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As a Postgraduate Research Student at the University of Aberdeen you are part of a University that is dedicated to supporting you both while you study, and while you prepare for employment on completion of your studies.

This website, along with the Skills for Research Excellence programme, is designed to provide support for you to maximise your personal and career development during your time at Aberdeen. Our skills training programmes are timed to support your research cycle to ensure you develop skills appropriate to where you are in your study plan. The skills you gain will help you to focus the learning opportunities your research studies present to you, thereby providing a skill base for life beyond your postgraduate work.

Vitae is a national organisation for the personal, professional & career development of doctoral researchers and research staff in higher education institutions and research institutes. It builds on work and activities of the UK GRAD Programme for postgraduate researchers and is funded by the Research Councils UK [Vitae Website]