Postgraduate Research Training

Training Requirements

All Postgraduate Research Students at Keele are required to undertake some level of research training. The way in which you must engage with and undertake this training is dependent upon when you first registered with the University. The Code of Practice contains full details in Section 2, however, in a nutshell:

  • Students who registered before August 1st 2013 must take approved Research Training modules to meet the formal minimum module credit requirements for research training (60 for PhDs and MDs and 20 for Masters programmes). The requirement varies depending on the programme you are registered for. You should refer to the Code of Practice and the Research Training Handbook (see below) for full details.
  • Students who registered after August 1st 2013 are not formally required to obtain credits for their Research Training, but they must meet the minimum subject-specific training requirements set by their Research Institute and the institutional reuqirement to engage with personal development and employability skills training at a level at least consistent with Research Council expectations. Again, the Research Training Handbook (see below) contains full information.

Research Training Handbook

The Research Training Handbook is intended to assist students in identifying where they might find support for their research. Although it is not an exhaustive catalogue of all the training resources available at Keele, it does contain the formal modules approved for research training as well as a selection of courses offered by the Learning and Professional Development Centre.

The handbook can be downloaded from here. If you are unsure what training requirements are applicable to you, you should contact your supervisor and your RI for further details.

British Library Training

Many researchers will find it helpful to use the collections maintained by the British Library. The Library has various resources to help researchers in locating information that will be helpful to them. These resources can be accessed on the Help for Researchers online pages.