Training

The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science is committed to supporting researchers develop their academic and transferable skills so that they are well-equipped to make an impact within and beyond academia.

We work with a range of non-academic partner organisations to run training for researchers.

Additionally, we want to ensure that local organisations can benefit from the knowledge within the PhD community. We can support non-academic organisations that would like to develop their methodological approach or impact evaluation, and would benefit from support and training from within our PhD community.

If you would be interested in running training for your organisation, or would like to discuss opportunities to train our current research community, please contact Flaminia on team@sgsss.ac.uk.

Training

The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science is a unique collaboration between 16 Universities in Scotland. By working together with partner institutions, we are able to create world-class research training opportunities and to make them available to all doctoral students in the social sciences. We also provide pathways with funding to support the development of training through the Advanced Training Fund.

SGSSS offers students access to research expertise across Scotland, in disciplines across social sciences, as well as in subjects where social scientists are collaborating with colleagues from other disciplines such as arts, humanities, medicine and the natural/physical sciences.

Advanced Training simply means training, in addition to the core methods training that you will have received during your Masters year. It will include methods, training that helps you get ready for work, training that helps you better understand theory, and training that helps you develop as a leader in your disciplinary area.