The main purpose of the Doctoral School is to enhance your experience as a postgraduate research (PGR) candidate at Bangor, and to ensure that you fulfil your full potential. As part of this mission, we also provide support and training for supervisory staff.
We are responsible for implementing, monitoring and contributing to the review of the University regulatory, policy and operational framework, and provide relevant information such as training and funding opportunities as well as the university’s regulations and codes of practice for research candidates.
We also aim to develop and support an interdisciplinary and integrated research community with research candidates at its heart, while promoting equality of opportunities, and a healthy work-life balance. We wish to reward good practice and effort where it exists, and work towards providing the best PGR experience possible.
What does the Doctoral School do?
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The Doctoral School provides a range of training and development opportunities to current postgraduate researchers (PGRs) and supervisors.
Training and development programme
The Doctoral School Blackboard page provides materials and Panopto videos for some of these training sessions.
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What can the Doctoral School do for me?
The Postgraduate Researchers' Society, “PGR Soc”, welcomes everyone who wants to get in touch with other PGR candidates from across the whole University! You can join us anytime, whether you are new at the university or just want a chance to get to know other people.
The objectives of PGR Soc are to:
- Provide peer support for postgraduate research students
- Organise social and academic events
- Develop an interdisciplinary community of practice
The Doctoral School provides a range of training and development opportunities.
Register online for our workshops
The Doctoral School Blackboard page provides materials and Panopto videos for some of these training sessions.
Personal Development Planning is a structured and supported process undertaken by an individual to reflect upon their own learning, performance and/or achievement and to plan for their personal, educational and career development.
The primary purpose of a PDP (Personal Development Plan) is to help you to:
- Develop in a wider variety of ways and a wider range of contexts.
- Recognise and be able to list evidence for your own learning and therefore the progress you are making.
- Draw upon and use your expanded personal knowledge to achieve particular goals.
- Review, plan and take responsibility for your own development.
By working through a PDP, you should be able to:
- Identify your training/learning needs
- Work out how to address those needs
- Construct an evidence-based record to demonstrate your acquired skills and competencies to potential employers.
The Doctoral School Induction program will introduce you to your PDP templates.