Your search has returned 74 courses. CPD: From Concept to Delivery show The aim of this series of workshops is to help attendees prepare a CPD course that is ready for marketing and delivery so that you and your colleagues can generate income for your Department. Target Audience: Anyone serious about developing a CPD course and those wishing additional in-depth support to complement and reinforce current Departmental activity View Course Details > Faculty of Science: EPSRC Mock Grant Panel Session show EPSRC mock grant panel training Target Audience: Academic staff members in Faculty of Science View Course Details > Faculty of Science: Pathways to Impact show Pathways to Impact training session: how to write one, what funders are looking for Target Audience: Academic staff members in Faculty of Science View Course Details > Faculty Science: Grant rebuttal/ peer review panel process information show Grant rebuttal and PI peer review in EPSRC research applications Target Audience: Academic Staff Members in Faculty of Science View Course Details > Global Challenge Research Fund show Introduction to internal funding opportunities to support developing country partnerships addressing global challenges of economic and social development in the Global South. Target Audience: Academic and research staff seeking support for partnerships addressing challenges of international development View Course Details > H2020 Research & Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) show This session will provide an overview of the opportunities available to staff under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange Scheme (MSCA RISE). It will be led by experts from the European Commission in Brussels, Head of Sector and RISE Project Officer. Target Audience: Academic/Research staff - all levels View Course Details > H2020: Hints and Tips for a Successful Proposal show This session will provide some hints and tips for preparing successful H2020 proposals. Target Audience: Academic, Research and Research Support Staff at All Levels View Course Details > Horizon 2020 Opportunities for Industrial Engagement in Horizon 2020 show This session will provide an overview of the funding opportunities available to facilitate collaborative research and innovation partnerships with industry. Target Audience: Academic/Research Staff, all levels View Course Details > Horizon 2020: BREXIT and access to Horizon 2020 Funding show This session will provide an overview of the information currently available relating to EU funding opportunities in light of the on-going Brexit process. Attendees will hear an overview of the main messages from the Government and the European Commission. Target Audience: Academic/Research Staff, all levels View Course Details > Horizon 2020: Overview of Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) show Blazej Thomas, from the UK Research Office in Brussels (UKRO), will provide an overview of the opportunities for funding under the Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). Target Audience: Academic/Research Staff, all levels View Course Details > Horizon 2020: The Programme and Hints and Tips for Success show This session will provide an overview of funding opportunities available through the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Programme for Research and Innovation. Participants will also hear hints and tips for preparing successful proposals. Target Audience: Academic, Research and Research Support Staff at All Levels View Course Details > Horizon Europe: the next EU Framework Prog for Research and Innovation show This session will provide an overview of Horizon Europe – the next EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation based on the European Commission’s proposal from early June. Target Audience: Academic/Research Staff - all levels View Course Details > Increasing Research Impact through International Development show An introduction to the funding opportunities for research and knowledge exchange in developing countries through aid agencies and development banks. Target Audience: Academic, Research and KE staff interested in working with developing country partners View Course Details > Internal Travel Funds - Global Engagements and GCRF show Briefing on internal funding available to support travel to build research collaborations with international partners. This includes developing country partnerships for developing GCRF proposals, as well as strategic collaborations with partners in Europe and elsewhere. Target Audience: Research Active Staff seeking to develop international collaborations. View Course Details > Introduction to the last call of the H2020 Programme show Horizon 2020 is the largest ever European research & innovation programme, with a budget over EUR 70 billion between 2014 & 2020. Target Audience: Academic, Research & Research support staff at all levels. View Course Details > IP for Researchers: Unlock the potential of your intellectual property show This workshop will develop knowledge and understanding of intellectual property and its potential for PhD and early career researchers during their research projects in order to generate the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs on how to develop, use and respect IP. Target Audience: PhD's and Early Career Researchers View Course Details > Lunch with Sir Phillip Campbell - Editor in Chief, Springer Nature show Sir Phillip Campbell, Editor in Chief of Springer Nature, will deliver a lunchtime talk with a focus on healthy and unhealthy research cultures. Target Audience: Academic & Research Staff View Course Details > Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITNs) show This interactive information session will provide an overview of the collaborative PhD training opportunities available under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN) scheme of Horizon 2020 (next deadline: 14 January 2020) Target Audience: Academic , Research & Research support staff all levels View Course Details > MSCA Innovative Training Networks: Addressing impact show Workshop 2: Addressing Impact in your ITN Application Target Audience: Academic/Research Staff, all levels View Course Details > MSCA Innovative Training Networks: Building your training programme show Workshop 1: Building Training into your ITN application Target Audience: Academic/Research Staff, all levels View Course Details > Nature Masterclass: Scientific Writing and Publishing (staff) show Learn how to publish from Nature Research editors Target Audience: Researchers and staff that publish View Course Details > Personal Effectiveness Series: Effecting Positive Engagements show This workshop will offer tools and techniques to present yourself in a confidence and assertiveness. It will explore tools to be effective and positive at influencing others. Target Audience: Academic, research, KE & teaching staff View Course Details > Personal Effectiveness Series: Resilience show This workshop will explore work pressures; reflect on your own personal resilience profile and offer tips and tools for building resilience. Target Audience: Academic, research, KE and teaching staff View Course Details > Personal Effectiveness Series: Understanding yourself and others show This workshop will use a personality profiling tool to give a framework which will help you understand your own behaviours and actions and that of others. It will offer an insight into communication styles, decision making approaches and working styles. Target Audience: Academic, research, KE and teaching staff View Course Details > Professional Recognition of Learning and Teaching Information Workshop show This workshop will introduce you to the Strathclyde Recognition Pathways, discuss the requirements for recognition, assist you in selecting the most appropriate Descriptor category to work toward, and provide information on peer support networks and developmental opportunities. Target Audience: Learning and Teaching Staff View Course Details > Royal Society Funding Schemes: Info Session show This session will provide an overview of the Royal Society’s funding schemes. Target Audience: Final-year PhD students, post-doc and early career researchers to find out more about the variety of funding schemes on offer from the Royal Society View Course Details > SPIRAL - Applying for Post-Doctoral Fellowships show In this workshop you will find out what steps you should take, time frames, what a fellowship involves, international options, how to apply, the different types of fellowships available and how to use your connections to your advantage. Target Audience: Early Career Research Staff / Postdocs View Course Details > SPIRAL - Applying for your first role: in academic posts & fellowships show Aimed at Research Staff planning an academic career either through the independent researcher route (fellowships) or applying for their first lectureship (teaching and research). Target Audience: Research staff planning an academic research career View Course Details > SPIRAL - Building Productive Relationships with Industry show This course will contain a mix of information and practical activities. Target Audience: Anyone looking to build or improve their network. View Course Details > SPIRAL - Building Sustainable Research Partnerships show This practical workshop is for research leaders who would like to gain an overview and awareness of the key aspects of building sustainable research partnerships Target Audience: Early Career Academics and Chancellor’s Fellows View Course Details > SPIRAL - Communicate with Confidence: Straight Talking show As you grow in seniority, your interactions with colleagues and clients can become more complex. This opens up exciting opportunities but also poses potential challenges. This half-day course is a practical and engaging exploration of these areas of communication. Target Audience: Academic, Teaching, Research and KE staff View Course Details > SPIRAL - Considering your Career Options show This workshop will provide participants with an overview of the possible career pathways, both academic and non-academic, available to research staff as well as how to progress along these tracks. Target Audience: For Research Assistants, Research Associates and Research Fellows View Course Details > SPIRAL - Designing and Delivering Successful CPD show This practical one-day workshop will provide a framework for the development and design of sessions and workshops are be engaging and relevant. Target Audience: For academics / researchers expected to deliver CPD sessions to groups of professionals View Course Details > SPIRAL - Engaging with Industrial Partners show This practical 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 View Course Details > SPIRAL - Enhancing Your Research Reputation show This workshop will provide an overview and awareness of the key aspects in leveraging your research reputation within industry, society and other academic institutions. Target Audience: For those who would like to enhance their research reputation View Course Details > SPIRAL - Fear of the Blank Page show This workshop will focus on writing productivity, how to start, how to keep going and how to finish. Target Audience: Research, academic, knowledge exchange and teaching staff View Course Details > SPIRAL - Financial Essentials for KE and Research show This practical workshop will give an overview of the key aspects of effective planning and management of grant bids both for pre and post award. Target Audience: For those who have a grant or are planning to apply View Course Details > SPIRAL - H2020 : How to Write a Competitive Proposal for Horizon 2020 show Dr Sean McCarthy, Hyperion Ltd, will deliver a course to train staff to write professional and competitive research proposals for Horizon 2020. Dr McCarthy has delivered training to top universities across Europe and has almost 40 years’ experience in all aspects of European Research. Target Audience: Academic /Research/Support staff – all levels View Course Details > SPIRAL - Horizon 2020 Future Emerging Technologies Scheme show This interactive briefing session will provide colleagues with information about the process of applying to the Future & Emerging Technologies scheme for collaborative high-risk research. Target Audience: Academic/Research staff - all levels View Course Details > SPIRAL - Horizon 2020 Overview of the programme show This session provides an overview of funding opportunities available through the European Commission's Horizon 2020 Programme for Research & Innovation. Target Audience: Academic / Research Staff at all levels View Course Details > SPIRAL - Hosting conferences and events show This session will give an overview of the venues and services available at the University for hosting conferences and events. Target Audience: For those wishing to attract and host conferences and events at the University View Course Details > SPIRAL - How to Engage with People as an Academic Consultant show In this one-day session you will learn some key techniques for marketing yourself as a consultant. Target Audience: Academic/Research Staff, all levels View Course Details > SPIRAL - How to get started with Supervision show This workshop aims to support research staff who provide informal supervision to undergraduate, masters and doctoral students. Target Audience: For Research Assistants, Research Associates and Research Fellows View Course Details > SPIRAL - Impact and Influence show This lively and enjoyable session, run by VOX Coaching, will explore practical communication skills that will help you increase your confidence, become someone to whom others want to listen and achieve greater impact and influence. Target Audience: Academic & Research Staff View Course Details > SPIRAL - In the Spotlight show This stimulating and involving course, run by VOX Coaching, will help you gain confidence and speak compellingly in front of any audience. Target Audience: For those who would like to get their voice heard and increase their confidence when communicating with any audience View Course Details > SPIRAL - Managing Research Projects show This full day practical workshop will look at the tools and techniques used in managing research projects which will build processes and structures that support project delivery. You should bring your own unique challenges for discussion. Target Audience: For academics / researchers managing projects View Course Details > SPIRAL - Motivating and Developing Teams show This workshop will help you manage your research team to deliver successful projects. It will help you work effectively through your team to deliver results and develop others' capability to perform. Target Audience: For those in a leadership role View Course Details > SPIRAL - Networking with external partners show This workshop will provide academic, research and knowledge exchange staff with an insight into mechanisms and strategies for improving engagement with networking opportunities and managing the outcome of these. It will empower staff in networking situations and help overcome feelings Target Audience: For those who would like to gain an overview and awareness of the key aspects of working with external industry partners View Course Details > SPIRAL - Preparing and Applying for Fellowships show This workshop will provide participants with information about types of fellowships, the application/selection processes and support available to those seeking to apply for fellowships at Strathclyde. Target Audience: For Research Assistants, Research Associates and Research Fellows View Course Details > SPIRAL - Preparing your first lectureship application show Aimed at Research Staff planning an academic career, this is an interactive day of sharing practice and exploring both the big picture and the detail of academic job applications, focussing on your first lectureship. Target Audience: Research staff planning an academic career View Course Details > SPIRAL - Project Management for Research and K.E. show This two day practical workshop will look at the tools and techniques used in managing research projects to build processes and structures that support delivery. You should be prepared to discuss one of the projects you are currently working on for some of the practical work. Target Audience: For academics / researchers managing projects View Course Details > SPIRAL - REF2021 Staff Circumstances Information Sessions show Information sessions for all REF-eligible staff. Target Audience: REF eligible staff View Course Details > SPIRAL - Research Grant Workshop show This workshop will introduce ‘a recipe’ for an extremely efficient approach to writing a research project grant, such as a research council standard grant, that makes it possible to produce a case for support in 2 weeks. Target Audience: For those who are writing research grant and have a fundable project in mind. View Course Details > SPIRAL - Research Integrity in Practice show A highly interactive, half-day workshop, looking at the fundamentals and practice of research integrity and the slip-ups that can occur. The session examines breaches, the pressure that leads to them and possible responses to better manage research integrity. Target Audience: Anyone looking to enhance their own, or others' practice. Research & academic staff. View Course Details > SPIRAL - Research Staff Induction show The University welcomes new research staff with a dedicated session three times a year. It is advised that Research Staff attend both the General New Staff Induction seminar as well as the Research Staff Induction Event. Target Audience: Research Staff new to the University View Course Details > SPIRAL - Seven Secrets of Successful Research Supervision 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 View Course Details > SPIRAL - Sketchnote for Conferences show Learn about the benefits of sketch-noting and discover (or hone) your own graphic note-taking talents to capture and record the key messages from conference sessions Target Audience: Academic, Research, Teaching KE and Professional Support Staff View Course Details > SPIRAL - Spectacular images and Visualising Information show This workshop covers the principles of visualising data, examples of excellent visualisations and poor visualisations and case studies including examples from the instructor’s own publications and experience. Target Audience: Research and Academic Staff View Course Details > SPIRAL - Strathclyde Writing Retreat show The Strathclyde Writing Retreat 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: All Staff View Course Details > SPIRAL - The Importance of Impact in Research Careers show This workshop is about understanding the impact agenda and what this means for researchers. Target Audience: For academics / researchers who need to develop their understanding of the impact agenda View Course Details > SPIRAL - Turbocharge Your Writing (for staff) 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 View Course Details > SPIRAL - UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Information Session show This open session will provide information about the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships scheme and Strathclyde’s related internal processes. Target Audience: Research Staff and Early Career Academic Staff. View Course Details > SPIRAL - UKRI New Investigator Scheme Information Session show Join us for an information session designed to give all attendees a thorough overview of the new investigator scheme offered by all UK research councils. Target Audience: Chancellors Fellows & early career researchers across all faculties View Course Details > SPIRAL - Understanding Industry to Communicate Effectively show This workshop will provide academic, research and knowledge exchange staff with an overview of the key influences on engaging with external organisations and how this can be improved through an understanding of how businesses are structured and operate. Target Audience: For those who would like to gain an overview and awareness of the key aspects of working with external industry partners View Course Details > SPIRAL H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship Scheme show This interactive session will provide proposal development support to colleagues wishing to submit a proposal to the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF) scheme within Horizon 2020 (next deadline: 12 September 2018). Target Audience: Academic/Research staff - all levels View Course Details > SPIRAL- Increasing and Assessing the Visibility of your Research show This session will introduce and explore recent changes in the scholarly publication landscape, particularly the growing importance of Open Access (OA). Target Audience: For those wishing to understand more about the changing scholarly communications landscape and strategies for improving research citation impact View Course Details > SPIRAL The Faculty of Engineering - Grant Writing Challenge show The purpose of this programme is to improve grant writing skills in order to increase the successful funding of grant applications. Target Audience: Academic staff who are writing grants and wishing additional support View Course Details > SPIRAL The Faculty of Science Grant Writing Challenge show The purpose of this programme is to improve grant writing skills in order to increase the successful funding of grant applications. Target Audience: Academic staff who are writing grants and wishing additional support View Course Details > SPIRAL: Maximising Cost Recovery on Research show Maximising cost recovery on research - guidance when costing or approving research proposals. Target Audience: Staff who produce costings for research, approve such costings, or have responsibility for financial management of research View Course Details > SPIRAL-Research &Funding Opps in N'work Science & Intelligence Systems show This session will provide an overview of the US Army Research Office and outline basic research and funding priorities and opportunities available in Network Science and Intelligence Systems. Target Audience: Academic, Research & Research Support Staff at all levels View Course Details > STEP/SPIRAL - Delivering ad-hoc Lectures show The session is aimed at Early Career Researchers wishing, or expected, to deliver ad-hoc lectures and teaching sessions that may be unrelated to their own research or on core subject material. Target Audience: Research Assistants, Research Associates and Research Fellows with little or no teaching experience. View Course Details > The Faculty of Science Publication Challenge 2020 show The Publication Challenge this year is focused on improving the quality and quantity of publications for research staff. It will draw on and share best practice from across the Faculty to give staff a series of workshops focussing on key aspects of academic publishing. Target Audience: aimed at research staff who have some experience in writing papers, but want to write better papers. View Course Details > Workplace Wellbeing: Resilience show During this workshop, participants will consider what is Wellbeing and Resilience in their own personal circumstances, identify their own Resilience strengths and approaches they can develop to further develop their ability to bounce-back. Target Audience: Any member of staff wishing to develop their own resilience View Course Details > Writing Competitive ITN Proposals in the H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie show This workshop will provide participants with comprehensive advice and guidance on how to develop a competitive proposal for Horizon 2020 Innovative Training Networks. The workshops will be particularly suited to those in the process or developing a bid to the January 2019 deadline Target Audience: Academic / Research staff – all levels Particularly those in the process of developing an ITN proposal for the January 2019 deadline View Course Details >