First Year Cohort Training

Training

27 Nov 10:30 AM

Until 27 Nov, 03:00 PM 4h 30m

University of Chichester

At a glance

When: Friday 27 November 2026, 10.30 to 14.00

Where: University of Chichester

Who it is for: This training is a requirement for all first year PhD phase students including those of you who did a masters with us in 2025-26. New students in 2026-27 who are doing a masters first or doing an IPhD will do this training in 2026-27.

Overview

You are all at the start of your doctoral journeys with the SCDTP and whether you are new to the SCDTP as a whole, or just to the doctoral phase, this training opportunity is designed for you to appreciate the value of a cohort experience. We will focus on the start of your journeys and think about what brought you to this point, how the PhD plan is shaping up, how supervision is going, and being in the driving seat for what happens next.

This training is intended to support you to:

✓Appreciate your peers in the SCDTP and the learning and support you can give each other

✓Develop a supportive culture within the cohort

✓Explore the limitations and potential of different practices, positions and contexts

✓Get to grips with the Development Needs Analysis (DNA)

✓Understand your research journey through thinking visually.

Facilitator

Suzie Everley & Melanie Nind

SCDTP Deputy Directors

Preparation

For this session you will need to prepare in advance by taking a photograph that symbolises your PhD topic or experience – please email this to Suzie Everley S.Everley@chi.ac.uk by 12 noon on Monday 23 November to allow time for printing.

Please use the sign up form link below to let us know your dietary and access requirements.

01 / SCDTP programme

SCDTP Training

Training organised and funded by the SCDTP.

First Year Cohort Training