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Queen Mary University of London PhD Induction February 2020 A brief history of QMUL QMUL has its roots in 4 historic London Colleges: • Queen Mary College (founded 1887) • Westfield College (founded 1882) • St Bartholomew’s Hospital (founded 1123) • The London Hospital (founded 1740) A brief history of QMUL Queen Mary College dates back to the opening of the People's Palace on Mile End Road in 1887. People’s Palace founded as part of a Victorian drive to improve the social and educational conditions of the people of the East End. These foundations are evident today • QMUL UK’s 1st Living Wage Campus • Champions public engagement, and research that makes a contribution to both the international research community and local people • Support of local schools St. Paul’s Way Trust and Drapers’ Multi-Academy Trust • Seeks to foster a vibrant but inclusive research community A brief history of QMUL • Queen Mary was admitted to the University of London in 1915 • In 1989, merged with Westfield College to become Queen Mary and Westfield College (QMW) • Westfield College was founded in 1882, and was the first University of London College to admit women • In 1995, St Bartholomew’s Hospital (founded 1123) and The Royal London Hospital (founded 1740) merged, and joined Queen Mary to form the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry – so creating Queen Mary University of London as we know it today So where are we now? • ca. 26,000 students - including ca. 2000 PhD students - and ca. 4500 staff • Working in 3 Faculties: Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Engineering, and the School of Medicine and Dentistry • Across 5 campuses: at Mile End, Whitechapel, Charterhouse Square, West Smithfield, and Lincoln’s Inn Fields • Also one of the world’s 20 most international universities – with students from 162 different countries, and 35% of staff born outside of the UK • International teaching in China (BUPT and Nanchang) and Paris (LLM). A Research Intensive University • 8 Nobel Prize winners • £144m annual research income • In top 100 of World’s Universities, THE world rankings • – placing us in top 0.1% of universities globally • Ranked 9th in the UK for quality of research in 2014 • Research Excellence Framework (REF) • Top 10 in the UK for a number of subjects including : Drama, Geography, English, Electrical Engineering, Linguistic, and Medicine • A member of the Russell Group of research intensive universities Internal Organisation • Humanities and Social Sciences - Business and Management, Economics and Finance, English and Drama, Geography, History, Languages, Linguistics and Film, Law, Politics and International Relations • Science and Engineering - Biological and Chemical Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering and Materials Science, Mathematical Sciences • School of Medicine and Dentistry - Blizard Institute, Barts Cancer Institute, Institute of Dentistry, Institute of Health Sciences Education, William Harvey Research Institute, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine Internal Organisation Also home to more than 50 Research Centres – ranging from the Centre for the Study of the History of Emotions in HSS, the Antennas and Electromagnetics Research Group in Science and Engineering, to the Centre for Experimental Cancer Medicine in the School of Medicine and Dentistry And …7 Research Council Doctoral Training Centres: ESRC London Social Science (with Goldsmith’s College) The London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) (with KCL and IC) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Media and Arts Technology NERC Doctoral Training Partnership (with Birkbeck, Brunel, KCL, Royal Holloway and UCL) BBSRC LIDO Doctoral Training Partnership (with Birkbeck, KCL, LSHTM, UCL, RVC) AHRC London Arts and Humanities Partnership (with KCL and UCL) STFC Centre for Data Intensive Science (with Southampton, Sussex, Portsmouth and OU) So what does all that mean for me? • You are not alone! • You will work very closely with your supervisor • You will be part of a lively and supportive graduate community in your School, Research Group or Research Centre • You are also a member of an incredibly rich intellectual environment that stretches across QMUL – embrace it! • Many of the best ideas in research come from ‘left field’ – from conversations with people working on other projects, and in other fields: seek out those conversations • You are also a member of Queen Mary’s Doctoral College QMUL Doctoral College The Doctoral College oversees the admission, training and development, academic progression and award of degrees for all of Queen Mary’s PhD students We are here to support you and help you make the most of the opportunities Queen Mary has to offer: making sure the wide range of activities that go in to successful research connect up Meet the team: Dr Eram Rizvi Prof Adrian Armstrong Dr Paul Allen Zi Parker Dep Dean S&E Dep Dean HSS Dep Dean SMD Manager Director Training Opportunities “The product that the PhD researcher creates is … not the thesis (vital though that is to their subject area through the creation of original knowledge): No, the product of their study is the development of themselves”. Sir Gareth Roberts 2002 • 2 Forms of training • Research training necessary to conduct your research: e.g. specialist methods, laboratory techniques • Researcher (or Personal and Professional Development) training necessary to develop as a researcher : e.g. how to win funding, how to complete an ethics application, advice on publishing • Delivered through 5 routes: • Schools and Institutes – research training courses; many also have bespoke researcher training tailored to your discipline (e.g. how to publish in History) • Research Council Doctoral Training Centres – specialist research training courses, some researcher development activities • External Training Provision – specialist research training as necessary e.g. LTCC, can apply for funding to cover costs • Researcher Development – highly developed, researcher development programme tailored to the different needs of Year 1, 2 and 3 students • Doctoral College – researcher development training organised around ‘cohort events’ (Year 1 Networking; Year 2 Public Engagement, Year 3 Employment), GradFest and other events Leading to a Queen Mary Diploma in Researcher Development when 210 training points have been accrued Year 1 PhD Induction – 5th February 2020 – Morning Session Time Location Activity Presenter 09:30-9:50 Foyer, Rotblat Registration Building 10:00-10:10 G02, Rotblat Welcome to QMUL Dr Paul Allen Building Opportunities for Development 10:15-10:25 Overview of training at QMUL Dr Paul Allen 10:25-10:30 The Doctoral College Zi Parker 10:30-10:45 The Researcher Development Programme and the Points-Based System Fryni Panayidou 10:45-10:50 The Research Degrees Office Mary Childs 10:50-11:00 Equality and Diversity Zi Parker 11:00-11:25 Foyer, Rotblat Coffee and Networking Building 11:25-11:30 G02, Rotblat Careers Fryni Panayidou 11:30-11:35 Building Library Sarah Molloy 11:35-11:40 Internal Funding Opportunities Dr Paul Allen 11:40-11:45 Public Engagement Natt Day 11:45-11:50 The Language Centre Alan Hart 11:50-11:55 IT Services Pinal Patel 11:55-12:00 IT Research Andrew Cooper 12:00-12:05 Ethics Approval Hazel Covill 12.05-12.10 Intellectual Property Ben Golland 12:10-12:15 Widening Participation Gideon Woldeslassie / Sally Moore 12:15-12:20 Welfare Advice and Counselling Support Kevin Halon 12:20-12:30 PGR Rep and NUS Megan Annetts & Nazia Uddin Year 1 PhD Induction – 5th February 2020 – Afternoon Session Your induction pack can be downloaded at: www.qmul.ac.uk/doctoralcollege/ 12:30-14:00 TheShield 2 Lunch and Information Fair 14:00-15:00 Break-out sessions • Science and Engineering: G02, Rotblat Building Dr Eram Rizvi (S&E) 15:00-15:45 • Medicine and Dentistry: BCI Boardroom, Old Anatomy Dr Paul Allen (SMD) • G02, Rotblat Building Building Professor Adrian Armstrong • BCI Boardroom, Old • Humanities and Social Science: G09, Rotblat Building (HSS) Anatomy Building • G09, Rotblat Building Researcher Integrity Workshop Faculty Workshops: The PhD Process 15:45-16:15 Foyer, Rotblat Building Coffee and Networking 16:15-17:00 G02, Rotblat Building Meet the Team and Q&A Dr Eram Rizvi (S&E) Dr Paul Allen (SMD) Professor Adrian Armstrong (HSS) and Current PhD Students The Doctoral College The Team • Zi • Doctoral College Manager • Looks after PhD students • Works with academics on projects around funding, marketing, recruitment, student satisfaction. • Can be found in Graduate Centre 2.08 • Nancy • Doctoral College Administrator • Works with Zi & DC Team • Deals with initial student enquiries. • Looks after DC events! (Like This one!) We also work with: • Careers • Research Degrees Office • Academic Development • International Office • Public Engagement • Principal’s Office • Education Development • Library Services • Student Services • Advice and Counselling • QM Students Union • Schools and Institutes • Business Development • Equality & Diversity Team Other Universities & Other People! Information! • Emails about events & training! • DCBlog – this is where we put information about all the events across London for PhD students! https://www.qmul.ac.uk/doctoralcollege/about-us/blog/ • DC Twitter @QMUL_DC #QMULPhD Funding! • Postgraduate Research Fund • Dr Paul Allen will cover this at 11:45 • Doctoral College Initiative Fund • Dr Paul Allen will cover this at 11:45 • Graduate Festival Fund • £400 for PhD students to run an event