17
June
2025
WRDTP 14th Annual Conference: Social Science, Care and Hope
The Wave
University of Sheffield, 2 Whitham Rd, Sheffield S10 2AH
30
June
2025
Qualitative Methods Reading Group
Online training
BYO computer, your address
17
July
2025
WHC Pathway Writing Mornings
Online training
BYO computer, your address
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.
Book a training session now Upcoming training and events
See what's coming up in 2024-25 Provisional Training Calendar 2024-25
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 | 30 October 2024 |
| Research Data Management & Open Scholarship | 26 November 2024 & 29 April 2025 |
| Advanced Methods Showcase | 15 January 2025 |
| Annual Conference | 17 June 2025 |
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.
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.
