Designing your Professional Development

Resources designed to assist you with your own personal development as a PGR. Discover the University’s Development Needs Analysis (DNA), Vitae’s Researcher Development Framework (RDF), and ways to plan your future skills development. You (not your thesis) are the main product of your research degree!

Designing your Professional Development

Title	Document Type	Size	Download/Access
Designing your Development Online Module	Web Module	N/A	🌐Access to course here (Open Access)
Designing your Development Module - Accessible Version	Microsoft Word Document	259KB	📲Designing your Development - Accessible Version
Guidance for the Researcher Annual Professional Development Allowance	Webpage link	N/A	🌐Webpage Access: Guidance for the Researcher Annual Professional Development Allowance While this resource is for staff, it offers a comprehensive guide to types of researcher development training and has useful information for PGRs.

Title

Document Type

Size

Download/Access

Designing your Development Online Module

Web Module

N/A

🌐Access to course here

(Open Access)

Designing your Development Module - Accessible Version

Microsoft Word Document

259KB

📲Designing your Development - Accessible Version

Guidance for the Researcher Annual Professional Development Allowance

Webpage link

N/A

🌐Webpage Access: Guidance for the Researcher Annual Professional Development Allowance

While this resource is for staff, it offers a comprehensive guide to types of researcher development training and has useful information for PGRs.

Further Resources

🌐Researcher Skills Development Courses: Explore a wide range of online courses and videos mapped to the Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF), designed to support your growth in research skills, personal effectiveness, professional conduct, and engagement.

🌐Vitae RDF Self-Assessment: Use this interactive resource to map your own personal, professional and research skills development as based on the Vitae RDF.