Find the training course you need, collection of availiable resources.

Lenka Hasova, Isolde Glissenaar, Claude De Rijke-Thomas, Sonia Pighini, George Smith

Last updated on Apr 9, 2022 2 min read

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School of Geographical Sciences specific training resources

You can find materials on the training courses delivered in the past years at SharePoint

Advanced Computing Research Centre (ACRC) training

The ACRC provides lot of training on the technical skills you could use during your research. This is related to both hardware and the software. They offer

Linux tutorials
Python specific courses (basic, advanced, and even more specific courses)
R specific courses (basic, advanced, and even more specific courses)
How to use the Hyper Performance Computer such as BluePebble
Use of GIT
Ton of other stuff like Julia, Fortran, C++

ESRC research skills and resources

ESRC offers more academic related courses and tutorials. They can help with better understanding of the processes like how to write your thesis, writing your CV, how to write proposal, how to publish or impact writing. You can also check out their page on careers in social science for postgraduates.

Bristol Doctoral College

BDC is probably the best resource for a training courses and development skills. They offer a help with both academic skills as well as some specific research skills. However, you might find the most useful the events related to the life as a PGR:

Seven Secrets of Highly Successful Research Students
Staying well in your research degree
Finishing your research degree and forging ahead
Getting Started with your Research Degree
How to Professionalise your Writing

But also:

How to best develop relationship with the supervisor
How to make a poster
How to use NVIVO
How to write your thesis

There is so much, you will have a hard time to choose.

National Centre for Research and Methods

NCRM offers lots of courses on methods you could use inn your research. There are both qualitative and quantitive methods. This are an amazing events that are delivered by academics from Universities across the UK.