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Developmental Activity

Development activity within the Postgraduate Researcher Development Programme is any activity which enables students to put into practice the skills they have learnt. Such activity is most beneficial, when supported by personal reflection and feedback with regard to identified areas of strength and areas for improvement. The following are examples of developmental activity which students may wish to engage in:


• Attending or presenting at a conference
• Involvement in writing a paper/poster
• Teaching
• Demonstrating
• Job shadowing and employer visits
• Careers events
• Mentoring
• Supervision of project students
• Student-led initiatives
• Public Engagement Activity

This activity can be recorded in your Qsis account by following the instructions available here.

 

Student - Led Initiatives

Funding is available throughout the year for Student-Led Initiatives. This funding is allocated for training initiatives developed and delivered by postgraduate research students and which benefit other research students.

The initiatives can involve organising a conference, research seminar or some other appropriate training activity. They encourage research students to develop their transferable skills through working independently and in teams on activities that benefit other research students. To apply for funding students must complete an application form outlining the purpose and scope of the initiative and the funding required. The submission must be endorsed by the Head of School.

The application form and guidance notes are available below. Applications can be submitted throughout the year.

Student-Led Initiative Application & Guidelines

 

Researcher Training and Development Fund

The Staff Training and Development Unit (STDU) and Postgraduate Student Centre (PSC) have collaborated to establish a Researcher Training and Development Fund.  

The fund is designed to support researcher development within Queen’s University by providing  funds which enable the delivery of training and development interventions to research staff and postgraduate research students.  Unlike other funding available from the STDU and PSC , which supports researcher development, this fund is not targeted at either research staff or students separately but instead is intended to meet the needs of research staff and students working together in research clusters and other research groups.  Applications with an interdisciplinary focus are strongly encouraged.

Funding will be provided for training and development initiatives which support the career development of researchers. This can include the provision of specific training in relation to research techniques, where the training provides more long-term benefits with regards to career development . The application form attached to this email provides some examples of the type of training initiative which could be supported.   

The deadline for receipt of applications is Thursday 9th May at 4pm.  Following receipt of applications a panel of academic and academic-related staff will decide on the allocation of funding. The maximum amount of funding available to support a single initiative is £3000, which may form all or part of the funding towards an initiative.  It is anticipated that  those successful  will be contacted before the end of June 2013.  Depending on available resources, it is likely that further rounds of funding will be available in 2013-14.

An application form can be downloaded here and should be sent to the Staff Training and Development Unit, address below or emailed to training@qub.ac.uk

If you have any questions with regards to the fund, please contact the following people:

Research staff should contact:

Paul Monahan

Staff Training and Development Unit

7 Lennoxvale

Tel: 028 9097 6632

p.monahan@qub.ac.uk

 

Postgraduate Research Students should contact:

Heather McGregor

Postgraduate Student Centre

Tel: 028 9097 2538

h.mcgregor@qub.ac.uk