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A Career in Academia -     show
Participants will discover what it takes to make it as an academic and will have the opportunity to talk to early career academics about their experiences.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


A Guide to Reflective Writing     show
Participants will learn the value of reflective practice and how to produce reflective writing. The workshop will outline the reflective process and to structure, write and edit a reflective essay.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Advanced Project Management     show
You will be introduced to tried & tested management techniques for dealing with complex and collaborative projects. This course in complement to previous PM sessions focuses on the remaining material needed for the CAPM exam as well as introducing new advanced techniques and concepts

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


An introduction to academic publishing (HaSS)     show
Participants will be introduced to the publishing process, time frames, how to choose the appropriate journal, metrics, legal considerations and how to navigate the scholarly publishing process for humanities and social science journals.

Target Audience: PGRs


An introduction to academic publishing (STEAM)     show
Participants will be introduced to the editorial process, time frames, how to choose the appropriate journal, peer review, metrics, legal considerations and how to navigate the scholarly publishing process for STEAM journals.

Target Audience: PGRs


Becoming an Effective Researcher: The Middle Phase (Year 2 of PhD)     show
Participants will review their progress, and understand this in terms of planning to successfully meet key ‘completion’ requirements: assessment criteria, thesis structure and the argument being made.

Target Audience: PGRs more than 9 months into their PhD, and more than 12 months away from completion.


Beginning as an Effective Researcher: The Early Stages (Year 1 of PhD)     show
Participants will clarify what a PhD is, and so what doing a doctorate means for each individual. This includes looking at core skills required and key millstones in the process.

Target Audience: PGRs in the first 12 months of their PhD


Being an Effective Researcher: The Final Push and Beyond (Final Year)     show
Participants will plan for a successful and timely completion of their PhD, rooted on understanding the core task ahead: planning, writing and editing a thesis that meets the assessment criteria.

Target Audience: PGRs within 12 months of completing their PhD.


CAPM Exam Preparation     show
Preparation to pass the CAPM examination. This course will touch on the necessary background theory required for the exam, however it will focus on the techniques required to score highly in the multiple choice question format.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Challenges in research dissemination via different platforms     show
This skills training session will explore how researchers can effectively navigate the opportunities and pitfalls of disseminating their work via social media.

Target Audience: HaSS PGR Students


Collaborate and Celebrate: Collaborative Cultures Mid-Project Showcase     show
Join us for Collaborate and Celebrate: A Mid-Project Showcase of Collaborative Cultures — a dynamic celebration featuring lightning talks from funded projects and reflections from our Community of Practice.

Target Audience: This is for all members of the Strathclyde community, particularly staff involved in leading, conducting or facilitating research


Collaborative Cultures Funding Call 2 Information Session     show
The webinar will provide participants with detailed, practical information on the Collaborative Cultures and Strategic Themes' joint funding call, 'Equitable and Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Address Global Challenges'.

Target Audience: Staff, Postgraduate Researchers


Communicate with Impact     show
Participants will learn how to speak clearly and vividly about their research and why it matters, in ways that can engage varied audiences, especially those outside their own field.

Target Audience: PGRs


Communicate with Impact - Online     show
Participants will learn how to speak clearly and vividly about their research and why it matters, in ways that can engage varied audiences, especially those outside their own field.

Target Audience: PGRs


Conducting a Systematic Literature Review     show
Expand your knowledge of systematic literature reviews. Exporting data from repositories, establishing a unique naming convention, knowledge of JabRef, collating all studies using JabRef, data handling, screening studies using JabRef, creating inclusion and exclusion criteria

Target Audience: Postgraduate Researchers


Confidence, resilience & managing imposter syndrome     show
Be introduced to strategies for managing imposter thoughts, examine the internal and external factors that influence self-perception and discuss how to maintain a sense of purpose and direction during the doctoral journey.

Target Audience: PGRs


Considering ethical issues and applying for ethical approval     show
Considering ethical issues in research and applying for ethical approval

Target Audience: PGR students in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences


Creating a Good Supervision Relationship     show
The course will provide individuals with techniques to manage their perspectives and their behaviour in respect of their supervision relationships, ensuring they are active partners in constructing clear, respectful communication and minimising the impact of any problems.

Target Audience: PGR Students


Creating Research Data Management Plans     show
This course will help answer your questions about data management planning and lead you through the process of completing a plan.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Student


Creating Research Data Management Plans - Online     show
This course will help answer your questions about data management planning and lead you through the process of completing a plan.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Student


Data Management Plan (DMP) Drop-in     show
This drop-in session will provide researchers with an introduction to data management planning, and advice on what types of info and detail should be included in a project DMP.

Target Audience: Researchers


Data Management Plans: Workshop     show
This workshop will guide researchers through the rudiments of research data management planning and will look at the various tools and methods available when implementing /embedding a DMP into a project.

Target Audience: Researchers (staff & PGR students)


Developments in the International Vertically Integrated Project (VIP)     show
Since its inception a few years ago the Vertically Integrated Project Consortium (of which Strathclyde is a founding member) has grown considerably taking in new programs in South East Asia and the Far East.

Target Audience: Staff and Students


Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Researchers      show
Participants will… This intensive bootcamp is geared to inspire researchers to recognise and capitalise on entrepreneurship opportunity by introducing them to the fundamentals of learn lean startup methodology.

Target Audience: PGRs


Exploring Research Integrity & Culture in Practice for PGRs     show
This workshop will explore the practical contexts of culture and integrity from PGR perspective. We will examine case studies and complex scenarios, enabling participants to consider factors that contribute to developing positive research cultures.

Target Audience: PGRs


Faculty of Science KE Costing & Pricing guide for Consultancy     show
The Faculty of Science is introducing a new costing and pricing model for consultancy services.

Target Audience: All Staff Faculty of Science


Fear of the Blank Page .     show
Participants willl… A practical and supportive workshop to help researchers overcome the challenge of getting started with writing. Whether working on a thesis, article, or grant proposal, participants will learn strategies to break through procrastination, build momentum.

Target Audience: PGRs


Finding Your Voice in Your Academic Writing     show
Participants will consider their voice in their academic writing by reading as writers, focusing afresh on language and style, and thinking about new ways to connect with readers.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Generative AI & the researcher     show
Develop the knowledge and skills to effectively integrate AI tools into their workflow and inspire them to explore how GenAI can support them throughout their research journey

Target Audience: PGRs


Grant Writing for Researchers     show
Participants will… Learn the process of defining their research story to maximise their chances of funding success.

Target Audience: PGRs


How to review a data management plan     show
Aimed at Doctoral Supervisors, short course covers the key elements of data management planning.

Target Audience: PGR (Doctoral) Supervisors


How to Succeed in Research Funding: Master Projects & Finances     show
This workshop covers key aspects of pre-award research project management (PM): proposal development, estates, procurement, finances, and project timelines. Learn PM principles, stakeholder management, governance, risk management, and common mistakes to avoid.

Target Audience: All staff (academic, research, KE, teaching, technical) involved in developing funding proposals and managing research or knowledge exchange projects.


How to use LinkedIn to build your network and connect with alumni     show
Senior careers consultants from Careers Services will guide PGR student on building their networks and links to alumni

Target Audience: PGR Students in the HaSS Faculty


Introduction to LaTeX     show
Participants will be introduced to the LaTeX package for scientific word-processing and type-setting.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Introduction to Project Planning (1 day)     show
A high-level overview of key PM techniques and concepts. It offers an introduction to the process of managing projects and the tools to assist in planning and tracking progress.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Introduction to Project Planning (series)     show
Part 1 examines how to initially identify the building blocks for a successful project. Part 2 builds on the previous topics to begin to craft the scope or the outputs of the project. Part 3 looks at the process of creating a rigorous and robust project plan.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Introduction to Research Data Management and Sharing     show
Participants will introduce researchers to the concepts involved in research data management and sharing as well as what the Strathclyde approach is and what practical steps you should take to ensure you are following best practice.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Introduction to Research Integrity (Online Course)     show
This self-paced online course, created by the UK Research Integrity Office, offers a short dive into the topic of research integrity, why it matters and what it means in practice – perfect as an introduction for new researchers or a refresher for more experienced colleagues.

Target Audience: Anyone conducting or managing research in any discipline, including early career researchers (research students, post-doctorates and fellows), technicians, and more experienced staff who need refresher training


Invitation to Strathclyde Doctoral School Roadshow 24 February 2-3pm     show
Professor Eleanor Shaw, Associate Principal and Director of Strathclyde Doctoral School (SDS) invites you to come along to this session find out more about SDS.

Target Audience: Faculty of Science


Job Interview Techniques     show
Participants will gain a better understanding of the purpose of an interview, what interviewers are really looking and how to prepare effectively.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Keeping on Top of Your PhD: Time Management Strategies (1 day)     show
The challenge of creating momentum and structure for the duration of a PhD, which is often characterised by long periods of independent work, demands effective, resilient time management skills.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Leadership & Teambuilding     show
Any PhD student looking towards embarking their professional journey - whether academic, commercial research or any other field - will benefit from understanding and being able to demonstrate good leadership characteristics.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence Workshop 8     show
This 8th workshop is part of a series of workshops exploring ML/AI opportunities for collaboration with university colleagues

Target Audience: University of Strathclyde Academic/Research Staff/KE staff


Marketing Yourself & Your PhD     show
Participants will gain an overview of how to present themselves effectively during professional networking events, on CVs and in application forms.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Mending Workshop - Research Students     show
The famous Sustainable Strathclyde Mending Workshop.

Target Audience: PGRs


Navigating peer review - HaSS & BS     show
Participants will… Be introduced to the peer review system and will develop the skills to manage the process, the complexities and the responsibilities of the author and the reviewer.

Target Audience: PGRs


Navigating peer review - STEAM     show
Participants will… Be introduced to the peer review system and will develop the skills to manage the process, the complexities and the responsibilities of the author and the reviewer.

Target Audience: PGRs


Networking for researchers     show
Participants will… Gain the knowledge and skills to manage, develop and maintain their network, in addition to considering their networking style and building a networking strategy

Target Audience: PGRs


PG Cert RPD - Drop In Session: On Campus     show
We would like to offer support for all PhD candidates registered on the PG Cert RPD.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


PG Cert RPD - Drop In Session: Zoom     show
We would like to offer support for all PhD candidates registered on the PG Cert RPD.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


PG Cert RPD Information Session     show
This session will cover what the PG Cert RPD is, and how to successfully complete it.

Target Audience: New postgraduate students


PhD to Postdoc: Making the Transition     show
Participants will learn about becoming a post-doctoral researcher.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Pitch perfect: Delivering Academic Presentations - Advanced     show
Participants will… Have the opportunity in this advanced course to discuss their public speaking style, improve their delivery, presence and presentation design.

Target Audience: PGRs


Pitch perfect: Delivering academic presentations - beginner     show
Participants will… Gain the knowledge and skills to build and deliver research presentations for seminars, conferences and group meetings.

Target Audience: PGRs


Post Award Life-Cycle     show
This course explains the project life cycle post award

Target Audience: Academic Staff, Research Staff, Support & Administrative Staff involved in externally funded research or KE projects


Posters: creating, presenting and networking     show
Participants will… learn how to effectively communicate their research in poster format, consider the time required to make a poster and start their own design.

Target Audience: PGRs


Postgraduate Researcher Induction     show
This session will provide you with an overview of the University, the support and services available to you and expectations of our postgraduate researchers.

Target Audience: First Year Postgraduate Research Students


Preparing for and managing the PhD viva     show
Participants will… Be introduced to what to expect before, during and after the viva, including how to prepare effectively, dealing with questioning and managing nerves.

Target Audience: PGRs


Preparing to be an Examiner or Convener     show
The PhD viva is a core part of the examination of PhD students and yet there is very little written about, and training given, in how to effectively examine PhD students. For many examiners the only training will have been their own viva and learning from peers on the job.

Target Audience: All Academic Staff


Preparing Your Student for Viva     show
This session is designed to complement the training offered to Viva candidates at Strathclyde. This workshop can be used as a ‘Academic Writing & the Viva Voce Exam’ option towards the Strathclyde Supervisor Development Programme.

Target Audience: All staff with a role in PG Research Supervision


Presenting at conferences and using social media for research impact     show
This workshop explores the opportunities and potential pitfalls of presenting at conferences.

Target Audience: PGR Students in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences


Project Management in the Real World     show
Participants will become more comfortable using the PM techniques learned through planning and re-planning a project; to more confidently present their projects and proposals to managers, colleagues, funders and other stakeholders.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Promoting healthy Decisions (PhD)     show
Gain knowledge of different Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) techniques which can be added to a mental ‘toolbox’ and used to help manage wellbeing in the context of postgraduate study.

Target Audience: PGRs


Public Engagement     show
Participants will.. This workshop is the ideal starting point for researchers looking to explore or enhance their public engagement practice.

Target Audience: PGRs


Qualitative Research Methods (part 1)     show
Planning your methodology

Target Audience: PGR students in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences


Qualitative Research Methods (part 2)     show
Participatory techniques, visual methodologies and researching sensitive topics

Target Audience: PGR Students in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences


Research Integrity in Practice     show
This highly interactive workshop is suitable for those looking to explore such questions, to enhance their own professional knowledge and conduct, and those wanting to learn from the conduct of others also.

Target Audience: PGR Students


Research Integrity Online     show
Participants will explore all aspects of Research integrity

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Research Interns Poster Event     show
An event to celebrate the outputs of research internships undertaken by undergraduate students in the summer of 2019.

Target Audience: Staff, students


Researchers Guide to Ethics     show
Participants will gain a good knowledge of ethics so that they recognise when ethics is a consideration in their own work and they have the skills to obtain ethics approval when necessary.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Risk Management (1 day)     show
A solid grounding in the major tools and techniques to identify, assess and plan for risks. Delegates will also learn to identify the likely areas of risk, to apply a standard methodology for quantifying risks and to develop solutions and contingency.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Risk Management (series)     show
This two-part series of online training webinars aims to provide participants with tools and techniques to proactively identify and respond to risks within their own project environment.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Safe Talk     show
Suicide Awareness Training

Target Audience: Staff,Students+PG Researchers


SEES Gatherings: Research & Knowledge Exchange Services     show
A rolling programme of staff engagement sessions for all SEES staff which will provide opportunities for getting to know each other; providing updates; Q&A sessions; networking opportunities; greater understanding about the diversity of SEES; sharing best practice.

Target Audience: All SEES staff.


Social media and digital profiles     show
Participants will… Be invited to consider their social media profiles, legal considerations and privacy and how to navigate social media as a professional researcher.

Target Audience: PGRs


SPIRAL - Attract Research Funding: Writing & Applying For Fellowships     show
Learn more about writing and applying for postdoctoral fellowships in this workshop - from planning and preparation to the process of application itself.

Target Audience: Research staff / postdocs


SPIRAL - Early Career Researchers: How to explore your career options     show
Explore diverse career options, both within and outside academia.

Target Audience: Research staff who are looking to take next steps in their career


SPIRAL - Engaging with Industrial Partners     show
This online ½ day workshop is to support academics become more effective at engaging with industry partners. It has a specific focus on Research and KE activities within a consultancy role to the industrial partner.

Target Audience: For those who are engaging with industry partners


SPIRAL - Figures, images & visualising information     show
This workshop is designed to introduce participants to various types of visual formats including standard graphs, information visualisations and graphics for publication.

Target Audience: Research staff and anyone else involved in research


SPIRAL - Focus group: researcher and line manager guidance/agreement     show
A focus group to discuss details of a guidance/agreement document for researchers and their line managers.

Target Audience: Attendees of the Researchers Group AGM


SPIRAL - Hosting conferences and events     show
This in-person session will give an overview of the venues and services available at the University for hosting conferences and events. Refreshments will be provided.

Target Audience: For those wishing to attract and host conferences and events at the University


SPIRAL - Leading and Managing Research Staff     show
This online workshop explores how you take a structured approach to leading and managing research staff to get the best from your team.

Target Audience: Academic / Fellows / Senior Postdocs


SPIRAL - Managing and Delivering Successful CPD Sessions     show
A highly practical full-day, fully online workshop for staff designing or delivering professional development sessions for external stakeholders (e.g. colleagues from other institutions, industry, government, etc.) with a focus on engagement and effectiveness.

Target Audience: For academics / researchers expected to deliver CPD sessions to groups of professionals


SPIRAL - Productive writing: techniques, planning & finishing     show
In this interactive workshop, we will focus on starting, maintaining momentum and completing writing projects.

Target Audience: Research staff and anyone else involved in research


SPIRAL - Project Management for Research and K.E.     show
This online workshop will look at the tools and techniques used in managing research projects which will build processes and structures that support project delivery.

Target Audience: For academics / researchers managing projects


SPIRAL - Research Integrity in Practice     show
This highly interactive workshop suits anyone looking to enhance their own & other’s practice. Exploration of fundamentals on research integrity, with discussion & application to your situation. We aim to make the subject lively and a vital part of daily practice as a researcher.

Target Audience: Anyone looking to enhance their own, or others' practice, especially researchers and academics in Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts for People and the Economy (SHAPE disciplines)


SPIRAL - Responsible Research & Innovation     show
This one-day interactive workshop introduces principles & concepts of responsible research & innovation & provides attendees with tools, processes, and frameworks for developing innovations responsibility. Funded by University of Strathclyde EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA).

Target Audience: Anyone involved in research and innovation


SPIRAL - Seven Secrets of Successful Research Supervision Online     show
You know what your research student should be doing, but it just does not seem to be happening. Despite your best efforts to set up good habits for your student, it does not work. Why is this, and what can you do to make completing a PHD easier for your students and for you?

Target Audience: For supervisors of doctoral research students


SPIRAL - Strathclyde Winter Writing Retreat     show
The Strathclyde Writing Retreat series supports participants wishing to make significant progress on writing projects by allowing sufficient time to immerse themselves in the writing activity and to benefit from peer support.

Target Audience: For academics, researchers, and knowledge exchange staff looking for protected time and space to work on writing.


SPIRAL - Transition beyond academia: network for successful job change     show
Build and maintain a strong professional network, showing you how to use your connections to find job opportunities, improve your LinkedIn profile, and make the most of in-person networking events.

Target Audience: Research staff who are looking to take next steps in their career


SPIRAL - Transitioning beyond academia Job search strategies that work     show
Learn job search strategies for moving from academia to industry, like using your connections, reaching out to recruiters, finding the right companies, improving your LinkedIn profile, and using effective job search methods.

Target Audience: Research staff who are looking to take next steps in their career


SPIRAL - Transitioning beyond academia: Write a non-academic CV     show
Learn to create a strong non-academic CV that effectively showcases your skills and experiences, tailored to attract recruiters and meet industry standards.

Target Audience: Research staff who are looking to take next steps in their career


SPIRAL - Turbocharge Your Writing (for staff) Online Session     show
Would you like to know the secret to high output, low stress scholarly writing? In academia it is often assumed that writing comes naturally. However, an overwhelming body of research shows that there are clear and practical strategies that can increase your writing productivity.

Target Audience: Academic/Research Staff, all levels


SPIRAL-Strategic Collaboration: Creating a Constructive Culture     show
This half-day workshop explores how you can build effective collaborative relationships and create a constructive culture in your team. The session will discuss constructive behaviours, tools and ways of working to embed a positive environment for existing or future collaborations

Target Audience: All staff involved in research and interested in how to develop more meaningful collaborations


SPIRAL-Strategic Collaboration: Developing Partnerships Equitably     show
This half-day workshop explores how to develop research collaborations more strategically and equitably. Focusing on research across departments, organisations or disciplines, it will discuss constructive behaviours, tools, and ways of working together that benefit everyone involved.

Target Audience: All staff involved in research and interested in how to develop more meaningful collaborations.


SPIRAL-Transitioning beyond academia: How to win the job interview     show
Learn important skills for job interviews, including how to prepare effectively, answer common questions, understand different interview formats, ask good questions, follow up after interviews, and negotiate salary and benefits.

Target Audience: Research staff who are looking to take next steps in their career


SPIRAL-Transitioning beyond academia; Unlock potential for job change     show
Discover your strengths, values, and interests so you can build a strong professional identity, identify skills they can use in different jobs, and find the right work environment for a successful career change.

Target Audience: Research staff who are looking to take next steps in their career


Strathclyde Chancellor’s Fellows –Application Info & Support In-Person     show
This is the booking page for IN-PERSON attendance. This workshop aims to provide support for potential applicants for this year’s Strathclyde Chancellor’s Fellows Scheme, to understand how the hiring process works and what is expected in the application.

Target Audience: Anyone interested in applying to the Chancellors’ Fellow Scheme


The Art and Craft of Editing     show
Participants will learn writerly techniques for structural, paragraph and sentence editing, focusing on clarity, readability and flow. There will be opportunities for participants to apply techniques to their own work.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Thesis writing bootcamp     show
Participants will… Develop the skills to manage the practicalities of thesis writing, including planning techniques, appropriate writing style and how to enhance productivity.

Target Audience: PGRs


Understanding & Managing “Impostor Syndrome”     show
Participants will gain a deep understanding of “Impostor Syndrome” - and develop and practice an effective range of skills to manage it successfully in academic life and beyond.

Target Audience: PGRs


Using Narrative Techniques to Develop your Research Writing- Online     show
Participants will learn how narrative techniques can make research writing more compelling, focusing on three key concepts – structure, character and setting.

Target Audience: PGRs


VIP Networking Event     show
A networking and information event for the Vertically Integrated Projects. This event aims to foster greater connectivity and interaction between the current projects as well as raise awareness of the types of projects running.

Target Audience: Staff and Students


Work smart: inbox, emails and meetings     show
Participants will… Develop the skills to manage the administrative demands of academic work more efficiently. Including strategies for dealing with an overloaded inbox, writing clear and purposeful emails and planning and participating in meetings effectively.

Target Audience: PGRs


Writing and Presenting Research     show
Participants will learn generic skills required for academic research, and explore the issues associates with writing and presenting research for academic and non-academic purposes.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students