taken into
account, the figure of 1,800
hours is reduced to 1,650.”
• Six hours per week
maximum teaching or
research assistantship time.
• 3 introductory workshops
• Email Janet Collett
j.c.collett@sussex.ac.uk to
book.
• Sussex certificate
• 3 continuing workshops +
2000 words assignment
• 15 credits towards
PGCertHE
• Associate membership of
Higher Education Academy
Internship Scheme
• Spend up to six months in a non-academic
organisation within the public, voluntary or private
sector where they can work as part of a team .
• Calls (probably October) and then from time to time
• Only one per person – three month rule
• Time added on
• Extra allowance up to £1000 for accommodation
and travel
• Other internships and placements
• Consultancies
ESRC Media Training
• To equip researchers with basic skills to disseminate
their research to the public
• To explain to researchers what makes a good press
release and how the press works
• To give researchers a survival guide for radio and
television interviews
• Early career researchers media training covers PhD
students and postdoctoral researchers
• Generally 30-50 attendees
• Run at various times and locations across the country
(five in 2013)
Making your research count
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Publish in academic journals
Blogs: your own, others
Twitter
Press release – radio, TV.
Collaborate – watch for DTC opportunities
ESRC resources
ESRC events
– http://www.ncrm.ac.uk/TandE/video/podcasts/
Overseas Institutional Visit
• Aims
– establish research networks
– disseminate early research findings
– participate in seminars and other academic activities that are
directly relevant to their research
– undertake specialist research training not available within the
UK
• Integral to PhD study with continued supervision
• 4 – 13 weeks (extension)
– After start and before finish of award – 3 months
• One call per year – deadline Fri 21 Nov 2014
• Support from supervisor and host institution
• Written report
Mentoring circles scheme
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2 experienced doctoral students lead circle
5-6 new ESRC students
Meet 6-8 weeks (twice per term), 1.5 hrs
Discuss issues arising from life as doctoral
researcher
• Benefits – networking, peer support, different
perspectives, variety of discussions
• Circle leaders training
Practice
• Ground rules - Respect, honest, nonjudgemental, listening, …confidential?
• Active listening, open questions
• Groups, 2 leaders to facilitate
• How I’m feeling about (starting) my PhD…?