The Research Methods Course (RMC), convened by Martina Margetts, Senior Research Tutor, was developed specifically to prepare MPhil and PhD students for research at a higher level, and to address central concerns of research in Art and Design. The course is taught by staff College-wide and by visiting speakers and lecturers. Cited as an example of national good practice by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAAHE), the RMC aims to enhance and develop the transferable and career skills of postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers at the RCA. As the RCA is a small, specialist institution, the RMC has been structured through the creation of innovative networks with neighbouring Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), business and industry, museums and galleries and the London Hub of UK GRAD. Discipline development and subject-specific research skills training in practice-based research have been extended through successful collaborative training funding from the AHRC.