Teaching and Learning

The CARTA Curricula

We invite you to use or adapt the four CARTA Curricula for your own students, PhD supervisors, colleagues, and systems.

  • PhD Training, covering the full journey to a doctorate through research.
  • Supervision, enriching PhD support skills and thinking.
  • Institutional Support, engaging academic and administrative staff in structural steps towards excellence in research and training.
  • Graduate Grant-Writing, guiding early-career post-docs in the transition to their research careers.

Why should I use CARTA's materials?

What are the CARTA Curricula and how do I use them?

What are the key features of CARTA's approach to teaching and learning?

Why should I use CARTA's materials?

What are the CARTA Curricula and how do I use them?

What are the key features of CARTA's approach to teaching and learning?

What do CARTA activities look like in action? Watch this set of videos to find out.

This is a test period. Please send any feedback to cartacurricula@aphrc.org
Academic Writing

CARTA partnered with ESE:O to produce teaching resources in academic writing and critical thinking. The ESE:O methodology builds capacity in writing to facilitate inclusion into academia and policy making.

The ESE:O-CARTA manual – A Critical Approach to Scientific Reading and Writing – guides students to write doctoral theses, research articles, and book chapters that are well-structured, logically coherent, and engaging. For PhD students, the approach works well with ongoing support from writing mentors.

The curriculum for PhD training includes sessions to introduce this approach and a series of video animations to support the learning.