DPhil Students
Supporting your progression through your doctorate and giving you the skills needed to succeed in your future career.
The DPhil is a period of professional research training during which you will develop advanced specialist skills and knowledge, as well as broader transferable skills to equip you for a range of careers. You will have lots of opportunities to develop skills and expertise in your everyday work in your research group and department. The MPLS divisional training and development programme aims to complement these.
What training do I need?
It’s important to think about the kind of skills and experience you will need to develop in order to carry out your research and successfully complete your DPhil.
Training and development courses
Browse our current MPLS Researcher Training and Development course programme
Blog posts
Free course: Become a Better Presenter: Improve Your Public Speaking Skills
19 October 2020
FutureLearn is hosting this free three-week course, created by staff at the Royal Observatory Greenwich and the Presenter Network. Learn how to improve your presentation skills (face to face and digitally) and add personality into your presentation style.
Head of UKRI speaks out on diversity in research system
21 September 2020
Ottoline Leyser says: We must reshape the system so it genuinely values and supports difference
Science minister speaks about wellbeing for researchers and improving research evaluation.
15 September 2020
Amanda Solloway spoke about the promoting a culture of wellbeing for researchers and improving the way we evaluate research at the Vitae Connections 2020 Conference.
UKRI publishes plan to support researcher careers
1 September 2020
The research councils commit to supporting the new Concordat
Listen: Science communication made simple podcast from Nature Careers
26 May 2020
The Working Scientist Podcast from Nature Careers discusses the craft of clear storytelling and science writing with seasoned communicators and journalists.