Welcome to the Keele Doctoral Academy
The Doctoral Academy brings together research expertise from across Keele’s academic and professional support services, to aid training and develop researcher skill sets. Whether you are a student, researcher or supervisor, we will ensure you work in pro-active and supportive cross-collaborative research community.
PGR guidance and forms | FAQs | handbooks | code of practice | briefing sessions | more
Student Reps, PGR Directors and Leads
Research seminars and events
Rob Hopkins - From What If to What Next: how to build an imagination infrastructure
Pragna Patel - The elimination of violence against all women: the grand challenge facing us today
Graduation
- View a message from the KDA team for Winter 2020 Graduates
- Read our Graduation newsletter 2020/21
Postgraduate Conference
Keele hosts an annual Postgraduate conference to celebrate the fantastic range and diversity of postgraduate work in the University.
Support services available to staff and students
Counselling and mental health | Disability and dyslexia | Your wellbeing | Faith | International student support | Money advice and guidance | more
Counselling | Health and safety | Occupational health | Your wellbeing | Holistic therapies | more
Mental health and wellbeing
An online resource for postgraduate research students to support your wellbeing, learning and research.
A whole community approach to supporting student mental health and wellbeing
Research students have a say
We want you to engage with us and share your experiences as a research student at Keele. What works? What doesn’t? There are lots of ways you can do this, from speaking to the KPA, your Student Representative or PGR Lead to contacting the KDA directly. We want to hear from you!
Research staff and students in the spotlight
"The Plan Your PhD training has been extremely valuable to me over the last year! Between teaching, data collection, CPD, writing and maintaining a social life, it has taught me to really prioritise certain jobs and allowing me time to destress and step away from work without feeling guilty."
Read more about Tamsin Fisher, PhD Human Geography
"I chose this area due to its potential relevance to my country Kenya."
Read more about Joseph Otieno Oloo, PhD in Applied Mathematics
"At the moment, I am really enjoying research. However, in the future a career in industry or intellectual property is something that I am keen to look into."
Read more about Tasmin Nahar, PhD Regenerative Medicine
"Teacher and demonstrator training has been useful at Keele as well as the many workshops on offer throughout the year such as 'how to plan your PhD' and 'how to create an academic poster'."
Read more about Emma Sutton, PhD in Biomedical sciences
"My research mainly focuses on Markov switching models including exogenous and endogenous Markov switching models and their applications to both economics and financial time series. I wanted to do something where I could combine my mathematics degree with finance."
Read more about Menli Tirkishova, PhD in Mathematics
"As a PhD student I was very lucky to be surrounded by some very experienced and supportive researchers. We had weekly research meetings which involved other PhD student and staff. We had opportunities to discuss articles, ask questions, problem solve, bring ideas for grants and papers as well as practice presenting for upcoming conferences. We also got asked lots of challenging questions which kept us honest and helped for the viva! Since finishing my PhD I have continued to be a part of the research group and have gone on to lead it. In addition to this I also attended a grant writing workshop which was hosted at Keele. This really helped my writing style and thinking and has stood me in good stead so far."
Read more about Fraser Philp, Lecturer and Programme Director for the BSc (Hons) Rehabilitation
"I found extremely useful the training “Imaginative Writing for Academic Purposes”. This course helped me to develop my writing skills, especially at the beginning of writing a scientific paper."
Read more about David Cabrera, Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow
"The Research Supervisor Programme was brilliant! I'd recommend LGBTI Allies training to all staff and students. "
Read more about Abigail Rutter, Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering
Facts and Figures
97% of our research is classed as world-leading, or of international importance. REF 2014
96% graduate employability HESA destinations of leavers in Higher Education 2017
93% of our international postgraduate research students reported overall satisfaction PRES 2019
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