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Doctoral Training Partnership Briefing IAPETUS

Doctoral Training Partnership Briefing IAPETUS. DTP Briefing. Background Who are out partners? What are our themes and what facilities and resources are available? Submitting PhD proposals – joint supervision; CASE partners and Integrated Student Networks (ISNs)

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Doctoral Training Partnership Briefing IAPETUS

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  1. Doctoral Training PartnershipBriefingIAPETUS

  2. DTP Briefing • Background • Who are out partners? What are our themes and what facilities and resources are available? • Submitting PhD proposals – joint supervision; CASE partners and Integrated Student Networks (ISNs) • How will proposals be evaluated and students selected?

  3. NERC Training Review A: NERC should take a more strategic and hands-on approach to its training investment. B: NERC should move to a 4 year notional studentship in 2014 C: NERC should introduce success criteria against which training can be judged. D: NERC should introduce a ‘Dual-Core Model’ for studentships, which specifically delineates between responsive and focused studentships. E: NERC should allocate responsive studentships through Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs); and focused studentships through competitions when there is a recognised need. Meeting Societies Needs: Economic Growth & Science Discovery

  4. IAPETUS DTP Operating Principles: • Support scientifically excellent projects aligned to research strengths • All DTP students will be supervised jointly between two (or more) ROs as appropriate to maximise the benefit of the DTP for our students • Provide a world-leading research training environment for students • Provide reciprocal rights of access to technologies, facilities, equipment and expertise

  5. DTP Briefing • Background • Who are out partners? What are our themes and what facilities and resources are available? • Submitting PhD proposals – joint supervision; CASE partners and Integrated Student Networks (ISNs) • How will proposals be evaluated and students selected?

  6. IAPETUS Partners / Subjects • British Geological Survey – all parts • Centre for Ecology & Hydrology – all parts • Durham – Anthropology, Archaeology, Biological Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geography, Maths • Glasgow – Geographical & Earth Sciences, Statistics and SUERC • Newcastle – Biology, Civil Engineering & Geosciences, Geography, Marine Science & Technology • St Andrews – Earth and Environmental Sciences • Stirling – Biological & Environmental Sciences

  7. IAPETUS DTP THEMES Global Environmental Change Incorporates three strands Ice-sheet dynamics, sea-level change, Past environments. £21 M of NERC funding since 2008. Geodynamics & Earth Resources Incorporates three strands Deep Earth processes, Crustal processes, Geoenergy & Mineral resources. £11 M of NERC funding since 2008. Carbon & Nutrient Cycling Incorporates three strands Changing Carbon cycle, Peatland dynamics, C Cycle stability & Nutrient cycling. £10 M of NERC funding since 2008. Hazards, Risk & Resilience Incorporates three strands Volcanoes, Earthquakes & Landslides, Fluvial Processes & Flooding, Environmental pollution & human health. £8.3 M of NERC funding since 2008. Biodiversity & Ecosystem Resources Incorporates two strands Evolution & Ecology and Resource sustainability & Environmental change biology. £13.2 M of NERC funding since 2008.

  8. Cross cutting infrastructure, technology and expertise Geochronology Accelerator mass spectrometers for radiocarbon and cosmogentic isotopes; Argon, Rb/Sr, U/Pb, Re/Os and luninescence (OSL, TL, IRSL). Geochemistry & Isotope tracing Stable, compound and radiogenic isotope analysis, elemental and metal composition, biomarkers, mineral spectroscopic analysis, gamma spectroscopy, liquid scintillation Earth observation & Geodesy Global-scale geodetic analysis, InSAR, TLS & ALS, image analysis, hyperspectral, UAVs Field equipment pool, laboratory & monitoring sites GPR, GPS, ships, Eden test catchment, long-term ecological research platforms, Dove marine lab Bioscience Next generation sequencing, molecular genetics, marine aquaria, microfossil prep labs, greenhouses, environmental chambers, aDNA facilities, archives and long-term ecological records

  9. DTP Briefing • Background • Who are out partners? What are our themes and what facilities and resources are available? • Submitting PhD proposals – joint supervision; CASE partners and Integrated Student Networks (ISNs) • How will proposals be evaluated and students selected?

  10. Studentships Competition • Open competition model • Focus on quality of projects & students. • Process overseen by DTP Studentships Panel Process & Timeline Studentship Projects Developed & Approved Students Selected for Studentships Studentships Advertised & Promoted September to November November to February February to March

  11. Studentship Projects Integrated Studentship Networks Innovation to support interdisciplinarity Networks of interrelated projects which will be supported to work collaboratively. • CASE studentships • at least 30% of awards need to go to CASE studentships • Projects • well-defined and deliverable proposals • methodology outlined, with RTSG needs detailed • Supervisory fit • Inter-institutional supervisory teams • Demonstrate expertise and experience • Research & training environment • Detail anticipated training needs • Highlight facilities equipment

  12. Integrated Student Networks • Multidisciplinary in an embedded environment • Multidisciplinary training • Building a network, use NERC Centres, RO’s have Institutes e.g. IHRR, CeREES, DEI at DU), and others in partnership: SAGES, CRESS (SU), NIReS (NU), CESER (NU), CELO (StA) • ISNs will only proceed if students of sufficient quality emerge

  13. DTP Briefing • Background • Who are out partners? What are our themes and what facilities and resources are available? • Submitting PhD proposals – joint supervision; CASE partners and Integrated Student Networks (ISNs) • How will proposals be evaluated and students selected?

  14. Project & Student Selection • IAPETUS will run an open competition • Project & student selection based on excellence • Collaborative supervision • Training draws the best from each Partner • Timetable • Liaise with Academic & CASE Partners • Submit proposal form by 31st October 2013 • DTPs announced 4th November 2013 • Partnership meeting 12th November to screen for excellence and relevance to DTP Themes

  15. Project & Student Selection • November 2013 - Projects advertised on IAPETUS website • Feb-March 2014 – Partners will nominate their best candidates to the Studentships Panel for funding • Jointly supervised students will not require joint registration • All academic staff will need to attend supervisor induction and training

  16. PhD Lifecycle

  17. Questions

  18. Success Criteria 18 in total of which 6 priority success criteria: • Excellent Students • Research Excellence • Training Excellence • Multidisciplinary Training Environments • Produce Success Stories • Assurance of Quality

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