Resources : Postgraduate skills training

Resources
Postgraduates skills training Postgraduates in the North West region Links Information for Employers e-bulletins and newsletters

Useful links on different aspects of supporting PGRs are listed below. If you would like further information on any of the links below please contact the NW Hub Project Officer.

Supervision / Advice

To support the highly successful UK GRAD Planning a Doctorate, accompanying material is available for supervisors on the UK GRAD Supervising a Doctorate webpages.

Careers Guidance

Careers support for postgraduates is available at institutional careers services.

If you are interested in finding out about what people with PhDs do after graduating have a look at What Do PhDs Do?. This information is also available broken down into geographical regions of the UK and is available at www.grad.ac.uk/wdpdr.

National support is also available from:

Graduate Propects
Prospects is the national website for those completing a university degree. There are a number of useful resources including profiles outlining what employers are looking for in specified roles, guides on moving on with career planning and useful links to job searching sites and organisations.

UK GRAD
The UK GRAD Just for Postgrads section has a huge range of hints and tips on making the most from your research experience. The Planning your Career section has a wealth of information developed by the leading figures in postgraduate and researcher careers development.

Supporting Skills Trainers

If you are involved in the training and development of postgraduates you may be interested in the new NW Hub initiative of trainer exchange.

The trainer exchange is a like-for-like exchange of PGR training staff between NW HEIs. The swap is usually for short periods of time (up to one week) or may be for individual sessions.

A great way to share good practice and experience.

If interested in future developments in trainer exchange please sign up to the trainer exchange emailing list, and do feel free to ask questions of the list or initiate further exchanges. Please contact the NW Hub Project Officer on 0161 275 2828 for further details.

The pilot for this initiative will begin in January 2007.

Results of the trial will be posted mid-2007

Higher Education Postgraduate Training Policy Information

The NW Hub e-bulletin is a great way to be kept up to date on the key issues surrounding UK and European Policy, however more detailed information is available.

Regional Policy and Information

UK Policy and National Information

European Policy and Information

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