Welcome to our Postgraduate Researcher Training and Development Bulletin! In this bulletin, you will find all our upcoming courses divided into four key areas of researcher development as per the Vitae Researcher Development Framework:

• Knowledge and intellectual abilities
• Personal effectiveness
• Research governance and organisation
• Engagement, influence and impact

In this bulletin, you will also find other training and development opportunities across the University and beyond.

If you are accessing this newsletter off-campus, please note that you will need to connect to the University's VPN to access the booking links.

The Postgraduate Researcher Training and Development Bulletin will be going on a break for August. The date of the next bulletin will be Wednesday 11 September.

Did you know that as a PGR at the University of Exeter, you can access the Consortium for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis (CARMA) though our institutional account for free? This gives you access to lots of online research methods webinars and resources. Sign up here using your University of Exeter email account.

Postgraduate research can be challenging at times, but the Wellbeing Services team are available throughout the year, to offer support if you need it. Check out the services available here.

The Wellbeing Thesis offers all sorts of useful resources to help you on your doctoral journey.

How to manage your career (Thursday 26 September, 10.00-11.30 via MS Teams)

A practical and interactive career management course for postgraduate researchers (PGRs) and early career researchers (ECRs). The tools and techniques introduced in this session will be applicable to managing a career within research, but also to those participants wishing to investigate a broader career path outside academia.

Mapping and Marketing Your Skills (Thursday 3 October, 13.00-14.00 via MS Teams)

This course will provide you with the tools to successfully apply for positions when you finish your research degree. Mapping your experience, skills, competencies & attributes will enable you to write CVs and personal statements, and market yourself and answer questions effectively in interviews.

LinkedIn for Researchers: Developing and Using Your Profile (Wednesday 9 October, 13.15-14.30 via MS Teams)

A practical and interactive professional social media course for postgraduate researchers (PGRs) and Early Career Researchers (ECRs).

The tools and techniques introduced in this session will be applicable to all those who wish to develop their LinkedIn profile and be proactive in developing online relationships with the wider professional and research community.

Applying for academic jobs (Wednesday 13 November, 10.30-12.00 via MS Teams)

This course will enable you to enhance your knowledge and understanding of the process of applying for positions in the academic job market. We'll explore what academic recruiters are looking for, where to source vacancies and explore the different stages of the recruitment process. There will be a particular focus on how to write effective CVs, cover letters, application forms and perform well at interviews.

Check out researcherdevelopment.co.uk and ELE for useful resources on this topic area.

Research governance and organisation covers areas such as Research Ethics and Health and Safety.

Bored of working on your own? Finding it difficult to concentrate? Looking for other people to co-work with online? Then why not join the PGR Study Space, which is a welcoming and supportive environment run by PGRs for PGRs. Sign up here.

Check out researcherdevelopment.co.uk and ELE for useful resources on this topic area.

Engagement, influence and impact covers areas such as sharing your research.

Why not check out some of the numerous training and development resources available through Vitae this summer? They focus specifically on professional development for researchers and you can register for free using your University of Exeter account. Register here and then head here for general advice on various aspects of doing a doctorate and how to access further support, and guidance at all stages of your studies.