Dear all,
The Social Policy Association has been invited to respond to the consultation of the new ESRC doctoral training centres and we would like to consult our members for their views in order to ensure that our response is a reflection of the experiences and views of social policy doctoral training across as many institutions and settings as possible.
Therefore, we would like to invite all members, including postgraduates, to send us their views on the training centres. The full text of the consultation is below but the response is meant to be structured around the following five headings:
1. Strengths of the current DTC network model
2. Weaknesses of the current DTC network model
3. Key points to consider when developing and commissioning a new DTC network in relation to the disciplinary area that you represent
4. Current priorities in postgraduate training of the disciplinary area you cover
5. Any other points related to the terms of reference
We would appreciate if you could get back to us (by sending an email directly to myself at [log in to unmask]) by the 26th of March. That will allow us enough time to collate the responses and circulate them to the exec before submitting them for the deadline of the 3rd o April.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Tina Haux
Honorary Secretary of the SPA
From: dtcnetworkreview <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:43 AM
Subject: Review of the ESRC Doctoral Training Centres Network
To: dtcnetworkreview <[log in to unmask]>
Dear Learned Society,
I am writing to invite your input to a review that I am chairing of the Economic and Social Research Council’s Doctoral Training Centres Network.
As you will be aware, since October 2011 the Economic and Social Research Council has delivered its postgraduate training support to the social sciences through a network of 21 Doctoral Training Centres (DTCs), which includes a total of 46 different Research Organisations. The key aims of this network are to:
1. Promote the development of more coherent institution and consortium-wide core training programmes;
2. Deliver truly excellent postgraduate training across a significant range of social science disciplines and areas of interdisciplinary enquiry;
3. Move towards more flexible platforms, through the formation of training pathways and the allocation of a range of training routes for postgraduate students.
More information about the DTC Network can be found here in the ESRC’s website: http://www.esrc.ac.uk/funding-and-guidance/postgraduates/dtc/index.aspx
The current network of DTCs runs until 2017, and to inform and support the re-commissioning process for the next phase of the network, the Council has commissioned this evaluation of the network as a whole. Details of the review panel membership and the review terms of reference can be found attached.
Submissions (of no more than three A4 sides in length – anything more than this limit will not be considered by the Panel) are invited from all organisations with a strong interest in social science research. Submissions should be structured under the following five headings:
1. Strengths of the current DTC network model
2. Weaknesses of the current DTC network model
3. Key points to consider when developing and commissioning a new DTC network in relation to the disciplinary area that you represent
4. Current priorities in postgraduate training of the disciplinary area you cover
5. Any other points related to the terms of reference
Submissions should be received by email to [log in to unmask] by 5.00pm on 03 April 2014. I will be interested to receive your views.
If you have any queries about this invitation, or the review in general, please contact the Review mailbox. A member of the Review team will then respond as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely,
Richard Bartholomew
Chair, DTC Network Review Panel
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