PGR Part-time & Distance Learning week

The annual DCAD “Part-time and Distance Doctoral Student” training event took place this week, with doctoral researchers from Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside universities coming together to meet, discuss experiences and participate in a range of workshops delivered by academic and professional support colleagues from across Durham University.

Durham University Library contributed, with 4 workshops on the timetable:

• Effective Searching for Researchers
  • see https://www.dur.ac.uk/library/research/doing/findinginfo/
• Online Profiles for Publishing Researchers (ORCID, Scopus and Google Scholar)
  • See https://www.dur.ac.uk/library/research/disseminate/footprint/orcid/
• Tracking your Publication Impact
  • See https://www.dur.ac.uk/library/research/evaluate/
• Copyright for Researchers
  • See https://www.dur.ac.uk/library/copyright/

A sample of slides from the presentations can be seen below.

Other sessions looked at a range of topics, including: writing literature reviews, tools for quantitative analysis, public speaking and engagement, project management, time management, survey design, reference management software and preparing for your Viva.