Events

Click the buttons below to find out what's on offer this semester.
On a laptop or computer?
Programme Desktop VersionOn a mobile device?
Programme PDF VersionPlease note: training & events are bookable 4 weeks in advance, and booking will close one working day before the event takes place, unless otherwise stated.
Training provided by the Graduate School can be booked via MyFuture. Once logged in go to:
Events > Workshops (Careers, Graduate School & LDS)
Type 'GS' into the keyword section to get a list of training and events provided by the Graduate School.
January

Catalyst Co-Founders Programme: Information Session
Information Event
Date: 27/01/2021
Time: 11:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Preparing Your Digital Toolkit
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 27/01/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Postgraduate Skills Workshop: Criticality
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 27/01/2021
Time: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Postgraduate Skills Workshop: Academic Writing - Sentence Mechanics and Punctuation
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 28/01/2021
Time: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Preparing for the Viva
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 28/01/2021
Time: 2:00PM - 5:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Postgraduate Skills Workshop: Academic Writing: Structuring, Editing and Proofreading
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 29/01/2021
Time: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams
February

Graduate Plus Information Session
Information Event, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 1/02/2021
Time: 3:30PM - 4:10PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Researcher Plus Information Session
Information Event
Date: 1/02/2021
Time: 4:20PM - 5:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Future Ready: Succeeding in Non-Academic Interviews
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 2/02/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

University of East Anglia: Writing & Structuring an Effective Thesis
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 2/02/2021
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: Online

Tell Your Research Story: In the Three Minute Thesis Competition
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 3/02/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Postgraduate Research Induction
Information Event
Date: 4/02/2021
Time: 9:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Building Your Emotional Resilience
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 4/02/2021
Time: 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Innovation After Hours with Linzi Rooney
Lecture / Talk / Discussion
Date: 4/02/2021
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

How to Write a Successful CV
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 8/02/2021
Time: 3:00PM - 5:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Future Ready: Succeeding In Academic Interviews
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 9/02/2021
Time: 2:00PM - 5:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

University of East Anglia: What should a Literature Review Do?
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 9/02/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Online

University of East Anglia: A Comparison of Qualitative Methods
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 9/02/2021
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: Online

Postgraduate Virtual Café
Community Event, Social
Date: 10/02/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 10:30AM
Location: Microsoft Teams

How to Complete a Competency Based Application Form
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 10/02/2021
Time: 11:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

University of East Anglia: Writing Effectively
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 10/02/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Online

10 Tips for Acing Your Next Virtual Interview
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 11/02/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Tell Your Research Story: In Articles for Publication
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 11/02/2021
Time: 2:00PM - 5:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Practice Your Interview Skills
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 12/02/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Virtual Tour of the Graduate School
Community Event, Social
Date: 16/02/2021
Time: 2:00PM - 2:30PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Future Ready: Writing Effective Funding Proposals
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 16/02/2021
Time: 2:00PM - 5:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

University of East Anglia: Academic Publishing
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 16/02/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Online

University of East Anglia: Qualitative Interviewing
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 16/02/2021
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: Online

University of East Anglia: Writing & Structuring an Effective Thesis
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 17/02/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Online

How to start your LinkedIn Profile
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 17/02/2021
Time: 11:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Start-Up Visa: Information Session
Information Event
Date: 17/02/2021
Time: 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Tell Your Research Story: At Conferences
Masterclass, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 18/02/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: The Graduate School

Postgraduate Skills Workshop: Time Management
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 22/02/2021
Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Unlock the Power of Your Personality
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 22/02/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Future Ready: How to Find a Job
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 23/02/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

University of East Anglia: Analysing Qualitative Data
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 23/02/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Online

Postgraduate Skills Workshop: Avoiding Plagiarism
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 23/02/2021
Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

University of East Anglia: Using NVivo for Qualitative Research
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 23/02/2021
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: Online

How to Write a Successful CV
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 24/02/2021
Time: 11:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Postgraduate Skills Workshop: Criticality
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 24/02/2021
Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

University of East Anglia: Preparing for your VIVA
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 24/02/2021
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: Online

Tell Your Research Story: To The Media
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 25/02/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

How to Complete a Competency Based Application Form
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 25/02/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Postgraduate Skills Workshop: Academic Writing - Sentence Mechanics and Punctuation
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 25/02/2021
Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Make It Happen Fund: Information Session
Information Event
Date: 25/02/2021
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Practice Your Interview Skills
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 26/02/2021
Time: 1:00PM - 4:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Postgraduate Skills Workshop: Academic Writing: Structuring, Editing and Proofreading
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 26/02/2021
Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams
March

Master Your Future Success
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 1/03/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Future Ready - Employer Engagement Event
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 2/03/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

On the Job: Securing a First Academic Post
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 2/03/2021
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: Online

Understanding Photographs
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 3/03/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

10 Tips for Acing Your Next Virtual Interview
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 3/03/2021
Time: 11:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

How to Write a Successful CV
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 4/03/2021
Time: 3:00PM - 5:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

An Introduction to Teaching
Training / Learning & Development
Date: 4/03/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Practice Your Interview Skills
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 5/03/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Virtual Tour of the Graduate School
Community Event, Social
Date: 9/03/2021
Time: 2:00PM - 2:30PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Tell Your Research Story: Ethics in Research (Promoting Trust and Credibility)
Masterclass, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 9/03/2021
Time: 3:00PM - 5:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

University of East Anglia: Preparing Impactful Research Proposals & Grant Applications
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 9/03/2021
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: Online

How to Complete a Competency Based Application Form
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 9/03/2021
Time: 3:00PM - 5:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Postgraduate Virtual Café
Community Event, Social
Date: 10/03/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 10:30AM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Future Ready: Project Management and Your Research
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 10/03/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

The Ethics of Using Visual Research Methods
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 10/03/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

10 Tips for Acing Your Next Virtual Interview
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 10/03/2021
Time: 2:00PM - 4:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

How to start your LinkedIn Profile
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 11/03/2021
Time: 2:00PM - 4:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Building Your Emotional Resilience
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 11/03/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Future Ready - Commercialising Your Research
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 16/03/2021
Time: 11:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

10 Tips for Creating an Excellent PhD Research Proposal
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 16/03/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 11:00AM
Location: Microsoft Teams

University of East Anglia: What should a Literature Review Do?
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 16/03/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Online

University of East Anglia: Teaching Skills: Preparing & Delivering Seminars
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 16/03/2021
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: Online

University of East Anglia: Writing Effectively
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 17/03/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Online

Postgraduate Skills Workshop: Time Management
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 22/03/2021
Time: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

How to Peer Review
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 23/03/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Future Ready - Tomorrow's Leaders, Today
Masterclass, Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 23/03/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Postgraduate Skills Workshop: Avoiding Plagiarism
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 23/03/2021
Time: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

University of East Anglia: Academic Publishing
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 23/03/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Online

Preparing & Delivering Lectures
Masterclass, Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 23/03/2021
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: Online

University of East Anglia: Writing & Structuring an Effective Thesis
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 24/03/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Online

Using Photographs in Research Dissemination
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 24/03/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Postgraduate Skills Workshop: Criticality
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 24/03/2021
Time: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Unlock the Power of Your Personality
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 25/03/2021
Time: 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Postgraduate Skills Workshop: Academic Writing - Sentence Mechanics and Punctuation
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 25/03/2021
Time: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Postgraduate Skills Workshop: Academic Writing: Structuring, Editing and Proofreading
Training / Learning & Development, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 26/03/2021
Time: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Tell Your Research Story: At Conferences
Masterclass, Workshop / Seminar / Course
Date: 30/03/2021
Time: 2:00PM - 5:00PM
Location: The Graduate School
Ongoing: Community & Wellbeing

Shut Up & Write for Postgraduates
Community Event
Date: 4/01/2021
Time: 1:00PM - 4:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Postgraduate Book Club
Community Event
Date: 5/01/2021
Time: 5:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Mindful Meditation for Postgraduates
Community Event
Dates: 13/01/2021 - 26/05/2021
Time: 2:30PM - 3:30PM
Location: Microsoft Teams

Rejuvenation Yoga for Postgraduates (Ongoing)
Community Event, Social
Date: 19/01/2021
Time: 2:00PM - 3:15PM
Location: Zoom
Ongoing: Academic Essentials

Technology and Library Skills
Dates: 7/09/2020 - 15/03/2021
Time: 9:30AM - 1:00PM
Location: McClay Library

1-2-1 Academic Writing Support for Postgraduates
Training / Learning & Development
Dates: 2/09/2020 - 15/12/2020
Time: 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Location: Microsoft Teams
Ongoing: Careers and Employability

1-2-1 Careers and Employability Support for Postgraduates
Training / Learning & Development
Dates: 1/09/2020 - 18/12/2020
Time: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams
Professional Code of Conduct
The Code of Conduct has been established to set out the respect and professionalism expected of all Queen’s postgraduate students with respect to their personal, professional and academic skills development and learning, and the responsibilities undertaken by the Graduate School to make this a welcoming, valuable and impactful experience for all postgraduate students.
Read the full policy by clicking here.