Your search has returned 50 courses. ESRC Impact Acceleration Account – Bid Development show During these two workshops, you will receive information on the ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA), the different funding opportunities available, as well as guidance and support to write your proposals. Target Audience: Staff members who intend to apply for ESRC IAA funding View Course Details > 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. View Course Details > Impactful Research - Linking Your Work to SDGs in Pure show This practical training will walk you through the simple-yet-important steps to having an up-to-date Pure profile and linking your work with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for increased visibility and collaborations. Live Stream – to be recorded and published online Target Audience: Research and academic staff View Course Details > Introduction to Understanding & Recording Research Impact show This introductory course offers an overview of the key principles of research impact and developing an impact record. It will be helpful for those looking to understand how their research makes a difference in the world and how to evidence this change for REF and other contexts. Target Audience: This course is appropriate for staff involved in research, especially those at an earlier stage in their career. and PGRs View Course Details > Personal Effectiveness : 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 > Post-Award now what? Master Research Projects & Finances show This workshop covers tools for project & finance management, with insights from various speakers. Learn stakeholder engagement, governance, & risk management strategies to ensure compliance and project success. Reflective practices for capturing lessons will enhance future outcomes. Target Audience: Open to all. All staff (academic, research, KE, teaching, technical) involved in managing research or knowledge exchange projects. View Course Details > Project Launch Event: Collaborative Research Cultures show Project launch; “Cultures of Collaborative Research in a Socially Progressive Technological University” Target Audience: Open to all staff and PGRs. View Course Details > REF 2029: All Staff Information Session show REF is the UK’s system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions. Please join Strathclyde’s REF team for an overview of REF 2029. Target Audience: This course is open for all staff at Strathclyde, from across job families. View Course Details > Research Integrity Online - Staff show Participants will explore all aspects of Research Integrity. Target Audience: All Academic, Research, KE & Teaching Staff as well as any other staff members interested in this area. View Course Details > Seven Sins of Academic Research (& how to avoid them) show This workshop explores 7 main aspects of research integrity from a practical perspective, focusing on encouraging best research practices and preventing potential misconduct. Target Audience: All academic staff involved in carrying out research, leading projects, mentoring researchers or supervising research students; also, research managers and staff supporting research 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: Anyone interested in applying for a Future Leaders Fellowship, in particular Research and Early-Career Academic Staff. View Course Details > 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 View Course Details > SPIRAL - Communicating Your Research Through Digital Storytelling show Learn how to communicate your research to a wide audience through digital storytelling – a simple form of video. Ideal for anyone new to video-making or with limited experience, the course covers how to write a narrative, plan and create a video using images and simple animation. Target Audience: Staff involved in research who want to know how to effectively communicate their research to a lay audience in an engaging but simple video format. Please note priority will be given to ESRC IAA award holders. View Course Details > SPIRAL - Confidence, Communication & Negotiation Part 1 show part 1 only of a set of two interactive and engaging online workshops. The workshops explore finding a conducive and confident mindset for communication, effective negotiation approaches and applying these to situations you bring to work on. Target Audience: Research staff, academic staff and professional services staff View Course Details > SPIRAL - Confidence, Communication & Negotiation Part 2 only show part 2 only of a set of two interactive and engaging online workshops. The workshops explore finding a conducive and confident mindset for communication, effective negotiation approaches and applying these to situations you bring to work on. Target Audience: Research staff, academic staff and professional services staff View Course Details > 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 View Course Details > 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 View Course Details > 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 View Course Details > SPIRAL - Grant Writing show This session delivers all you need to know for planning and writing winning grant applications. It includes finding funding, promoting your concept, and working out the finance. Target Audience: Any staff interested in applying for research grants View Course Details > 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 View Course Details > SPIRAL - How do I find funding calls? Research Professional workshop show This interactive workshop will provide you with a better understanding of how to use Research Professional to support your research ideas and funding needs, including an overview of the platform, time to create funding searches and alerts, and an individual surgery with OSDU & RKES. Target Audience: All research active staff View Course Details > SPIRAL - How to Build a Presentation show This workshop will explore how to design and build excellent presentations. Focusing on how to pitch to different audiences, prepare clear presentation structures and design engaging slides, this will be a great opportunity to gain practical tools to improve your presentations. Target Audience: All staff interested in improving their presentation skills View Course Details > SPIRAL - How to Build Your Reputation in 30 Mins per Day show Stand out in your career by learning how to shape your professional reputation in just 30 minutes a day. In this workshop, you will learn how to showcase your strengths and create opportunities for your career. Target Audience: Open to all member of staff who are interested in building your professional reputation and profile. View Course Details > SPIRAL - How to map & demonstrate research skills for industry show This practical session guides research professionals through mapping their existing skills to industry roles, pinpointing gaps, and crafting evidence-based stories that showcase their impact. Target Audience: Open to all Research staff who are interested in understanding their own set of skills. View Course Details > SPIRAL - Introduction to Understanding & Recording Research Impact show This introductory course offers an overview of the key principles of research impact and developing an impact record. It will be helpful for those looking to understand how their research makes a difference in the world and how to evidence this change for REF and other contexts. Target Audience: This course is appropriate for staff involved in research, especially those at an earlier stage in their career. View Course Details > SPIRAL - IP Essentials Copyright, Teaching and Commercialisation show Novel intellectual property (IP) is created regularly by researchers in universities and it is becoming increasingly important for both staff and students to equip themselves with elementary knowledge of the subject. Target Audience: This course is designed specifically for researchers working in universities and institutes. View Course Details > 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 View Course Details > 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 View Course Details > SPIRAL - Navigating Peer Review show In this workshop, participants will be introduced to the academic publishing and peer review system through short presentations, discussions and peer review exercises. Target Audience: staff View Course Details > SPIRAL - Online Research Grant Application Writers’ Workshop show Self-paced online course, targeted at staff new to writing funding applications. Learn how research grants are awarded, how this affects the way to write applications; develop relevant skills; learn strategies to write a grant-application as quickly as possible Target Audience: Academic, Research, KE and Teaching Staff View Course Details > 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 View Course Details > 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 View Course Details > 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) View Course Details > SPIRAL - Researcher Careers: Non-Academic Careers in Higher Education show This seminar event will explore the career paths and current roles of a number of speakers having moved from a research background into non-academic roles in higher education. Come along to learn more about different types of careers! Target Audience: Research staff members and any staff looking to explore their career options View Course Details > 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 View Course Details > 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 View Course Details > SPIRAL - Strathclyde Spring Writing Retreat (In Person) 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. View Course Details > SPIRAL - Strathclyde Spring Writing Retreat (online) 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. View Course Details > 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. View Course Details > 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 View Course Details > 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 View Course Details > 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 View Course Details > 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 View Course Details > SPIRAL - Working with Local Government show This event will feature a presentation on working with policy at a local level, given by Nick Bibby FRSA FAcSS, which will be followed by a conversation between Nick and Paul Godzik. Finally there will be an opportunity for questions to both speakers. Target Audience: Research staff and anyone else involved with research. The event would also be of use to colleagues with a focus on impact and engagement, the civic university, or the relationship between research and place. View Course Details > SPIRAL - Writing for The Conversation: 1-to-1 Editor Chats – HaSS/SBS show The Conversation is a news website with content written by researchers and academics working with professional journalists. This 20-minute one-to-one session with an editor will enable you to receive personalised advice and feedback on your writing ideas for The Conversation. Target Audience: Any staff members in HaSS or SBS who are involved in research and would like to write for The Conversation View Course Details > SPIRAL - Writing for The Conversation: 1-to-1 Editor Chats - Sci/Eng show The Conversation is a news website with content written by researchers and academics working with professional journalists. This 15-minute one-to-one session with an editor will enable you to receive personalised advice and feedback on your writing ideas for The Conversation. Target Audience: Any staff members in Science or Engineering who are involved in research and would like to write for The Conversation View Course Details > SPIRAL-Developments in Research Impact for Established Academics show This practical workshop has been designed for established academics looking to better understand, articulate, and record how their research makes a difference in the world as well as how to support researchers in relation to impact for REF and other contexts. Target Audience: This course is appropriate for researchers and research leaders who are established in their career, especially those with Departmental / Faculty responsibilities. View Course Details > 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 View Course Details > 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 View Course Details > 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 View Course Details >