Andy Tolmie What? Director of the Bloomsbury DTC since 2011, and - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

What? Director of the Bloomsbury DTC since 2011, and UCL DTC since 2015; now Director of UCL, Bloomsbury and East London DTP Developmental psychologist, specialising in science learning, Deputy Director of the Birkbeck/UCL Centre for Educational Neuroscience

Why? I’ve been involved in doctoral education since 2001, and developing a major world hub for social sciences capacity building is a pretty exciting job!

Really? Home is in the far west of Argyll, 25 miles from nearest shops...

Andy Tolmie

What? Reader in Quantitative Social Science & Population Health in the ESRC International Centre for Life Course Studies in Society & Health Incoming Deputy Director of UCL, Bloomsbury & East London DTP, Incoming Deputy Director of Soc-B CDT in Biosocial Research Pathway Lead for Social & Life Course Epidemiology

Why? I'm excited about supporting the next generation of social scientists and hope you love this work as much as I do. Really? I became interested in public health while living & volunteering in the Republic of Yemen.

Anne McMunn

What? Deputy-Director of the Bloomsbury DTC; incoming Deputy-Director of the UCL, Bloomsbury and East London DTP Programme Leader for the Online MPhil/PhD; Programme Leader for Researcher Development

Why? I’m interested in pre-doctoral, doctoral and post-doctoral identity. Oh, and Higher Education PROfessional (HEPRO) identity too! Really? I also have a ‘second home’ in Scotland, but mine is on the East Coast in Dundee.

Richard Freeman

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Vanessa Riegl-Parr

What? UCL ESRC DTC Manager since May

• 2016. Set up and managed a Doctoral

Training Partnership at Lancaster University and worked in education sector for over 10 years. Spent 15 years in management roles in the private sector, insurance and banking financial services and helped set up the Criminal Records Bureau! Why? I like new challenges and

• pportunities, have a

passion for music, travel, animals and human rights. Really? I am half Austrian and born in Jersey. I taught Business & Management for two years in the FE Sector.

What? Extensive career in HE has covered examinations, doctoral programme management and overseeing doctoral

• admissions. I've worked with DTCs since

2011. Why? The collaborative work of the DTC has involved building excellent working relationships and now we move boldly

• n with the DTP: audentes fortuna iuvat

Alison Freeman

Plan for the afternoon

• Overview of ESRC DTPs and UBEL [13.35]
• Studentship funding: structures, resources, commitments [13.50]
• Q&A [14.05]
• Speed dating exercise: find the person who… [14.30]
• Tea/coffee break and networking [15.00]
• Group work on research priorities [15.30]
• Presentations from group work [16.00]
• Final plenary – and social [16.50]

The UCL, Bloomsbury & East London DTP

• Basis in UCL and Bloomsbury DTCs, recommissioned in merged

structure, bringing in University of East London too

• Also new UCL-led Centre for Doctoral Training in Biosocial Science
• Together comprise biggest ESRC doctoral training structure in UK
• New structure covers 25 pathways, organised into seven groupings,

drawing in 50+ academic departments/centres

• Will also include postdoctoral fellowships from 2018

DTP structure

• DTP Board: senior representative from each partner plus Director,

Deputy Directors, CDT leads, DTP Managers; responsible for strategic decision-making

• Group Leaders Forum, representatives from each grouping, plus

student representatives; responsible for development of shared training, links to other DTPs, cohort building; reports to DTP Board

• Pathway teams, cross-college where appropriate, responsible for

development of training and collaboration, co-supervision

• DTP Managers and wider administrative framework; Managers

attend DTP Board

• Stakeholder Group: advisory representatives from range of

interests

Groupings & Pathways

Student representatives

• Establishing new system as part of DTP
• Representative from each pathway
• Shadow DTP Board made up of representatives, with elected chair,

free to focus on any student-related issue, but also to feed into DTP development

• Board delegates members to attend Group Leaders Forum
• Also annual joint Board/Shadow Board /students meeting
• Termly DTP Forum as further point of communication

Thinking about careers

• ESRC puts career-development at heart of DTPs
• Hence, the new Training Needs Analysis

process

• ‘Traditional’ linear career progression no more
• Important to develop a variety of skills
• Your career path will be determined by your

performance and luck

Training and development

• DTP core skills induction programme and rotation
• Pathway-specific training, some of which is cross-college
• DTP shared training - pathway training that is more widely available
• DTP events – workshops, forums, socials, annual winter conference...

[NB attendance at these is condition of your award]

• Bloomsbury Postgraduate Skills Network (BPSN) – generic training

exchange http://courses.grad.ucl.ac.uk/bloomsbury/index.pht

• Advanced training via NCRM: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training
• Also careers advice, ESRC conferences and other events
• Information available via DTP website: http://www.ubel-dtp.ac.uk/

Collaborative activity

• ESRC requires DTP student involvement in collaborative activity:

knowledge exchange involving non-HEI partners (public, private, third sectors) – includes internships, placements, data exchange...

• New target of 30% per cohort
• Co-funded/Collaborative and Industrial Challenges studentship

schemes

• DTP funds to support realisation via Collaborative Development

Competition

• Initial identification of possibilities in DTP studentship application
• Collaboration champion on DTP Board to give strategic lead

Interdisciplinary activity

• Also strong ESRC encouragement for interdisciplinary activity, both

across social science disciplines and with natural science/arts and humanities disciplines

• Shared training/events designed to encourage this
• Financial support to help implement new developments, via

Interdisciplinary Funding Scheme

Funding Period

• Funding Period is the actual length of time of your ESRC funding.
• Funding ends at your Funding End Date

Submission Date of Your Thesis

• Then one year (full-time) and two years (part-time) to submit your thesis
• +3 Funding period is three years (full-time) and five years (part-time)
• 1+3/4 Year Route Funding period is four years (full-time) and seven years

(part-time)

• Your Submission Date may not be extended by you or your Supervisor

without seeking ESRC approval

Research Training Support Grant (RTSG)

• Centrally-pooled fund
• Expenses in direct support of your research
• Examples: Conferences, interpreter expenses, survey costs,

small items, books

• Email your DTP Manager in advance of the purchase to seek

approval of the items and cost

• N.B. RTSG should not be used to fund living expenses.

Overseas Institutional Visits

• A maximum of thirteen weeks in the +3 element of

study

• Current competition closes on 30 November 2017
• Will be advertised annually

Overseas Fieldwork Funding

Full-time students in the +3 component. A contribution towards fieldwork costs; stipend still paid. No extension. One application during the studentship.

Difficult Language Training

Full-time students in the +3 component Extension depends on language and previous study One application during the studentship

Collaborative Development Competition

Support to assist the development of collaboration with external organisations. Universities cannot be partners. Must involve knowledge exchange. Will be advertised again this academic year.

Interdisciplinary Funding

Supports student-led initiatives promoting interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary or multidisciplinary exchange. Rolling deadline.

Research Council Internships

Advertised by the Research Councils for public, private or voluntary placements. Extension to studentship for up to three months.