B7 - Trends and recommendations in researcher development for doctoral cohorts

Overview

Building on the outcomes from a recent Vitae event on ‘Enhancing researcher development across doctoral training cohorts and communities’, this workshop will explore the trends in researcher development for doctoral cohorts and communities (e.g., DTCs, DTPs, CDTs, ITNs, etc.) and aim to generate a set of recommendations for the successful professional and career development of doctoral candidates, in relation to cohorts and communities.

Topics covered

• An overview of developments in doctoral training cohorts, outcomes from previous Vitae events on doctoral training cohorts and communities
• Understanding the trends in researcher development for doctoral researchers, in particular, the needs of cohorts and communities of doctoral researchers, in the UK and Europe
• Recommendations for researcher development practice and suggested actions for the sector

Themes covered

• Researcher development within the cohort model: practice sharing from doctoral training centres/partnership and other cohort based models including European and international collaborations (e.g. ITNs)
• New and interesting ways of supporting mobility - international, intersectoral, interdisciplinary and virtual mobility
• Developing a pipeline of research talent, including widening participation issues and the strategies to attract the best candidates into research degrees

Outcomes

• Understand the context for the professional and career development of doctoral researchers within and alongside cohort training models
• A set of recommendations for researcher developers and the wider sector

Format

The session is a mixture of presentation and group discussion