Science Doctoral Training Centre

Dr Emily Shepard using the Visualisation Suite

Swansea Science DTC is a community committed to undertaking world-class research

Swansea Science Doctoral Training Centre

Swansea Science is a community committed to world-class research that has a positive impact globally. The Science Doctoral Training Centre fosters a growing, vibrant community of PhD students. This community is a key dynamic in our drive to be the most creative place to do science.

The DTC provides a competitive advantage to our postgraduate researchers, preparing them for industry and academe that increasingly looks for "T" shaped thinkers: deeply skilled in a discipline but who can connect broadly with others.

Funded Projects

Geography: Constraining the timing and scale of past explosive volcanism and climate change using cryptotephra preserved in Mediterranean sedimentary archives (closing date: 1 August 2021)

Mathematics: EPSRC fully-funded scholarships (x4) in Mathematics (closing date: 1 August 2021)

Mathematics: EPSRC fully-funded scholarship: Non(computability) in Linear Algebra (closing date: 1 August 2021)

Mathematics: EPSRC fully-funded scholarship: Modelling the spatial ecology of cancer (closing date: 1 August 2021)

Mathematics: EPSRC fully-funded scholarship: Approximating shapes with algebraic spline geometry (closing date: 1 August 2021)

Mathematics: EPSRC fully-funded scholarship: Analysis and numerics of stochastic partial differential equations (closing date: 1 August 2021)

Physics: Use of Raman Spectroscopy in the Evaluation of Materials used in In-Vitro Diagnostic Devices (closing date: 23 July 2021)

Computer Science: UKRI CDT fully-funded Scholarships in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Advanced Computing

Training and Development

Students will (as a part of their professional development) have the opportunity to teach up to 6 hours a week during their tenure. These teaching duties will be remunerated in addition to the studentship stipend.

Swansea University DTC students are offered training by a variety of sources:

Science DTC Training

The Science DTC organises a number of opportunities specifically for its students through regular seminars on themes including:

Interdisciplinary thinking and methods
Research networking
Responsible Innovation and Inquiry
Public Engagement and Impact
Enterprise and entrepreneurship
Funding your research
Research-led student engagement
Communication skills
Diversity and inclusion and science

Topics

Topics are reviewed each year and suggestions for new training opportunities welcomed.

Swansea University's Postgraduate Skills Training offers courses and events open to all postgraduate students at Swansea University on generic topics such as:

Writing Tools
EndNote
N.Vivo
SPSS
LaTeX
Data Visualisation
Twitter

Training

Departmental Training is targeted at skills for specific disciplines, but are available to all Science DTC students to foster “T” shaped thinking. Opportunities include:

The Joint Visible Lunch / CODAH Seminar

The BioScience Postgraduate Seminar Series
Topics include training on Social Media, Poster preparation, Writing papers, Peer review, R

BIOM25-Core Science Skills and
BIOM25B-Science Skills and Research Methods
Targeted at Bioscience and Geography Students but open to all CoS Students. Topics include Library and internet resources including WoS, Voyager, Philosophy of science, Experimental design, Ethical issues in science, Plagiarism, Databases and spreadsheets, Presentation skills (Powerpoint and graphics packages), Data analysis with SPSS and R.

BIOM31-Term Papers for Environmental Biology
Targeted at BioScience and Geography Students but open to all CoS Students. Topics include scientific literature searches and reviews.

The College of Science Lunchtime Seminar Series

External Training is encouraged so that our students can take advantage of opportunities during their PhD, such as NERC Advanced Training Short Courses

University Training and Development for Research Students and Supervisors