All DTP students will have flexible training opportunities including in in-vivo (home-office licence), advanced computation, modelling and informatics (SysMIC, Bioinformatics for Biologists), bespoke Entrepreneurship courses and in house internship opportunities including Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, WISH lab, NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility, MedCity, CRUK ECMCs, Queen Mary Innovations, William Harvey Research Limited and School of Engineering and Computer Science, in addition to many others, e.g., in industry or government. Enterprise conferences and interactions with industry collaborators are organised by University staff. These include internships and placements, where students take a period of time, up to 3 months, to gain experience of complementary or parallel careers in science.
Developing a broad range of research and transferable skills is one of the most important elements of studying for a higher research degree. In our programme, all the students are encouraged to develop their skills in a number of ways: practical research techniques in their chosen research topic, core transferable skills such as critical appraisal, data analysis and scientific writing. Presentation and critical analysis skills are developed through ongoing research work and taking part in research group meetings and journal clubs.
Students have access to a range of workshops and face-to-face training sessions. There are professional courses for graduate students, including e-learning resources. Generic skills training is encouraged, including team-working, time management, use of specialist software, effective communication, media training, interview skills, and public speaking.
Students have also access to networks through our MRC cohort building activities and peer training from current students.