Transcript NERC IAPETUS DTP Studentships Briefing 2013 Presentation

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)
• How will proposals be evaluated and students
selected?
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
IAPETUS DTP
Operating Principles:
1. Support scientifically excellent projects aligned to
research strengths
2. All DTP students will be supervised jointly between
two (or more) ROs as appropriate to maximise the
benefit of the DTP for our students
3. Provide a world-leading research training
environment for students
4. Provide reciprocal rights of access to technologies,
facilities, equipment and expertise
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?
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
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.
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
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?
Studentships Competition
• Open competition model
• Focus on quality of projects & students.
• Process overseen by DTP Studentships Panel
Process & Timeline
Studentship
Projects
Developed &
Approved
September to
November
Studentships
Advertised
& Promoted
November to
February
Students
Selected for
Studentships
February to
March
Studentship Projects
• 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
Integrated
Studentship
Networks
Innovation to
support
interdisciplinarity
Networks of
interrelated
projects which
will be supported
to work
collaboratively.
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
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?
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
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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
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
PhD Lifecycle
IAPEUS Student ‘Journey’
Recruitment &
Selection
Induction &
TNA
Year 1
Year 1 Upgrade
Doctoral
Research
Project
Personal
Training
Programme
Placements &
Internships
Years 2
to 4
Submission &
Completion
Alumni Engagement
Questions
Success Criteria
18 in total of which 6 priority success criteria:
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3.
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5.
6.
Excellent Students
Research Excellence
Training Excellence
Multidisciplinary Training Environments
Produce Success Stories
Assurance of Quality