Introduction
The PGR Development Programme provides graduate students with research skills training and teacher training, and aligns with the PGR programme at the University of Liverpool. The programme workshops are designed and delivered by the Academic Enhancement Centre (AEC) at XJTLU. The PGR Development Programme includes two components:
- Personal and Professional Development (PPD) [aka General doctoral skills training]
- Core Training [aka Discipline-specific training]
AEC delivers/organises the PPD workshops and has input into some workshops for the latter component. Both compulsory and optional workshops are run (and/or repeated) throughout the academic year. Two new events are also developed for this term. The materials for the programme are available on the PGR ICE site, including resources for training for new supervisors. For more generic information about the PGR programme, please see the PGR web-page.
At XJTLU, the PGR team also collaborates with the Language Centre (LC) and co-delivers some workshops. We further liaise with the Graduate Studies Office (GSO) on administrative matters.
Upcoming Events
For Doctoral Candidates
- Research Integrity (Ethics)
Date: Wednesday 2nd March 2016 Time: 3-5pm Venue: Room 359 in Foundation Building - Teaching Assistant Training
Date: Session 1 - 8th March 2016 Time: 6-8 pm; Session 2 - 15th March 2016 Time: 6-8 pm Venue: Room 359 in Foundation Building - Supervisor Supervisee relationships
Date: TBA End of March Time: TBA Venue: TBA - Information retrieval/Literature Review
Date: TBA Early-Mid April Time: TBA Venue: TBA - Exchanging ideas with peers/alumni
Date: TBA End of April-Early May Time: TBA Venue: TBA - Getting published – Working towards publications, including ‘Impact of Research’
Date: TBA Mid May Time: TBA Venue: TBA - Poster Event
Date: 30 May Time: TBA Venue: TBA
For Supervisors
- Supervisor Training Day
Date: TBA Time: TBA Venue: TBA
Response to Programme Feedback
The PGR team thanks the students, both PhD and Masters, who have provided feedback on our previous workshops and Teaching Assistant training sessions. Here we share some feedback from PhD students on our workshop, 'Supervisor Supervisee Relationships', held on the 21st October, 2015, Term-1.
"Personally, I had a lot of fun and realized what cool staff we have at XJTLU. Hearing their experience on so many things was very useful."
"Thanks all; this workshop keeps us updated and we feel very good having conversations with other students and
supervisors."
"The role plays were nice. Congratulations for including it for demonstration."
And these are two snapshots of the feedback given by attendees of the Teaching Assistant training sessions in Term-1:
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Who to contact
If you have any queries regarding the programme, please contact the PGR team: Dr Jianmei Xie, PGR Programme Lead, (Jianmei.Xie@xjtlu.edu.cn), and Dr Henk Huijser, Educational Developer (Henk.Huijser@xjtlu.edu.cn)