Personal and professional development opportunities for research students are spread throughout the duration of the research degree. The extent to which research students are required to take advantage of these opportunities will normally be negotiated through the supervision process, taking account of subject and individual needs.
Key features of the University of Wolverhampton scheme are as follows:
Please subscribe to our WOLF topic entitled “Research Student Development” which is designed to provide you with resources that will support your doctoral studies from induction to completion. It complements the Research Skills Development Workshops.
Please use the Post-Graduate Action Learning / Discussion Group on-line forum to discuss issues, ask questions, share ideas with other post-graduate researchers in the University.If you need some help getting on to WOLF have a look at these help videos:
These workshops are offered by Careers and Employment Centre and Counselling Services. The sessions will be interactive and in order to facilitate discussion and exploration of potentially sensitive and profound issues, we will keep each workshop fairly small, offering 12 places at each session. Sessions will last for 90-120 minutes and will take place in the Careers Centre. For schedule and booking information visit the workshops for researchers page.
All research students are eligible to take staff development courses. These courses are free, and can be booked through the staff development pages.
Where postgraduate students are provided with opportunities for teaching (for example, acting as demonstrators in laboratories, or teaching small groups), appropriate guidance and support will be provided by the School. The Institute for Learning Enhancement also offers introduction to teaching workshops available through the staff development website.
The University has a range of opportunities, facilities and services to enrich your time here and to support your studies. Click on the links below to find out more.
