Training
Year 1 (2024/25 entry)
You will attend:
- Friday 18th October 2024 - DTP Induction - Liverpool
- Tuesday 29th - Thursday 31st October 2024 - Intro to Data Science (R for Beginners) training - online
- Tuesday 5th November 2024 - NEPG Conference - Newcastle
- March 2025 - (date to be finalised) - PIPS and CASE event - York
- May 2025 - (date to be finalised) - Enterprise Event - York
- Thursday 17th and Friday 18th July 2025 - DTP Conference - Durham
Years 2 & 3
In years 2 & 3 you will continue to develop your skills and understanding through a bespoke structured programme that emphasises individual training and cohort-based training, in addition to project-specific skills.
For example, you will continue to develop and test research ideas and learn how to:
- Design good experiments
- Analyse and present data
- Communicate your work to other scientists
You will be strongly encouraged to publish your work in leading international journals, attend conferences at home and abroad, and get involved in other activities such as enterprise competitions and public engagement events.
During years 2 & 3 is when most students opt to take part in their Professional Internship Placement and work in industry for 12 weeks or more (indeed this can be split into two or more periods at two or more different places if required) and gain valuable experience of a placement in industry.
A DTP Wellbeing Event is also held in year 2.
Year 4
By the end of four years, you will have become an expert in your research area and be ready to take the next important steps in your career. You will also have the opportunity of attending a Writing Retreat where you will receive support and guidance in how to improve your writing and make the most out of the time spent writing up your work for submission.