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College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (CHMLS)

The College provides mandatory training for all Year 1 PGR students, and is optional for all other PGR students from CHLS.  The training covers subjects on the Principles of Research Methodology in Health and Life Sciences.  The programme will provide students with an introduction to the core research methods appropriate to their discipline.  This academic year, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the training will take remotely via Blackboard Learn.  Details will be sent to you by email.


Training takes place in Term 1 and Term 2 each year and the next session will be held from 3-6 November 2020 inclusive.  There are also compulsory online modules which should be watched and then a short multiple  choice test completed at the end of the module.   

Sessions with the suffix (A) are compulsory for all first year students, (B) are for students of Life Sciences and (C) for students of Health Sciences.  

PLEASE NOTE: The College research methods training is in addition to the training provided by the Graduate School via the Research Development Tool.