Academia 101

Academia 101 has been created to support you in your professional journey as a researcher both during your PhD and beyond, with a series of introductory sessions on key research topics.

Upcoming Academia 101 sessions:

PhD session planning

Date: Monday 11 November 2025
Time: 10-11.30 am
Location: 126 Mount Pleasant, Teaching Room 209
Online: Zoom link
- Meeting ID: 976 2798 2253
- Passcode: 4F%&XVhh

Our next Academia 101 hybrid session will be delivered by Marketing Group Head, Professor Philippa Hunter-Jones, who will cover key topics for your professional development as a researcher, including:

Planning your research route
Setting and achieving your goals
Managing milestones
Designing and delivering your PhD project

This session will provide you with valuable insights applicable to all stages of your PhD journey. You'll also have the opportunity to ask Philippa any questions you may have.

We are looking forward to seeing there!

How Academia 101 supports your development as a researcher

These sessions have been built around the Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF), the national professional development framework for planning, promoting and supporting the personal, professional and career development of researchers.

The Vitae RDF is structured into 4 domains to capture the knowledge, behaviours, and attributes identified as significant for researchers across a wide range of stakeholders:

Domain A: Knowledge and intellectual abilities: The knowledge, intellectual abilities and techniques to do research
Domain B: Personal effectiveness: The personal qualities and approach to be an effective researcher
Domain C: Research governance and organisation:
Knowledge of the professional standards and requirements to do research
Domain D: Engagement, influence and impact: The knowledge and skills to work with others to ensure the wider impact of research

Each of the Academia 101 sessions is explicitly linked to at least one of the Vitae RDF domains, sub-domains and descriptors, to help you track your progress and development within these specific areas.

This also allows you to select sessions that are particularly relevant to your personal research development.

Joining Academia 101 sessions

Academia 101 sessions are hybrid and open to student from any of the North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP) universities:

Please, only register if you are able to commit to engaging fully with the training event.

You will be expected to engage with the training leaders and one another, so cameras should be switched on at all times where possible.

Please, note that non-attendance is monitored, so if you are no longer able to attend an event you have registered for, please do let us know in advance by emailing Academia 101 Co-Leads Nariman Hanno (nhanno@liverpool.ac.uk) and Claire Lebrun (clairelb@liverpool.ac.uk).

If you have any questions and suggestions for future sessions, please don’t hesitate to contact them.