On Wednesday 29th January, the Doctoral Training Partnerships and Centres for Doctoral Training were launched at a conference at the University of Nottingham.

1. A new PhD experience
in the South,
West & Wales
James Clark
29 January 2014

2. Integration
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A Consortium-wide research environment including supervisory
teams formed from collective subject groups
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An interactive VLE
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Cross-disciplinary research connections, cultivated by Consortium
research clusters
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Biannual 3-day events for
– Research exchanges
– Professional development training
– Progression milestones

3. Career development
A network of partner organisations representing Arts, Heritage, Media
working together with the universities to:
•Supervise and / or mentor the student project
•Enable placements within the registration period
•Co-produce the Professional Arts & Humanities Researcher, a threeyear training programme for every DTP student
including:
– Research management (grant writing; managing a budget)
– Digital applications for the Arts & Humanities
– Knowledge exchange in practice
– Approaches to public engagement

4. Open access
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DTP Open Day
offering 1:1 contact with supervisor pool and partner organisations
for students;
inspiring cross-institutional and interdisciplinary team-working
among staff;
attendance supported with funding packages
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Responsive mode recruitment and support
driven by student-led projects
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Bespoke funding for every profile, including:
targeted pre-doctoral support for those progressing
from UG, practice or professional routes