Training Programme Calendar

Unless otherwise stated, booking will be via Inkpath. Please note that booking is not available immediately. All students will be given advanced notice when booking for a particular event is open.

The events may be standalone, or feature as part of one of our annual conferences. 

Links to book workshops that are now live on Inkpath can be found below. 

Other workshops expected to run in 2025/2026 are: 

  • Writing Retreat (3rd Years): 02/11/2025 - 07/11/2025
  • Doctoral Illumination: 27/11/2025
  • Chrono Hacking: 10/12/2025
  • Drafting to Crafting: 14/01/2026 - 16/01/2026
  • Crafting your Literature Review: 21/01/2026 - 23/01/2026
  • Getting Published: How to Write a Paper: 27/01/2026 - 29/01/2026
  • Editing Retreat: 02/02/2026 - 06/02/2026
  • Plan B: 18/02/2026 - 18/02/2026
  • Writing Retreat (2nd Years): 01/03/2026 - 06/03/2026
  • Storytelling for Research: 05/03/2026
  • British School at Rome: 23/03/2026 - 28/03/2026
  • How to Craft an Argument: 13/05/2026 - 15/05/2026
  • Summer Booster: 01/07/2026 - 03/07/2026

Completion and Leadership Workshop: For students in their final year of funding. This will be held online on Wednesday 20 May 2026 from 1:00-3:00pm. Please Save the Date. Further information will be circulated in due course.

The Summer School will be held at Northumbria and Sunderland universities on Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 June 2026. Please Save the Date. Further information will follow shortly.

Don’t forget that you can apply for funding to arrange training activities you think you and your doctoral colleagues would find beneficial by following the Cohort Development and Innovation Scheme Guidance.