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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">If you’d like to contribute to the EPSRC’s Doctoral Review by sharing your experiences as DTC / CDT students, see below for further details about their focus group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">All best<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">Alison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">=============<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">Dear DTC / CDT alumni,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">EPSRC is looking to invite recent alumni to participate in a focus group (small discussion group) about their experiences as EPSRC funded doctoral students and its impact on their careers. If you completed your EPSRC funded doctorate in
the last five years, we would like to hear about your experience. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The focus group is being held on the 15 July 2021, 15.00 – 16.30.
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you would like to participate, please provide your contact details here:
<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surveymonkey.co.uk%2Fr%2FEPSRCfocusgroup&data=04%7C01%7Ccdtwebsciencealumni%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C0fc052f0abea4d3d03fe08d9317cf789%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C637595235330892538%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=%2F8wp5sa6Q7mcdhX%2Bo8NVzB9y6cZRRXev5amnKE%2Bano4%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/EPSRCfocusgroup" shash="Ns6wBTBkSp8ZXuf8dGYt0KZ7D6CsLMk+BBeoml4e2e3618f+amrFNqeimJjwxJE/R6lFdDvCo1tooE+hyu1SpBjCQNyEQob25wv5s5lQnDrWRF9E+H/5DKPWWjHt2wva+u4GZYqd+MY8R2JZ6c6cUDTt5E9YMGLOPCrazN+TpoA=">
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/EPSRCfocusgroup</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The focus group is being run by Vitae and they will be in contact with participants. If you have questions about the focus group, please email
<a href="mailto:enquiries@vitae.ac.uk">enquiries@vitae.ac.uk</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This focus group will feed into EPSRC’s review of doctoral education, which is looking to understand the current state of play regarding how EPSRC support doctoral researchers and make recommendations for the future (more information below).
Your input to the focus group will be a valuable contribution to the review. <o:p>
</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kind Regards, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Shyeni Paul</b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Senior Portfolio Manager – EDI & People <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pronouns: She/Her <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="383" height="96" style="width:3.9895in;height:1.0in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D76359.56303CC0"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<h1><span style="color:windowtext"> </span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<h1><span style="color:windowtext">Review of EPSRC’s Doctoral Education Support </span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">EPSRC is carrying out the review in order to check that the doctoral education we support, enables the recipient to acquire the skills and knowledge needed for the careers, that doctoral student’s take-up, now and in the future. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The review itself will be covering the following five areas: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">The value of doctoral education: to the individual and their career, to the research landscape and to employers <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Skills and Experiences: What skills and experiences should be provided by a doctorate <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Student Population: how to enable a more diverse student population, including increased mobility between academia and industry <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">How the doctorate is provided: including different qualifications, ways of providing the doctoral experience and how support is provided. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Ways of identifying, developing and responding to strategic priorities: how can the landscape respond to changing directions and needs. <o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal">The review is being carried out in two phases. The first phase is to understand what outcomes in terms of knowledge, experience and skills should be supported through EPSRC doctoral training investments. This phase of the review is mechanism
agnostic to ensure that EPSRC is developing recommendations which are truly forward looking and not bound by the constraints of the current mechanisms. We are also not looking to develop research-area specific priorities or recommendations as we want to ensure
that the recommendations are inclusive and future proofed. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The second phase will develop recommendations for EPSRC’s future approach to doctoral investments, in the context of direction in UKRI and the national funding landscape. This will occur over the second half of 2021. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">During the first phase EPSRC is gathering evidence from the community to help us develop recommendations for what outcomes in terms of knowledge, experience and skills should be supported through EPSRC doctoral training investments regardless
of investment mechanism or topic area. Methods include workshops, a community survey, data analysis, literature survey and strategic conversations. The recommendations will be developed in consultation with members of EPSRC’s Strategic Advisory Network and
Council and will be released in the summer of 2021 <o:p></o:p></p>
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