'PhD Training Programme in the History of Medicine' to be held at the Wellcome Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL from October 2006 to June 2007. (360G-Wellcome-081353_Z_06_Z)

£3,600

PhD Training Programme in the History of Medicine The organisers consider that there are four important imperatives to the programme described below: (i) Research Councils and other bodies offering PhD bursaries are increasingly moving to achieve standardised if not regional/national training programmes for those whom they sponsor. Financial incentives are increasingly being offered to both students and institutions by bodies such as the AHRC to ensure that adequate training programmes are in place. For students funded by the Wellcome Trust and for other PhD students in the History of Medicine funded from other sources, this has meant their inclusion in general training courses offered by Schools/Faculties and Universities, potentially supplemented by some discipline specific training, though this has in many places been patchy. (ii) The experience of students at Oxford Brookes University, where a discipline specific training programme has been running for three years, is that students tend to complete more quickly and come out into the job market better equipped (in terms of publications, ability to write grant applications and public speaking skills) where they are offered a programme tailored to the particular problems and opportunities attached to doing a PhD in the History of Medicine. (iii) The recent Social History of Medicine Conference sponsored by the Trust demonstrated clearly the overlapping nature of research interests of doctoral students in Institutions at different ends of the country. A national training programme would bring together all PhD students at the start of their studies and provide a forum for the sharing of knowledge and social networks, as well as a platform for self-organisation. (iv) While Wellcome Trust History of Medicine Grant Panel is keen to support young postdoctoral scholars, the committee has been disappointed by the quality of applications and the small number of publications generated at the doctoral stage. The experience of Oxford Brookes University shows that this situation can be addressed by sharing knowledge, creating opportunities for students to discuss their work and providing training in areas such as publications and grant writing. To this end, we propose to hold a series of one day workshops to be jointly staffed by academics and administrators from Oxford Brookes University and the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL.

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 3600
Applicant Surname King
Approval Committee Medical History and Humanities Funding Committee
Award Date 2006-08-30T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2005/06
Grant Programme: Title Small grant in H&SS
Internal ID 081353/Z/06/Z
Lead Applicant Prof Steven King
Other Applicant(s) Prof Harold Cook
Partnership Value 3600
Planned Dates: End Date 2007-07-06T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2006-10-07T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region South East