To acknowledge the variety of sectors where data science research is relevant, in March 2021, the Compass students are undertaking a series of workshops led by the Bristol Doctoral College to explore Skills for Interdisciplinary Research. Using the Vitae framework for researcher development, our colleague at BDC will introduce Compass students to the following topics:
Workshop 1: What is a doctorate? A brief history of doctorates in the UK, how they have changed in the past two decades, why CDTs?, what skills are needed now for a doctorate?
Workshop 2: Interdisciplinarity – the foundations. A practical case study on interdisciplinary postgraduate research at Bristol.
Workshop 3: Ways of knowing, part 1 – Positivism and ‘ologies! Deconstructing some of the terminology around knowledge and how we know what we know. Underpinning assumption – to know your own discipline, you need to step outside of it and see it as others do.
Workshop 4: Ways of knowing, part 2 – Social constructionism and qualitative approaches to research. In part 1 of ways of knowing, the ideal ‘science’ approach is objective and the researcher is detached from the subject of study; looking at other approaches where the role of research is integral to the research.
Workshop 5: Becoming a good researcher – research integrity and doctoral students. A look at how dilemmas in research can show us how research integrity is not just a case of right or wrong.
Workshop 6: Getting started with academic publishing. An introduction on the scholarly publishing pressure in contemporary research and it explores what that means in an interdisciplinary context.