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. 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 staff in other departments and co-delivers some workshops with the Language Centre (LC) . We further liaise with the Graduate Studies Office (GSO) on administrative matters.

PGR Workshops Report

Semester 2 has seen a busy start for the PGR Programme, with as number of workshops, including a new one. We started with a new workshop in February called Taking Ownership of your PhD, which provided an opportunity to explore what is involved in the PhD journey. This was followed by Supervisor-Supervisee Relationships, with generous contributions from Dr Irene Chiotis from the Language Centre, Dr Hai-Ning Liang from the Computer Science and Software Engineering department, and Dr Wang Minyan from Biological Sciences (see image gallery on this page). In March, we then provided the very important Research Integrity (Ethics) workshop, half of which was presented by XJTLU's Chair of the Research Ethics sub-committee, Dr Elmer Villanueva. There are many more workshops planned for this semester to support the PhD journey of XJTLU's doctoral candidates.

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Teaching Assistant training

A number of training sessions were held in February for Teaching Assistants (TAs) as part of the PGR Development Programme, both for PhD students and Masters students. Dr Jianmei Xie and Dr Henk Huijser are also available to do teaching observations of TAs.

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Who to contact

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If you have any queries regarding the programme, please contact the PGR team: PGR-AEC@xjtlu.edu.cn  

Dr Jianmei Xie, PGR Programme Lead, (Jianmei.Xie@xjtlu.edu.cn), and Dr Henk Huijser, Educational Developer (Henk.Huijser@xjtlu.edu.cn)

Video explanation of the PGR ICE site site

Download PGR on ICE - AEC.mp4 [198.68MB]
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Dr Jianmei Xie's University of Liverpool visit

In December, the Lead of XJTLU's PGR Research Skills Development Programme, Dr Jianmei Xie, braved the winter cold for a visit to the University of Liverpool to exchange ideas with colleagues about UoL's equivalent PGR Programme. Her trip was made possible by Erasmus Staff Mobility Funding.

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