Sub Category

Research and Enterprise Skills

  • Effective use of voice: Free your voice - Find Your Voice
      Date/Time: To be confirmed   Designed for: Research staff   This is a vocal workshop to help you find your natural voice.  Do you want to get the most from your...
  • Applying your research to policy agendas
    Date: 24 October 2017 Time: 9.30 am - 1.00 pm   Designed for: Researchers who are interested in using the results of their research beyond academia to influence policy makers/service providers...
  • Career Exploration for Researchers
      Dates: 23 November 2017  Time: 9.30 am - 1.00 pm   Exploring the match between the person you are and the job you do.  Topics will include:  Work-Life...
  • Doing Focus Group Research
      To be confirmed   Designed for: Academic and research staff who plan to undertake focus group research   Content: The Focus Group Method: An Outline Conducting a Focus Group -...
  • 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...
  • Planning Your Research Career
      Date: 3 October 2017  Time: 9.30 am - 1.00 pm   This short course provides early career researchers with an introduction to career planning in higher education. The topics explored...
  • Preparing for Academic Interviews
      Dates: 17 October 2017  Time: 9.30 am - 1.00 pm   This course is designed for research staff applying for senior research positions or lecturehips. The topics explored will include;...
  • Presentation Skills for Research Staff
      Date/Time: To be confirmed   Register once for first day to attend both sessions   Designed for: Research Staff   Content: What makes a good presentation? Your...
  • Project Planning and Time Management for Researchers
      Date: 18 October 2017 Time: 9.30 am - 4.30 pm    Course content: Develop skills in project planning techniques Focus on research projects Action planning on your...
  • Writing for Publication: Planning and Writing
      Writing for Publication: Workshop a.) Planning and Writing (Titles, Abstracts, Introductions and Conclusions)   Date: 18 September 2017 Time: 9.30 am - 4.30 pm   Based on practical...
  • Research Ethics for University Staff
      Date/Time: To be confirmed   Designed for: Academic and research staff   Content: Research should be conducted ethically.  Across a wide range of academic disciplines there is...
  • The Effective Researcher (2 day course)
      To be confirmed   Designed for: This programme is aimed at early career staff researchers.   Content: This course provides essential tools and skills for busy researchers.  The...
  • Writing your academic CV
      Dates: 9 November 2017 Time: 9.30 am - 1.00 pm   This course is designed for research staff applying for senior research positions or lectureships.  This is a half-day course that...
  • Communicating the Impact of your Research
      To be confirmed   Overview: A lot of hard work and time goes into conducting research. And then more time and work goes into publishing the results. And yet sadly many papers are never...
  • Communicating Your Research
      To be confirmed   Overview: This workshop will help you develop a strategy for communicating your research. It will look at the classic academic forms of communication – publishing...
  • Creating the Seven Secrets of Highly Successful PhD Students (for supervisors)
      To be confirmed   Overview: You know what your research higher degree (RHD) student should be doing, but it just doesn’t seem to be happening. Despite your best efforts to set up...
  • Developing and Submitting an EPSRC First Grant Scheme Proposal
    Specifically the course will cover the development of an EPSRC First Grant proposal, and covers all aspects of the preparation and submission process and developing a Host Organisation Statement....
  • 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...
  • Ethics and Governance in Health and Social Care Research
      Dates/Times:   Training on use and completion.  Are you planning research involving health and social care patients or clients?  Do you need to seek R&D permission from a...
  • Fellowship Opportunities for Researchers in the Engineering and Physical Science Disciplines
    The workshop will cover opportunities from the RCUK, The Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust. The emphasis will be on the EPSRC scheme and The Royal Academy of Engineering, particularly the Research...
  • 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 The course can be offered for your unit/area if there are 6 or more...
  • Preparing a Fellowship Application
    This workshop will give an overview of the main Fellowship funding schemes available. It will also cover preparation of the various components of a Fellowship application and important aspects which...
  • 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...
  • Scientific Creativity
      To be confirmed   Overview: Creative research is original, useful and non-obvious. It is precisely because it is non-obvious that young researchers need all the help they can get to...
  • The Collaborative Researcher
      To be confirmed   Overview: Collaboration is more than the icing on the research cake; it now lies at the heart of the research model for the 21st Century. Individual researchers wishing...
  • The Engaging Researcher
      Date: 28 November 2017 Time: 9.30 am - 1.00 pm   Aimed at: Academic and Research staff and PhD students   Do you want to learn more about undertaking public engagement in your...
  • Writing for Publication: Researcher Writing Retreat
      Date: 8-9 January 2018 Time: 9.30 am - 4.30 pm   Overview Finding time to write up your research, whether a journal article or book chapter, can be difficult.  This...