Postgraduate or Postdoctoral Researchers

Postgraduate or Postdoctoral Researchers

Postgraduate and post-doctoral researchers support student learning across the university in various roles, including demonstrating in labs, leading seminar and tutorial groups, marking coursework and supervising student projects. The following CPD pathway indicates valuable activities to support your learning and teaching progression at different career stages, including through taught programmes and self-directed learning, as well as networking and leadership opportunities.

Early

Early in your journey

Build teaching skills and gain formal teaching recognition as Associate Fellow.

Introduction to Supporting Student Learning (Stage 1)

Introduction to Supporting Student Learning, also known as Stage 1 of Foundations of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, has been designed to address some of the foundational knowledge and essential skills needed for effective teaching in higher education settings.

Foundations of Learning and Teaching (Stage 2)

The FLTHE programme has been designed to support staff new to teaching and those with closely defined teaching responsibilities, such as visiting lecturers, professional services, clinician-educators, demonstrators, and postgraduate research students who teach, to gain Associate Fellowship. This part of the programme builds on Stage 1 through reflective experiential learning to support further development of inclusive and effective educational practice.
Continuing

Continuing to explore

Engage with a wide a range of CPD opportunities to continue to reflect on and develop practice.

Peer Observation

Explore teaching practice and reflect on teaching methods in a collegial environment.

PGR Supervisor Network

A hub of resources, online training, and seminars to support the development of supervisory practice.
Learning and teaching-focused podcasts

Podcasts

Listen to colleagues sharing good practice.

Education-focused journals and other publications

Journals and Publications

Explore scholarship and evidence to underpin your practice.

Conferences and events

Conferences

Engage with colleagues to share good practice.

Teaching and Supervision Resources for Researchers

Find resources that will help develop your teaching and supervision skills.

Online Researcher Skills Development for Teaching

Career Management for Early Career Academic Researchers
Moving towards an Academic Lectureship

Moving towards an Academic Lectureship

Explore resources on Pursuing an Academic Career

Further

Later in your journey

Share good practice and gain further teaching recognition as Fellow or Senior/Principal Fellow.

ULTRA

Gain recognition for your own practice, or support colleagues as a mentor or reviewer.

Become a mentor

Support the development of your colleagues and, in doing so, develop a range of communication and interpersonal skills and enhance your reflective practice.
Consolidate

Consolidate

Consolidate your journey, enhancing your career and CV, by using the Passport e-portfolio to reflect on your development, collate evidence of your success, and draft applications for recognition and reward.

PGR Student or Postdoc with limited teaching

CPD pathways for Postgraduate or Postdoctoral Researchers

Explore opportunities for development suited to your next career steps.