Training & Events

We offer training to all social sciences research students across our partner Universities.

Our training sessions are linked to our 7 interdisciplinary pathways, focus on developing advanced methodological expertise, and/or focus on areas of broad appeal to all research students (for example, relating to academic and professional skills development, researcher wellbeing or post-PhD careers and employability). WRDTP training is organised and supported by experienced academic researchers with disciplinary and methodological expertise from across the social sciences.

Please note that more information about the training taking place in the 2025-26 academic year will be available in October.

Book a training session now Upcoming training and events

See who is involved in delivering our training View our training teams

Access a range of training resources, including recordings from previous WRDTP training sessions View our training resources

Want to improve your data skills? Find out more about our 'Introduction to Finding and Using Data' online course

Want support for a student network? Have an idea for a student-led training event? Find out more about our Student-Led Network and Events Scheme

We also offer four large events and conferences each academic year.

They are compulsory for ESRC funded PhD research students who have just embarked on their first year of PhD study to attend. All non-ESRC funded students from the WRDTP partner institutions are also welcome to attend this training.

Event Date
Welcome Event Wednesday 29th October 2025
Research Data Management & Open Scholarship Tuesday 18th November 2025
Advanced Methods Showcase Tuesday 13th January 2026
Annual Conference June 2026 (TBC)

Slides and recordings of these sessions are available in the Training Resources area after the event.

Other sources of training

In addition to the training offered by the White Rose DTP, there are a variety of training opportunities at partner universities and across the UK research network.

Manchester Metropolitan University – Doctoral College
Sheffield Hallam University – Training and Development
University of Bradford – Researcher Development Framework
University of Hull – Doctoral College
University of Leeds – Doctoral College
University of Sheffield – Researcher Development
University of York – Graduate Research School
The UK Data Service provides access and training to use the UK’s largest collection of economic, population and social research data.
The National Centre for Research Methods delivers training and resources covering quantitative, qualitative, digital, creative, visual, mixed and multimodal methods.