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Training

Developing a broad range of research and transferable skills is a key component of the Barts Charity Doctoral Training Programme. Alongside their research projects, students take part in a structured and progressive training programme designed to support their development as researchers, collaborators and future leaders in health research. The programme focuses on a number of core training areas, outlined below.

This is complemented by an individual learning needs analysis, enabling each student to create a bespoke development plan tailored to their research interests, professional goals and long-term career aspirations.

Photo of hands using a machine for researchResearch Skills

 

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Developing outstanding researchers is at the core of the Barts Charity Doctoral Training Programme. Students are supported to build strong foundations in research design, methodology, data analysis, and scientific communication, while also gaining exposure to emerging approaches such as data science and artificial intelligence. This training equips researchers with the skills needed to undertake rigorous, impactful, and innovative research.

Photo of students outside Whitechapel Campus in East LondonEast London

 

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The programme encourages students to engage with the unique health challenges and opportunities presented by East London’s diverse communities. Through a focus on population health, health inequalities, and community-centred research, students gain valuable insight into how research can address real-world issues and contribute to improving health outcomes locally and beyond.

Photo of a group working together in a lab.Collaboration

 

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Today's health challenges require collaboration across disciplines and sectors. The programme provides opportunities for students to work with clinicians, researchers, patients, public contributors, and other stakeholders, fostering an interdisciplinary approach to research. Through workshops, roundtables, and engagement activities, students develop the skills needed to build meaningful partnerships and maximise the impact of their work.

Two students walking in a lab.Career Development

 

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In addition to research training, students are supported to develop the professional and transferable skills needed for future career success. Training in areas such as leadership, communication, project management, public engagement, and career planning helps students prepare for a wide range of opportunities in academia, healthcare, industry, policy, and beyond.

Centre for Early Career Researchers

The Centre for Early Career Researchers supports Queen Mary’s doctoral researchers throughout their studies, offering a wide range of training and development opportunities to help them excel in their research and build the skills needed for future careers in academia, industry and beyond.

The Barts Charity Doctoral Training Programme works closely with Queen Mary’s Centre for Early Career Researchers to ensure that DTP students benefit from the wide range of training and development opportunities available across the university. In addition, where appropriate, training and events delivered through the DTP are opened to the wider postgraduate research community, helping to foster collaboration, knowledge sharing and interdisciplinary connections.

To learn more about the Centre's training and development opportunities, please visit the Skills Training page.
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