Research Student Development Programme and the ePortfolio Dr. Richy Hetherington

Research Student Development Programme

Researcher Development Framework RDF Headings A1 Knowledge base A2 Cognitive abilities A3 Creativity B1 Personal qualities B2 Self management B3 Professional & career development C1 Professional conduct C2 Research management C3 Finance, funding & resources D1 Working with others D2 Communication & dissemination D3 Engagement & impact

Development Programme Goals  Helping researchers be more effective  Aiding timely progression and thesis completion  Improving research outcomes & therefore academic career prospects  Develop researchers’ broad range of skills so options outside of research are available  Improve confidence in skills gained and their use in a variety of roles

Electronic booking system  Appropriate staffing  Monitoring  Evaluation  Accommodate Changes  Additions

Development Programme Timetable  In total over 300 hours of training development offered each year  Excluding safety training first year Phd has 5 compulsory sessions totalling 7.5 hours  There is one compulsory sessions per year, a professional approach is expected

Selection of Evaluation Results Academic Year Average good/very good Average poor/very poor Overall average (out of 5) Total sessions run Total attended sessions each year Total evaluations 11/1285%3% /1384%1% /1490%2% /15 (March 15)92%0%

Student’s View (after log in): Planned Developments include -display training transcript in PGR CoP (aka ePortfolio) for APR panels & supervisors New Workshop Booking System for 2016/17 To supports 3 Faculty Training programmes -single sign on from ePortfolio / PGR CoP can support other programmes & sharing between programmes

The ePortfolio

Wider View Postgraduate conference FameLab 3 Minute Thesis Demonstrating and leading seminars Biotechnology YES Research Seminars Institute training Internships (PIPS)

North East Postgraduate Conference

Biotech / Environment YES

Blog integrated with “My Skills”

Record meetings Students add attendees

Self Assessment/PDP

Development programme Impacts  Timely progression and degree completion  Good research outcomes (fewer thesis corrections, more publications)  More public engagement and publicity for the research  Building confidence: 97% said ‘Recording your Research’ session improved their awareness in project & time management

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