Equipping the next generation of researchers
Learn more about how we are providing the vital resources and support needed for the next generation of humanities researchers.
Our research training programme lies at the heart of our mission to support the next generation of arts and humanities researchers.
We offer well-established discipline-specific research training, alongside key research and transferable skills training that provides the transferable and employability skills necessary for wider preparation for careers in academia and elsewhere. These include core research and publishing skills alongside emerging digital humanities techniques and the use of new media and creative outputs to engage new audiences.
Our programme draws on the research and teaching expertise of our Doctoral Centre, our Institutes and the University of London. Training sessions are available free-of-charge to researchers of all career-stages across the UK.
Knowledge and Skills
Including project management, using social media, introduction to fieldwork, overviews of digital resources, research software training, working in archives, and more.
Personal Effectiveness and Well-being
Including SAS multidisciplinary PhD research seminars, project management, introduction to fieldwork, archives and library training, conducting interviews for oral history, and more.
Research Organisation
Including data protection and research data, introduction to fieldwork, SAS multidisciplinary PhD research seminars, archives and library training, theories and methodologies for research in modern languages, and more.
Communication, Influence and Impact
Including using social media, SAS multidisciplinary PhD research seminars, archives and library training, conducting interviews for oral history, and more.
Online Research Training
The School and its institutes offer a variety of online research skills tutorials.
