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    Communicating with Confidence: Assertiveness, Influencing & Networking
    Provider   Researcher Development Programme

    Participants will gain the knowledge and skills to be able to engage more effectively with the individuals that they meet throughout there research journey.

Duration 1 full day

Course Type Workshop

Booking Status Archived

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Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students

Participants will gain the knowledge and skills to be able to engage more effectively with the individuals that they meet throughout there research journey. In particular the workshop will explore the challenges of working with supervisors, networking situations such as conferences and in situations where you need to influence more effectively. This workshop is part of the Communicating with Confidence series.

By the end of the workshop participants will have:

  • Developed an understanding of a number of communication models.
  • Understood how these communication approaches can be applied to a range of situations to help them become more effective communicators.
  • Explored what they need to do to be more assertive during interactions with others.
  • Explored a process to enable them more effective influencing.
  • Developed skills to enable them to influence more effectively.
  • Developed strategies to enable them to become more effective networkers.


Delivered By: Jamie McDonald, Skwyard

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PG Certificate in Researcher Professional Development

All postgraduate research students are eligible to access the Researcher Development Programme workshops. This workshop can contribute towards the PG Certificate in Researcher Professional Development (PG Cert RPD).

You can find credit and class information in the Researcher Development Programme Handbook and in NEPTUNE (Engineering, HaSS) or SPIDER (Science).

Please check with your department or Supervisor to confirm if you are enrolled on the PG Cert RPD and how many credits you are expected to achieve if you are unsure.