This interactive workshop will explore the keys skills and activities required to successfully complete an application process for an academic position.  It will discuss the range of application methods used in the UK and how to approach them including how to tackle personal statements and covering letters.  Focus will be given to the academic CV as a key requirement including providing participants with the chance to critique sample CV’s and receive peer feedback on their own CV which they will be required to create and bring with them to the workshop.

This workshop will provide participants with an understanding of the academic interview process (as commonly founded in UK academic institutions).  It will explore how to effectively prepare for academic interviews with a focus on identifying and answering interview questions.  Participants will then have the opportunity to gain perspective of the interview process from both the side of the interviewer and interviewee by practicing asking and answering interview questions and giving /receiving feedback.

This interactive workshop will explore the keys skills and activities required to successfully complete the application process for a professional or graduate position for non academic positions. It will discuss the range of application methods used in the UK and how to approach them including how to tackle competency based application forms and writing a non-academic CV and covering letter.

Participants with the chance to practice competency based questions, critique sample CV’s and receive peer feedback on their own CV which they will be required to create and bring with them to the workshop.

This workshop will provide participants with an understanding of the interview process for both graduate and professional jobs in the UK.  It will explore how to effectively prepare for interviews with a focus on identifying and answering interview questions.  Participants will then have the opportunity to gain perspective of the interview process from both the side of the interviewer and interviewee by practicing asking and answering interview questions and giving/receiving feedback.

In these evening workshops we will explore ways of thinking faster and further than anyone else. Professor Curious will challenge the audience to think differently. In collaborative teams you will discover new ways of thinking and explore unusual topics.  You will receive a ‘License to Think’ on successfully completing the secret tasks.

You are a walking ambassador for your area of expertise and for your own career. Get it right and you increase your chances of success, get it wrong and frustration will become your constant companion.

This is a practical workshop that examines the whole area of personal and professional projection. It is based upon the three pillars of personal success:

• Projecting confidence
• Developing and maintaining trusting relationships
• Projecting quality

An introduction to the process of managing projects and the tools to assist in planning and tracking progress; this course is intended to be immediately applicable to planning and managing academic and research project as well as commercial projects. It covers the theory and principles of project management within the context of the Project Management Institute.

During this 1-day course, participants will:

• Learn the basics of the project planning process and receive a set of checklists and guidelines that you can use immediately on any project
• Appreciate the fundamental principles of a well-led and well directed project, such as identifying and scheduling tasks, activities, milestones and understanding and managing stakeholders
• Be aware of the critical factors that will influence whether a project will be successful or not, including identifying and managing risk
• Use practical, group-based exercises to reinforce and enhance the skills learned
• Create work breakdown structures, network diagrams, critical path and PERT analysis, Gantt charts and other techniques that ensure robust project control

A more in-depth and hands-on experience of Project Management, where delegates practice and integrate previous project management training and techniques. This event uses applied learning to further embed project management skills and knowledge in reference to the Project Management Institute.

During this 1-day course, participants will:

• Follow a case study from initial conception through to full project initiation and implementation using practical, group-based exercises to apply learning to ‘real world’ situations and requests
• Practice more advanced work breakdown structures, network diagrams, critical path and PERT analysis, Gantt charts and other techniques that ensure robust project control
• Demonstrate planning a project from initiation to completion
• Manage and adapt the plan to meet challenging requests in terms of scope creep, resource change, change requests, and cost/budget challenges
• Understand the impact of human “utility” on project planning and management
• Learn techniques to identify risks, quantitatively and qualitatively assess probability and impact and use a 5-point assessment matrix to categorise risk and then undertake a proactive, detailed risk analysis of the case study by following a rigorous and robust risk management process
• Be able to calculate and justify EMV and project contingency

Your research is going well and you're on track for delivering your doctoral thesis. Then what?  Have you considered what the next steps might be?  Have you ever thought about the skills a doctorate equips you with and what you'll need to develop in order to take the next steps.  Our 'careers' courses help you to sell your skills and target the right sort of jobs, but what if you're not sure of what you have to offer or what your particular strengths are?

This half day session will get you thinking about the skills you have, what you need to develop and how.

The course will be delivered by Dr Steve Hutchinson. After doing a PhD in Behavioural Ecology and working in academia, Steve moved to the area of training and development. Prior to setting up his company he led researcher development programmes at the Universities of York and Leeds and was the UKGRAD hub coordinator for Yorkshire and the Northeast.

Your research is going well and you're on track for delivering your doctoral thesis. Then what?  Have you considered what the next steps might be?  Have you ever thought about the skills a doctorate equips you with and what you'll need to develop in order to take the next steps.  Our 'careers' courses help you to sell your skills and target the right sort of jobs, but what if you're not sure of what you have to offer or what your particular strengths are?

This half day session will get you thinking about the skills you have, what you need to develop and how.

The course will be delivered by Dr Steve Hutchinson. After doing a PhD in Behavioural Ecology and working in academia, Steve moved to the area of training and development. Prior to setting up his company he led researcher development programmes at the Universities of York and Leeds and was the UKGRAD hub coordinator for Yorkshire and the Northeast.

A more in-depth and hands-on experience of Project Management, where delegates practice and integrate previous project management training and techniques. This event uses applied learning to further embed project management skills and knowledge in reference to the Project Management Institute.

During this 1-day course, participants will:

• Follow a case study from initial conception through to full project initiation and implementation using practical, group-based exercises to apply learning to ‘real world’ situations and requests
• Practice more advanced work breakdown structures, network diagrams, critical path and PERT analysis, Gantt charts and other techniques that ensure robust project control
• Demonstrate planning a project from initiation to completion
• Manage and adapt the plan to meet challenging requests in terms of scope creep, resource change, change requests, and cost/budget challenges
• Understand the impact of human “utility” on project planning and management
• Learn techniques to identify risks, quantitatively and qualitatively assess probability and impact and use a 5-point assessment matrix to categorise risk and then undertake a proactive, detailed risk analysis of the case study by following a rigorous and robust risk management process
• Be able to calculate and justify EMV and project contingency

The delegate will be introduced to tried and tested management techniques for dealing with complex and ill-defined projects. It focuses on the remaining material needed for the CAPM exam.

During this 1-day course, participants will:

• Learn about initiating complex projects and programmes including reconciling stakeholder priorities and constituting the project board
• Prioritise multiple projects, establish the project slate and calculate the cost of changed priorities
• Be aware of phased project delivery, distinguish needs and wants and avoiding "gold plating"
• Understand establishing a project office, defining function and responsibility, recruiting appropriate staff and identifying training and certification needs
• Explore how to manage change effectively in a project environment
• Learn effective work allocation including scheduling multiple tasks and Goldratt's Theory of Constraints
• Understand different project types and alternative project management methodologies
• Learn to employ Earned Value Analysis (EVA), computing CV, SV, CPI, SVI, and predicting likely outcomes
• Appreciate ethics and professionalism in projects and the need to comply with rigorous standards of behaviour

This interactive workshop will explore the keys skills and activities required to successfully complete an application process for an academic position.  It will discuss the range of application methods used in the UK and how to approach them including how to tackle personal statements and covering letters.  Focus will be given to the academic CV as a key requirement including providing participants with the chance to critique sample CV’s and receive peer feedback on their own CV which they will be required to create and bring with them to the workshop.

This workshop will provide participants with an understanding of the academic interview process (as commonly founded in UK academic institutions).  It will explore how to effectively prepare for academic interviews with a focus on identifying and answering interview questions.  Participants will then have the opportunity to gain perspective of the interview process from both the side of the interviewer and interviewee by practicing asking and answering interview questions and giving/receiving feedback.

This interactive workshop will explore the keys skills and activities required to successfully complete the application process for a professional or graduate position for non academic positions. It will discuss the range of application methods used in the UK and how to approach them including how to tackle competency based application forms and writing a non-academic CV and covering letter.

Participants with the chance to practice competency based questions, critique sample CV’s and receive peer feedback on their own CV which they will be required to create and bring with them to the workshop.

This workshop will provide participants with an understanding of the interview process for both graduate and professional jobs in the UK.  It will explore how to effectively prepare for interviews with a focus on identifying and answering interview questions.  Participants will then have the opportunity to gain perspective of the interview process from both the side of the interviewer and interviewee by practicing asking and answering interview questions and giving /receiving feedback.

The delegate will be introduced to tried and tested management techniques for dealing with complex and ill-defined projects. It focuses on the remaining material needed for the CAPM exam.

During this 1-day course, participants will:

• Learn about initiating complex projects and programmes including reconciling stakeholder priorities and constituting the project board
• Prioritise multiple projects, establish the project slate and calculate the cost of changed priorities
• Be aware of phased project delivery, distinguish needs and wants and avoiding "gold plating"
• Understand establishing a project office, defining function and responsibility, recruiting appropriate staff and identifying training and certification needs
• Explore how to manage change effectively in a project environment
• Learn effective work allocation including scheduling multiple tasks and Goldratt's Theory of Constraints
• Understand different project types and alternative project management methodologies
• Learn to employ Earned Value Analysis (EVA), computing CV, SV, CPI, SVI, and predicting likely outcomes
• Appreciate ethics and professionalism in projects and the need to comply with rigorous standards of behaviour

The delegate will be introduced to tried and tested management techniques for dealing with complex and ill-defined projects. It focuses on the remaining material needed for the CAPM exam.

During this 1-day course, participants will:

• Learn about initiating complex projects and programmes including reconciling stakeholder priorities and constituting the project board
• Prioritise multiple projects, establish the project slate and calculate the cost of changed priorities
• Be aware of phased project delivery, distinguish needs and wants and avoiding "gold plating"
• Understand establishing a project office, defining function and responsibility, recruiting appropriate staff and identifying training and certification needs
• Explore how to manage change effectively in a project environment
• Learn effective work allocation including scheduling multiple tasks and Goldratt's Theory of Constraints
• Understand different project types and alternative project management methodologies
• Learn to employ Earned Value Analysis (EVA), computing CV, SV, CPI, SVI, and predicting likely outcomes
• Appreciate ethics and professionalism in projects and the need to comply with rigorous standards of behaviour