December 2019
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This conference examines key issues for postgraduate research (PGR) in the UK.
Delegates will assess the effectiveness of current postgraduate funding and delivery methods - including the impact on access and inclusion - and the next steps for supporting career progression for PGR students.
The agenda looks at priorities for implementing the updated The Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers, which lays out key responsibilities for researchers, managers of researchers, institutions, and funders across three defining principles:
- environment and culture;
- employment; and
- professional and career development.
Attendees will also discuss the balance of funding of PGR, looking at opportunities around increased government research spending, the impact of the new loans, and priorities for expanding employer-sponsored programmes.
Further sessions assess models for providing doctoral study, including the effectiveness of Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) and Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs).
Speakers
Keynote contributions:
- Professor David Bogle, Chair, Independent Review of the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers;
- Professor Julia Buckingham, Chair, Concordat Strategy Group, and President, Universities UK; and
- Frances Burstow, Deputy Director, Skills and Strategy, Economic and Social Research Council.
Further confirmed speakers: Professor Andrew Church, University of Brighton; Alice Churm, Warwick Students’ Union; Dr Karen Clegg, University of York; Dr Anne-Marie Coriat, Wellcome Trust; Professor Pamela Cox, University of Essex; Professor Dame Athene Donald, University of Cambridge; Dr Vivien Easson, University of East Anglia; Dr Owen Gower, UK Council for Graduate Education; Nafiza Mamun, King’s College London Students’ Union; Dr Theresa McKinven, Manchester Metropolitan University; David Payne, Springer Nature; Dr Gina Yannitell Reinhardt, University of Essex and Professor Arthur Richards, Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Autonomous and Robotic Systems (FARSCOPE) and University of Bristol.
The agenda
- The funding landscape for postgraduate research - research council and university grants, doctoral loans and industry funding, and implications for the accessibility of PGR;
- Reviewing doctoral training and support;
- Assessing models of delivery for PGR - Centres for Doctoral Training, Doctoral Training Partnerships and Professional Doctorates;
- Progress since the independent review of the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers;
- Career development and progression - the culture of researcher support, barriers to promotion, and transitioning to post-doctoral positions in both academia and industry; and
- ‘The new Concordat supporting the career development of researchers’
