Researcher development

DMU’s Postgraduate Researcher Careers Advisor offer 1-2-1 and workshops to help research degree students with questions about careers and applying for posts, both academic and non-academic.

This is our end of year event which showcases the amazing research of our students. You can learn more by visiting here.

All research degree students are able to apply for up to £500, which can be used for conference registration, research training, and purchasing of key research equipment.

There are 3 calls for applications each academic year and past research activities that the fund has support include:

• Attendance of a summer school in Lausanne, Switzerland
• Purchase of holographic equipment for research purposes
• Travel funds to support attendance of an international conference
• Purchase of memberships to scholarly and academic bodies

All research degree students are support by Faculty Head of Research Students who organise their own drop-ins as a place for students to raise questions about support and resources available to them from the Faculties.

Library and Learning Services offer a range of support for postgraduate research students and deliver regularly on our researcher development programme.

At DMU, many of our doctoral researchers are doing their research by practice. Practice-based study involves a broad category of research that includes designing or making objects, the staging of performances or events and the documentation of artefacts. The definition of an artefact is broad, ranging from a physical entity, such as a painting or telephone, to an abstract entity, such as a novel or a computer program, to a transient entity such as a performance.

In partnership with the Institute of Creative Technologies, events are hosted to focus on supporting practice-based researchers. These events include practical workshops to practice-sharing’s where researchers can share their progress and experiences.

Research degree students are made aware of opportunities to take on research or teaching assistantships alongside their studies. These designed to allow students to gain working experience while working on their research projects.

Each year a researcher development programme is developed to enable you to carry out advanced study, develop research skills and enhance your career development. It features workshops, seminars, and courses on a range of subjects delivered by expert researchers and other staff at DMU.

Most of our sessions are 1.5-2 hours long and are offered in both face-to-face and live online settings. The sessions are designed to be interactive and often include independent and group work.

The programme also includes events and special events, such as roundtable discussions and special lectures.

Our research institutes regularly organise seminars and lectures available to all researchers at DMU.

Organised by faculties and the Doctoral College, roundtable discussions are opportunities to learn from DMU experts on a range of topics including publication, researching sensitive topics, and more.

This series brings together experienced supervisors and their students to explore their approach to developing great relationship to support the research degree journey.

Research degree students can get involved in writing groups including the Writing Circle, a group of academics and students who meet up bi-monthly to write or the Writing Group for Research Students.