Category Archives: Workshops & Training
Making Progress Workshop for part-time researchers
On Monday 19 June 2017, 09.30 – 16.30, The Open University in Milton Keynes is organizing a very interesting workshop, usually seen by students as a a real boost to motivation. The event is free but you will be expected to pay for your own travel. This one day workshop is open to all part-time research students within the UK. There are only few places left, so if you want to attend please book your place as soon as possible. Read the rest of this entry
Graduate School Workshops Coming Up
Here are the Graduate School workshops running for doctoral students and early career researchers from May to July 2017. These workshops are open for booking through the Gateway Calendar. Also listed are Graduate School events. For more information please see the Calendar.
- Word: Working with Long Documents 10 May 2017, from 09:30 to 11:30
- Risk Assessing your Research 10 May 2017, from 11:45 to 13:15
- Systematic literature searching 10 May 2017, from 14:00 to 16:00
- Graduate School PGR Poster competition 17 May 2017, from 10:45 to 14:00
- Reading and writing skills at Level 8 (session 1) 22 May 2017, from 10:00 to 12:00
- Career management for researchers: CV Workshop 23 May 2017, from 10:00 to 12:00
- Shut Up and Write! 23 May 2017, from 13:00 to 16:00
- Part-Time Researcher 25 May 2017, from 09:30 to 16:00
- Social Media Analysis Workshop – Gathering and analysing social media data from Twitter and YouTube 25 May 2017, from 11:00 to 13:00
- Research Ethics Seminar 01 Jun 2017, from 12:00 to 13:30
- Designing Questionnaires 06 Jun 2017, from 10:00 to 12:00
- Analysing Questionnaire Data 06 Jun 2017, from 13:00 to 15:00
- Q Methodology 13 Jun 2017, from 10:00 to 12:00
- Shut Up and Write! 14 Jun 2017, from 10:00 to 13:00
- Reading and writing skills at Level 8 (session 2) 19 Jun 2017, from 10:00 to 12:00
- Graduate School PGR and ECR Conference 20 Jun 2017, from 09:30 to 17:00
- Graduate School Update Day 29 Jun 2017, from 09:30 to 14:00
- An Introduction to Nvivo ( Intermediate) 10 Jul 2017, from 13:00 to 16:00
Writing and Structuring your Thesis
The Graduate School is running a workshop on Writing and Structuring your Thesis on the 2nd of May from 13:15 to 14:45 . This is part of the – Getting Started 1 Development Day – the workshop will take place in Pytchley, PY101, Park Campus, near the student center. Lunch and refreshments are provided so, if you would like some lunch before your session, please come along a bit earlier ( lunch time is 12:30-13:15).
If you wish to attend please book using Gateway.
Finding the Right Funder
Want to Know More about Finding the Right Funder?
This interactive workshop is designed to help you to navigate the funding landscape and will cover topics on identifying the main sources of funding, how to use GRANTfinder effectively and winning tactics on how to increase your chance of success. The session is ideal if you have specific research ideas and would like help in finding external funding for them. Facilitated by Karen Lewis, Bidding Manager for the Research and Strategic Bidding Office.
This workshop will take place on Thursday, 25th May from 10am-12pm in Room S036, Sulgrave Building, Park Campus. To book a place, please click on the Eventbrite link.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finding-the-right-funder-tickets-33207370138
Research Integrity and Ethics compulsory online courses for research students
All research students, who enrolled on a research degree from summer 2016, are required to take an online training course in Research Integrity before they reach the Transfer stage of their doctoral study. The course has been developed by the higher education courseware designer, Epigeum and is designed to provide students with a better understanding of the obligations and responsibilities needed by today’s researchers, along with practical advice on how to deal with the complex situations in which they may find themselves. The course takes roughly 300 minutes to complete, via Epigeum online, and students can dip in and out of it as they wish, juggling training around already busy schedules. Read the rest of this entry
A warm welcome to our spring intake of Postgraduate Researchers
This week, from March 21st to 24th, The Graduate School welcomes 14 new postgraduate research students, all joining the University to start a research degree, some part-time, some full time, with many being members of University staff. Read the rest of this entry
Cumberland Lodge Scholarship Scheme 2017 – 2019
Every year, Cumberland Lodge offers first and second year doctoral students studying at universities in the United Kingdom the chance to develop skills in communication, public engagement and interdisciplinary collaboration through a scholarship scheme. Find out more about the scheme and how to apply: Read the rest of this entry
Creating a draft data managment plan
So… you want to do research?
STOP… THINK… What about the data that is going to form the basis of your research?
Think through the following first and create a draft data managment plan. As your research develops you can modify and update this.
Writing a Winning Bid
All you need to know when Writing a Winning Bid
Writing a winning bid isn’t as simple as just putting your ideas down on paper. Making sure that your written application does your project justice is key to impressing the reviewers and securing funding. Facilitated by Helen Backhouse, Bidding Officer for the Research and Strategic Bidding Office, this workshop will equip you with the tools to write a winning bid of your own.
Tuesday, 25th April from 2-4pm in Room C312, Cottesbrooke Building, Park Campus.
To book your place, please click on the Eventbrite link.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-a-winning-bid-tickets-32531295982
Part-Time Researcher programme for PGRs running on May 25th 2017
If you are a Postgraduate Research Student studying part-time then you might be interested in the Part-Time Researcher Development Day The Graduate School are running on Thursday 25th May, in collaboration with the University of Leicester.
Originally developed through Vitae, the Programme is a day-long series of discussions and workshops, offering part-time research students the time and space to share and discuss issues which directly affect their research degree study.
During the day there will be a number of development sessions, which will include how to get the best from your supervisor at a distance and part-time and a workshop on time, productivity and motivation management. A facilitated discussion on the ethos and problems of part-time research will be tackled through the day, with a problem solving session later on. Additionally, the programme offers a valuable opportunity for students to meet and chat with fellow part-timers to share experiences and solutions.
The programme will be advertised to all part-time research students from the regional Midlands Universities. For more information and to book a place see the Eventbrite booking page. For more information please contact Simone Apel from The Graduate School.
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