Research in Practice will comprise of a suite of options aimed at developing your skills in several core areas relating to your professional, training & career development.
The training and resources that come under the Research in Practice umbrella are about developing your ability to….
- Apply research skills in different research contexts
- Collaborate across sectoral and disciplinary boundaries
- Communicate with impact, develop networks, entrepreneurship and leadership skills
- Proactively engage in your own personal development and career direction.
Research in Practice is an assessed part of your DTP Training Programme, this will mean that some elements of the Research in Practice will be mandatory.
What are the Research in Practice training options & resources?
The SCDTP Research in Practice Team curate training and resources specifically to help support any employability skills gaps. Here are some examples of the Research in Practice mandatory training:
Negotiation & Networking
No matter what your experience or employment destination, you are likely to need to ask for funding. Part of your Research in Practice Training will cover the skill sets required to find funding opportunities and the best ways to approach applying for those.
Having a strong network is essential to your future career, whatever your destination employment goals, building up a solid network helps with collaboration and learning opportunities.
The network that you need is individual as you, as is your confidence on how to reach out to connect with the right people. The Research in Practice networking training is designed to meet you where you’re at and give you the tools and resources to help you amplify your connections in a way that is comfortable for you.
Reflective practice
Reflective practice is, in its simplest form, thinking about or reflecting on what you do, and is a vital component of personal and professional learning.
3 month placement (or part time equivalent)
Your Research in Practice Placement will be a 3 month (or part time equivalent) work based learning opportunity with an organisation that can offer suitable project that can use your current skills and help you to develop any skills gaps you have identified through your development needs analysis.
Placements can last from 1 to 3 months; they can be done on a full or part-time basis, and with more than one placement provider.
Placements could be with academic and non-academic organisations and examples of the form these can take is provided below:
- A placement forms part of a collaborative or CASE-style studentship with the student
- spending time at the host partner organisation for the placement.
- Placements with non-academic organisations in the public, private or voluntary sector.
- Placements with a research centre.
- Placement as part of an overseas institutional visit
- Placement within an institution’s professional support services
- Research Assistant internships, where students work on standalone projects with
- academics from across disciplines.
The organisation you do your Research in Practice Placement with can be one of your choosing, or the Research in Practice Team can help find a suitable organsiation.
Why is Research in Practice separate from the DTP Training?
Research in Practice is part of your SCDTP Training Programme, it works in harmony with the Training available to help develop you into a well rounded researcher.
The Research in Practice element has a specific focus on developing your employability skills so that when you come to the end of your project you have a suite of skills to help you make the right career choices for you.
Your SCDTP Training experience will be as individual as you.
From the outset, the SCDTP will work with you on your Development Needs Analysis which acts as the platform to help you understand what skills you already have, what your gaps are and the best ways to bridge those gaps.
