An Introduction to the Researcher Development Programme

Completing research is a serious accomplishment that requires a bright mind, hard work, enthusiasm and plenty of support and guidance. You are working as an early-stage professional researcher in a large inter-disciplinary institution. These web pages provide you with information on the Researcher Development Programme; an extensive choice of training events exclusively designed for doctoral and early career researchers.

Whether you're looking for help on how to start your research project, how to finish it, how to give a conference paper or how to write at the appropriate level, these web pages are crammed with a wide range of opportunities exclusively designed for researchers. Last year nearly 2,500 researchers engaged in our programme across over 150 workshops. What’s more, 97% of those attending stated the training was well above average. We hope to build on this success again this year.

We take training and development of our researchers very seriously here at Exeter and we are not the only ones who think training is central to successful research. The programme at Exeter is part-funded by the UK Research Councils who set standards for research nationally and internationally. UK Research Councils also expect researchers to engage proactively in training opportunities.

We look forward to meeting and working with you over the coming months and years to help you enhance your research and progress in your chosen career.

Professor Stephen Rippon, Dean of the Faculty of Research

Dr Cathy Gibbons, Head of Researcher Development

Dr Chris Wood, Researcher Development Manager