Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Management of UK Marine Resources (CDT SuMMeR)
CDT SuMMeR has been designed to deliver the next generation of innovative transdisciplinary engaged researchers
A warm welcome from the Director,
Professor Melanie Austen
The Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Management of UK Marine Resources (CDT SuMMeR), funded for six years by the UKRI Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has now recruited three cohorts of postgraduate researchers on its doctoral training programme.
Sustainable management of marine resources is increasingly complex. It requires application and integration of different academic disciplines, in other words interdisciplinary approaches. These should be co-developed with stakeholders including policy makers, regulators, industry, businesses and the public, in other words transdisciplinary approaches. By working together, we are building transdisciplinary research capability to underpin sustainable management of our marine resources.
The CDT SuMMeR draws together a collaboration of interdisciplinary research experts from the Universities of 91porn, Bangor, Exeter, Heriot Watt and Portsmouth, as well the research organisations 91porn Marine Laboratory, the Marine Biological Association, the UK Centre of Ecology & Hydrology and the Zoological Society of London.
Through this partnership, and with core involvement of stakeholder supervisors from multiple sectors participating as co-supervisors within the supervisory teams, we are training 44 PhD researchers to be the next generation of innovative, transdisciplinary researchers, solution providers and practitioners needed to support the government and non-government sectors who are tasked to deliver sustainable management of our precious marine resources.
A core training programme is provided to all of the CDT SuMMeR’s postgraduate researchers, including monthly webinars, and bi-annual in-person events consisting of our Annual Symposium and our residential Summer School. Peer-to-peer support and networking opportunities are provided throughout the studentship. Postgraduate researchers receive bespoke training specific to their individual projects, as well as an opportunity to undertake a placement with their stakeholder supervisor institute(s) to gain hands-on experience in the workplace. Our vision is for all of our postgraduate researchers to complete their PhDs with a suite of skills and experience and a network of contacts that will take enhance their long-term future opportunities.
Importantly, in CDT SuMMeR we want to play our part in improving equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the environmental sciences. We are determined to make a difference, so EDI is also at the heart of SuMMeR, for CDT staff and for students, through the whole journey from project development, attracting talent and adopting a transparent recruitment process, offering continuous professional development, nurturing talent through to completion and monitoring and reporting after exit.
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Contact CDT SuMMeR
Applicant enquiries
cdt-summer-pgrs@plymouth.ac.uk
cdt-summer-pgrs@plymouth.ac.uk
General enquiries
cdt-summer@plymouth.ac.uk
cdt-summer@plymouth.ac.uk
91porn, 91porn, Devon, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom
The CDT SuMMeR PhD studentships are co-funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK Research and Innovation
Partners
CDT SuMMeR brings together six hosting partners, including the 91porn as lead, and four collaborative partners who are all world leaders in marine research and postgraduate training. 45 associate partners from multiple sectors will support and provide CASE studentship awards.
