Developing Transferable Skills

Working across a range of disciplines (Psychology, Health & Social Care and Pharmacy), Pam Denicolo, a Professor Emerita from the University of Reading,  a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, and an Honorary Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, has wide-ranging experience both of using a range of research approaches and methods and of teaching how to use them well to a broad range of students and professionals world-wide. She has served on executive boards and committees of national and international learned societies and organisations devoted to research and teaching. She continues to publish widely student support materials, books, and journal articles on research because she remains passionately committed to mentoring and coaching newer researchers and academics.Dr Julie Reeves is a Researcher Developer/Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Southampton, and a Co-Investigator with a GCRF funded project, BRECcIA, leading the Capacity development work package. She has been involved in researcher development since 2002, working with the Civic Education Project in Belarus and Ukraine, and then as the Skills Training Manager, Faculty of Humanities, University of Manchester.  She was a key researcher and contributor to the Vitae ‘Researcher Development Statement and Framework’ and is a Vitae Researcher Developer Senior Fellow.  She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development, a co-convenor of the Postgraduate Issues Network within the Society for Research into Higher Education, and currently facilitates the South East Researcher Developers network.  She is a co-editor of the SAGE Success in Research series with Pam Denicolo, Dawn Duke and Alison Yeung.

• What Are Transferable Skills and Why They Are Needed? How Can Researchers Identify Which Transferable Skills Are Needed?How Can Transferable Skills Be Acquired?What Are the Key Intellectual Skills Directly Related to Research?What Skills Are Involved In Dealing With Information And With Maintaining Integrity As A Researcher?What Are The Key Practical Research Project Skills?What Are The Key People Skills And Personal Attributes?How Can Skill Development Be Evidenced, Assessed And Evaluated?How Can Transferable Skills Be Marketed Effectively To Enhance Employability? (Dawn Duke)How Can Researchers Make A Successful Transition To Another Employment?How Can Transferable Skills Become An Integral Part Of Life?Appendix 1: Joint Statement Skills (JSS)Appendix 2: Development Cycle DiagramAppendix 3: Summary Diagram Of The Researcher Development FrameworkAppendix 4: Employability Skills QuestionnaireGlossary Of TermsIndex

′PhD students and young researchers increasingly find employment outside the world of education. This book is an excellent guide to the skills they will need as they make that move.′