Programme G: Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice for Emerging Scholars (CAPES)
Strategic Purpose
Doctoral candidates and early-career researchers are the next generation of the academic profession. CAPES provides structured, evidence-based training in the core competencies of academic practice — ensuring emerging scholars enter the profession ready to teach, research, publish, and lead with confidence.
Who It Is For
- Doctoral candidates preparing for the academic job market
- Postdoctoral researchers building their publication and teaching profile
- Early-career academics in the first 1–3 years of a faculty appointment
- Institutions seeking structured doctoral professional development programmes
Key Learning Outcomes
- Develop a clear, strategic academic career development plan
- Strengthen scholarly writing, grant applications, and journal publication skills
- Build foundational teaching and supervision practice for academic roles
- Engage confidently in the professional and institutional dimensions of academic life
Delivery Model
- Blended (primarily online with synchronous sessions)
- Open to all disciplines
- Institutional cohorts welcome
- Duration : 16 weeks
