Date/time |
Session |
Session format |
RDF sub-domain |
RD Roadmap theme |
PGR stage aimed at |
4 Mar
10am-12.30pm
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Developing Effective Writing Practices
This interactive workshop will introduce you to different tools and techniques to boost your writing productivity.
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Workshop (in-person) |
A1: Knowledge base A2: Cognitive Abilities A3: Creativity |
Progress |
Early, mid, late |
4 Mar
2-4.30pm
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Maintaining Momentum for Mid Stage PGRs
This workshop will provide an opportunity, for those who are in the middle of their postgraduate research programme, to identify strategies to increase motivation and stay productive.
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Workshop (in-person) |
B2: Self-management C1: Professional conduct
|
Progress |
Mid |
6 Mar
10.30am-12pm
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Route to Clarity; career transition as a research process
This interactive workshop provides an overview of how to effective manage your PhD career transition comparing the process to research and guiding you through our three-part model to enable you to explore, understand and plan for your next professional focus. You will learn about PhD employment themes, pause and evaluate what you know about your own options, gaps, and where to locate career information to plan next steps.
|
Workshop (in-person) |
B2: Self-management B3: Professional and career development C1: Professional conduct D2: Communication and Dissemination D3: Engagement and Impact
|
Thrive |
Mid, late |
7 Mar
1-3pm
|
Utilising your Doctorate; professional value for employers
This interactive workshop will guide participants in understanding and researching their current value to employers supporting them to frame their transferable skills and experience for job applications and interview. This session provides, identify transferable skills gained through research training, contemplate the potential value of these for employers, learn how to communicate skills gained effectively, a space to individually identify current skills and those to be developed.
|
Workshop (in-person) |
A2: Cognitive Abilities B1: Personal Qualities B2: Self-Management B3: Professional and Career Development C1: Professional Conduct D2: Communication and Dissemination
|
Thrive |
Mid, late |
8 Mar
2-4pm
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Presenting without Fear
Presentation skills are critical to success in nearly every profession and even more so as a researcher. Learn how to design presentations that will hold people's attention, present your ideas with confidence, and engage an audience by presenting well‐organized material in an understandable format.
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Workshop (online) |
D2: Communication and Dissemination
|
Advance |
Early, mid, late |
11 Mar
10am-12.30pm
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Viva Preparation in HLS
This faculty forum will provide an opportunity, for those close to submitting their thesis, to develop a detailed understanding of the viva process, share their concerns about their viva, know what to expect on the day of the viva and be able to prepare for their viva with confidence. An experienced academic colleague from the Faculty will be in attendance to answer questions.
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Faculty forum (in-person) |
A1: Knowledge base A2: Cognitive abilities A3: Creativity B1: Personal qualities C1: Professional conduct
|
Progress |
Late |
14 Mar
9.30am-12.30pm
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Communicating Visually
Communicating visually is an essential tool to learn for researchers who want to enhance their communication activities such as presentations and papers. This interactive workshop will introduce the types of visual formats including standard graphs, information visualisations and graphics for publication.
|
Workshop (online) |
D2: Communication and Dissemination
|
Advance |
Late |
20 Mar
10am-12.30pm
|
Maintaining Momentum for Mid Stage PGRs
This workshop will provide an opportunity, for those who are in the middle of their postgraduate research programme, to identify strategies to increase motivation and stay productive.
|
Workshop (in-person) |
B2: Self-management C1: Professional conduct
|
Progress |
Mid |
22 Mar
10-11.30am
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Articulating your Research Skills
Identifying the skills you’ve developed during your PhD and how you can put these across in a variety of contexts to help with job searching or finding collaborators.
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Workshop (in-person) |
B3: Professional and Career Development
|
Thrive |
Late |
22 Mar
1.30-4.30pm
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Developing Research Collaborations
Research collaborations can be exciting, but also a cause of stress. This workshop looks at the things you need to think about in advance to be sure it’s worth putting the time into and then to build strong relationships and set yourself up for a successful collaboration.
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Workshop (in-person) |
B3: Professional and Career Development |
Thrive |
Late |
25 Mar
2-4.30pm
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Powerful Posters
Poster presentations give an ideal opportunity to speak to people about your work, talking points to discuss and explore your work – but how can you do this as effectively as possible? This interactive session will show you how to build a great academic poster. From working out your message to perfecting your layout and design. The workshop will help you build confidence and maximise the experience, ensuring you leave the event with contacts, collaborators and maybe even a prize.
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Workshop (in-person) |
D2: Communication and Dissemination |
Advance |
Early, mid, late |
25 Mar
9.30am-12pm
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Three Minute Thesis; Short Talk, Lasting Impression
Discover how to give the most engaging, interesting and memorable presentations possible. This workshop will guide you through the secrets of how to deliver a standout presentation from design to delivery. Led by award winning presenter Dr Jamie Gallagher the session explores how to banish nerves, create eye-catching visuals and how to create a narrative around even the most complex of topics.
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Workshop (in-person) |
D2: Communication and Dissemination |
Advance |
Early, mid, late |