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Training and development for doctoral students

Supporting you as you build your research career.

Support and development

A doctoral programme requires independent study. Depending on your project, you will spend much of your time reading, experimenting, designing, analysing, writing, and re-writing.

But you won’t work alone. You will have a supervisory team of expert academics and practitioners who will guide your research. You will also build networks among your fellow researchers at Manchester Met, across the North West, and throughout the country.

You will have the opportunity to develop yourself personally and professionally in areas that will support you to flourish both as a researcher and on one of the many career paths open to you upon completion of your doctoral studies. 

We can offer a variety of resource and support opportunities. From getting help with your writing to developing your research communication skills with our annual events and competitions.

Development opportunities

  • Three Minute Thesis logo

    Three Minute Thesis

    One slide, three minutes, ground-breaking research

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  • a speaker session from a previous PGR conference

    Doctoral Student Conference

    An annual conference organised and delivered by our doctoral students.

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Explore the Doctoral College

  • Postgraduate student operating a drill in a science and engineering laboratory

    Doctoral College

    Discover the work we are doing to support our postgraduate research students - giving them a supportive and stimulating environment in which to thrive.

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  • One student helping another in a one to one session

    Academic leadership

    Learn more about our commitment to doctoral students and the support we can provide you with to achieve your research study goals.

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  • Campus at night

    Doctoral Services

    Doctoral Services provide strategic leadership on doctoral activities across the University. Get contact details for faculty and topic leads.

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