Doctoral Training Centres (DTCs; also called Centres for Doctoral Training
[Centres for Doctoral Training]
, from EPSRC
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is a British Research Council that provides government funding for grants to undertake research and postgraduate degrees in engineering and the physical sciences, mainly to univers ...
site or Doctoral Training Partnerships
) are centres for managing the
Research Council-funded
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. Typical UK PhD students take three years to complete their doctoral research under the guidance of an academic supervisor or small supervisory team, and tend to be located within an existing research group. By contrast, each DTC involves a UK university (or a small number of universities) in delivering a four-year doctoral training programme to a significant number of PhD students organised into cohorts. Each Centre targets a specific area of research, and also emphasises transferable skills training.
The model has been adopted by all seven Research Councils.
History
Initially, DTCs were regarded as a strategic mechanism for increasing capacity in interdisciplinary research activities such as the life sciences interface and complexity science, areas that were difficult to locate within a traditional University's departmental organisation. By 2009, the
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is a British Research Council that provides government funding for grants to undertake research and postgraduate degrees in engineering and the physical sciences, mainly to univers ...
(EPSRC) had widened its focus, announcing funding for 50 new DTCs spanning its entire remit.
[New Centres for Doctoral Training - 2009]
, from EPSRC's site[Research gears up for 21st-century trials]
the Guardian, 3 February 2009 In 2011, following the lead of the EPSRC, the
Economic and Social Research Council
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(ESRC) announced doctoral studentships will be exclusively allocated to a network of 21 accredited DTCs.
[Map of Doctoral Training Centres]
from ESRC's site
By 2012 the model was adopted by the
Arts and Humanities Research Council
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), formerly Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB), is a British research council, established in 1998, supporting research and postgraduate study in the arts and humanities.
History
The Arts ...
(AHRC) in their second call for Block Grant Partnerships, ultimately funding 1
Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs)and a further
Centres for Doctoral Training(CDTs) established with a first intake of students in October 2014.
References
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