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Training needs analysis

All postgraduate research students at Birkbeck are invited to complete a Training Needs Analysis (TNA). 

  • the benefits of TNA

    • This process will help you: 
      • create a framework to identify and assess your training needs 
      • formulate a plan to meet your training needs 
      • establish your priorities, so that you can identify and take advantage of relevant opportunities as they arise 
      • develop high-level skills and experience, to strengthen your career prospects beyond your MPhil/PhD 
      • record your training, to demonstrate and document your new skills 
      • ensure the Birkbeck Graduate Research School (BGRS), faculties and schools evaluate and develop the best training for MPhil/PhD researchers. 

  • Completing your TNA form

  • Deadline

    • New students should complete their TNA form during Term 1 of their first year.
    • Returning students should update their TNA form as needed and discuss it at formal supervisory meetings at least once each year, by the end of Term 2.

  • Important note for funded MPhil/PhD researchers

    • If you are funded through a Doctoral Training Programme (e.g. if you are an ESRC UBEL researcher), check if you need to complete a different TNA process. 
    • If there is a specific TNA process tied to your funding, complete that instead of the Birkbeck TNA process.  

  • Vitae researcher development framework (RDF)