Researcher Development
INTRODUCTION
Every year the Humanities training team organises around 200 training courses, workshops and events for doctoral students and postdocs. The training team work closely with the team that support TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities. The aim is to support activities under the ‘Researcher Development’ umbrella, covering the skills and professional development needs of doctoral students and postdocs.
Events include:
- ‘What I wish someone had told me when I started: Reading for a DPhil in the Humanities’
- Preparing for the DPhil Viva
- Journal Article Publishing workshop
- Organising conferences
- Preparation for Academic Practice
- Graduate Poster Competition
- Public Engagement Summer Schools
- Entrepreneurship
- Digital Humanities
FUNDING FOR OXFORD STUDENT PROJECTS
In 2014, the Humanities Division established the AHRC-TORCH Graduate Fund to fund graduate projects. (This comprises funding received through the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Partnership Scheme for student-led projects, and funding from support TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities.)
Further information: http://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/graduatefund
Career Confidence
Initiatives and opportunities
- CVs/covering letters/interviews workshops
- Portfolio career workshops
- International job market workshops
- Doctoral Internship Programme (Careers Service)
Digital Humanities
Initiatives and opportunities
- Pipedream to Project
- Crowdsourcing for digital projects
- Encoding text
- IT Innovation Fund (IT Services)
Business and Entrepreneurship
Initiatives and opportunities
- Introduction to Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship case studies (Said Business School Launchpad)
- Said Business School VIEW programme
- Humanities Innovation Challenge (Isis Innovation)
Heritage
Initiatives and opportunities
- Introduction to Heritage; Heritage and its Audiences
- Best practice in the Heritage Sector; funding opportunities
- Contribute to Trusted Source National Trust knowledge transfer project
- Heritage internships (Careers Service)
Preparation for Academic Practice
Initiatives and opportunities
- Introduction to the DPhil
- Writing support initiatives (workshops; writing groups)
- Preparing for the DPhil viva
- AHRC-TORCH Graduate Fund support for student-led initiatives; Student Peer Review College
