Training and development
Welcome to the Doctoral College Researcher Development Programme pages. The programme is carefully designed to support you throughout your research degree and bring PGRs together as part of an inclusive and enriching community.
As well as being organised into strands, our Researcher Development courses are recommended for different stages of your research degree. These are designed to enable your development and build on your skills holistically throughout your time at Exeter.
We are in the process of updating these webpages – so please forgive us if you can’t find what you’re looking for.
Welcome! As a new PGR, we recommend that you attend the Doctoral College Induction sessions. If you’re unable to attend the in-person events at Streatham Campus or Penryn Campus, or the online induction, please head directly to the Induction Portal which includes the recording of the online induction. We have a range of workshops in the first term which are aimed at new PGRs, please take a look and select from the list below. Click on the course title link to be taken into the iTrent booking system.
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Contact us
If you have any enquiries, please contact us at researcherdevelopment@exeter.ac.uk. Make sure to read the Doctoral College newsletter and Postgraduate Researcher Training and Development Bulletin. You can also connect with us for the latest opportunities, news and information on Bluesky and LinkedIn (coming soon).
Bookings should be made through our iTrent for PGRs system.
The Researcher Development Programme is carefully designed to support you throughout your research degree and bring PGRs together as part of an inclusive and enriching community. Being a part of the Exeter research community requires that you are respectful to others. By booking onto our courses, you are agreeing to our Code of conduct.
Please contact us at reseracherdevelopment@exeter.ac.uk as soon as you are able to about any specific needs you have to access the Researcher Development Programme. You can contact us to ensure you are able to get into the physical venue, or have the resources in the format that you need, or even to discuss what happens at the workshop itself if you have any concerns.
Much of our core programme runs online to ensure PGRs across all our campuses, and studying at a distance, have access to our full range of training and development opportunities. We will also be delivering a number of sessions face to face both in Exeter and in Cornwall.
The majority of our webinar courses are delivered through Microsoft Teams. To assist your use of Teams in attending our programme, we have developed the following guides:
Zoom is used for a small number of sessions. Guidance on using Zoom is available from the University's Digital Hub.
If you register to attend a learning event and cannot attend, you will need to provide a reason via the iTrent system when you cancel your place. If you fail to attend without cancelling the following escalating process will be put into place:
- If you book, but do not attend a learning event, you will be contacted by the Researcher Development Manager (PGRs) to find out why you did not attend and will be reminded that you were booked to attend and that you may have taken the place of someone else who was able to attend.
- A record will be kept and where a PGR student repeatedly does not attend or cancels less than 48 hours before a learning event the Head of Researcher Development and Research Culture will contact the PGR to discuss their attendance.