1. Research Student Development Programme Dr Richy Hetherington medpg-dev@ncl.ac.uk www.ncl.ac.uk/fms

2. National Changes Number of doctoral graduates has trebled in last 20 years Full time academic positions have not Stats from HESA

3. The Royal Society Scientific Century: securing our future prosperity 2010

4. A changing employer environment Competency Frameworks Appraisal and feedback Performance Management Self Assessment

5. Programme Booklet Mostly accurate but is subject to change http://www.ncl.ac.uk/internal/module-catalogue/

6. Inside the booklet Events with identical names are duplicate events A few sessions are mandatory – Managing your PhD, MD or Mphil; Appropriate Safety sessions Academic Integrity Research Ethics

7. Session Details

8. Graduate School Website ncl.ac.uk/fms

9. Booking system Appropriate staffing MonitoringEvaluation Accommodate Changes Additions

11. Online Resources

12. IT training Library Information sessions (Endnote, Library Databases, Further Research Resources,) and IT sessions (Managing Your Essay, Data & Spreadsheets, Presentations using PowerPoint etc. Interactive materials accessed Online

13. Interactive Guide

14. Your development Personal Development Planning and the ePortfolio https://pf-postgrad.ncl.ac.uk/ Assessing your development needs Automatic ePortfolio updates Reviewing your own development

15. Varied Development opportunities Research Seminars Other graduate schools (SAgE and HaSS) development programmes Library, ISS, Maths Aid, Writing Centre FameLab Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Biotechnology YES Vitae (UK Grad) Postgraduate Conference

18. The Good News

21. I wish you every success in your research and your career Thanks and any questions?