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

Entry Requirements

Currently enrolled in a doctoral programme, or holding a doctoral degree within the last 5 years