HDR competencies to aim for and curricula to get there | Notion

Note: learning outcome source is Design Options for the Future Doctorate (2018)

Analytical skills (e.g., quantitative reasoning, critical thinking, creative thinking, problem solving)

Recommended curricula

A Crash Course in Causality: Inferring Causal Effects from Observational Data

Recommended milestones

[ ] Publish a paper demonstrating skills in challenging quantitative analysis
[ ] Publish a paper demonstrating ability to make strong causal inferences

Discipline-specific competence (e.g., discipline knowledge, specific technical skills, discipline-specific attitudes)

Recommended milestones

[ ] Publish a paper in a good journal for the field (i.e., impact factor > 4 for most fields; education 5 or 5* journal)
[ ] Tutor in the subject you'd like to work in

Interpersonal capabilities (e.g., influencing, empathising, communication, networking, teamwork)

Recommended curricula

Introduction to Public Speaking

Writing in the Sciences

Recommended reading / watching

Franconeri, S. L., Padilla, L. M., Shah, P., Zacks, J. M., & Hullman, J. (2021). The Science of Visual Data Communication: What Works. Psychological Science in the Public Interest: A Journal of the American Psychological Society, 22(3), 110–161. https://doi.org/10.1177/15291006211051956

Franconeri et al. 2021 - The Science of Visual Data Communication - What Works.pdf

Recommended milestones