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  • Effective use of voice: Free your voice - Find Your Voice
    Date: 23 April 2021 Time: 10:00 - 13:00 Designed for: Research staff An online vocal workshop to help you find your natural voice.Do you want to get the most from your voice?Do you sometimes...
  • Applying your research to policy agendas
    2019/20 Date: To be confirmed.   Designed for: Researchers who are interested in using the results of their research beyond academia to influence policy makers/service providers in the public,...
  • Good Clinical Practice Training
      Good Clinical Practice training is now only delivered through an e-learning package.  Access to the training is controlled by the University’s Research Governance Team or a Health and...
  • Research Ethics for University Staff
      Date: 13 March 2020 Rescheduled date: 27 March 2020 Time: 09:30 - 14:00   Designed for: Academic and research staff   Content: Research should be conducted...
  • The Effective Researcher (2 day course)
      2019/20 Date & Time: To be confirmed.   Designed for: This programme is aimed at relatively early career staff researchers.   Content: The purpose is to give you a chance to...
  • AHSS Research Staff Appreciation Event
        2019/20 Date: To be confirmed.   Overview: Across UK universities about a quarter of full-time academic staff are researchers on fixed-term contracts.  Universities depend...
  • Cognitive behavioural coaching for high performers
      2019/20 Date: To be confirmed   Overview: Thirty years of the best research in psychology has shown that it is possible to change habits and behaviours that can get in the way of us...
  • Copyright and your e-thesis
    Training and Support - Open Access - LibGuides at Queen's University Belfast Content: University requirement for e-thesis Understanding what copyright is What researchers need to consider when...
  • Creating the Seven Secrets of Highly Successful Research Students (for supervisors)
      Date: 29 January 2020 Time: 14:00 - 17:00   Overview: You know what your research higher degree (RHD) student should be doing, but it just doesn’t seem to be happening. ...
  • Developing and Submitting an EPSRC First Grant Scheme Proposal
    The course will cover the development of an EPSRC First Grant proposal, specific aspects include (i) the Case for Support (ii) Pathways to Impact (iii) National Importance (iv) Budget Considerations...
  • Developing your Research Career
    Four-part Programme Workshop 1. Developing your Research Career30 April 2021, 09:00 - 13:00 Workshop 2. Career Management 1: Developing your CV for Researchers07 May 2021, 09:00 - 12:00 Workshop 3....
  • Fellowship Opportunities for Researchers in the Engineering and Physical Science Disciplines
    The course will cover opportunities for Fellowships from a broad range of funders (RAEng, Royal Society, Leverhulme Trust etc) but with a focus on the EPSRC. We will cover proposal writing, Letters...
  • Intellectual Property and Research
      2019/20 Date & Time: To be confirmed.   Designed for: Research staff   This workshop will increase researchers’ Intellectual Property (IP) knowledge and help facilitate...
  • Introduction to Grant Writing - AHSS members
    The course will cover: - How to find funding - An overview of the main funders (AHRC, ESRC, Leverhulme and British Academy) including success rates and review processes - Insights from a panel...
  • Introduction to Grant Writing - EPS
    Specifically the course will cover an introduction to the grant application process, the writing of the proposal components (Case for Support, Pathways to Impact, work programme management (Gantt...
  • Introduction to NVivo
    Course dates are in this 1-page PDF - new dates are added throughout the year - http://go.qub.ac.uk/trainingschedule Designed for: All academic and research staff involved in the collection and...
  • Preparing a MRC Research grant application
    This workshop will cover preparation of the various components of a MRC Research Grant application. The workshop will include presentations from a Queen’s academic who was, until recently, an...
  • Quality Papers: 10 steps to getting published in your target journal
      2019/20 Date & Time: To be confirmed.   You enjoy research, but writing papers is either scary or just takes too long. You are under pressure to 'get published' in high ranking...
  • The Collaborative Researcher (2 day course)
      2019/20 Date & Time: To be confirmed.   Collaboration is more than the icing on the research cake; it now lies at the heart of the research model for the 21st Century. ...
  • The Engaging Researcher
      2019/20 Date & Time:  To be confirmed.   Overview: Do you want to learn more about undertaking public engagement in your research? This event will provide researchers with the...
  • Turbocharge your Writing
      Date 29 January 2020 Time 09:30 - 12:30   Content: Would you like to know the secret to high output, low stress scholarly writing?  In academia it is often assumed that writing...
  • Writing for Publication: Researcher Writing Retreat
      Date: 30 June 2021 Time: 9.30am-4.30pm   Overview Finding time to write up your research can be difficult.  This event has been organised to provide researchers with an opportunity...
  • Developing your CV for Researchers
      *Please note: if you have already registered for the Developing Your Research Career programme, you have automatically been reserved a place on this course, and there is no need to register...
  • Preparing for Interviews for Researchers
      *Please note: if you have already registered for the Developing Your Research Career programme, you have automatically been reserved a place on this course, and there is no need to register...
  • Getting Your First Article Published
    This training course is aimed at Postgraduate Research students, but also early career researchers and staff. It will include information on publishing your first article, where to publish, using...
  • Copyright for supervisors
    Are you a PGR supervisor? Confused about copyright? This is designated, condensed training for those who supervise Postgraduate Research (PGR) students who wish...
  • Developing Resilience: for those Working in a Research Environment
      Date: 14 April 2021 Time: 09:30 - 13:00   Overview Resilience is how you ‘bounce back’ from a difficult situation. The outcome will contribute to you being more consistently...
  • Communication Skills for Researchers
      Date/Time: 9 October 2019 13.30 - 16.30   Designed for: Research Staff   Content: Whether you need to communicate with potential or current collaborators or have a challenging...
  • Open Access - The Future of Academic Publishing
    Content:  An overview of open access and its benefits Plan S and the Wellcome Trust's OA policy requirments What to consider when publishing The support and guidance available to Queen's...
  • Communicating the Impact of your Research
      Date 28 January 2020 Time 14:30 - 17:00   Content: This workshop will help you develop a strategy for communicating your research. It will look at the classic academic forms of...
  • Promoting Yourself and Your Research
      Date:08 February 2021 Time:09:30 - 12:00   Designed for:Academic and research staff   Content: A lot of hard work and time goes into conducting research. And then more time and work...
  • Experiences Beyond the Postdoc
    Date: 15 December 2020 Time: 12:30 - 14:00 Venue: via MS Teams Designed for: Research staff This session will provide EPS postdocs with an opportunity to explore wider career...
  • Project Management in a Research Environment (2-part)
    Part 1: Introduction to Project Management Techniques -  26th April 2021, 10:00-12:00 Part 2: Project Management in a Research Environment: Queen’s approach - 10th...
  • Networking and Profile Building for Researchers
    As a researcher you need to learn how to promote yourself and build up a network around your research. The people you present to and discuss your research with will usually be those who work in...