Personal and professional development (PPD)
Bristol Doctoral College's personal professional development (PPD) programme teaches you key transferable skills. Engage with our workshops and resources to improve your research and achieve your career goals.
Our guide to your development
Use our PGR Essentials guide to help you select the right training and development at the right time. Then view our PGR Events Calendar to book your slot on relevant workshops.
Explore your development needs
Still not sure where to start? Check out the Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF).
The RDF was designed by and for researchers. It describes the key characteristics needed by anyone conducting research in UK Higher Education. You can use the RDF to help identify your existing skills, and consider which development areas to focus on next.
PGR Training Review
Our programme is based on YOUR needs. We continually adapt our offer according to feedback from PGRs. Check out the latest report from our PGR Training Review Project.
Please email any questions, comments and concerns about the PPD programme to doctoral-college@bristol.ac.uk