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RI & C Wk - 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


RI & C Wk - Workplace Wellbeing at Strathclyde     show
An overview of our workplace wellbeing strategy and priorities for the year ahead, support available to you, and what you can do to support your own wellbeing.

Target Audience: All staff


RI&C Week - Diverse Careers in Academia     show
Join us to explore the possibilities and broaden your understanding of the paths available in the research community.

Target Audience: Research staff and anyone involved in research.


RI&C Wk - Unlock the power of storytelling in your CV     show
Join us for an interactive workshop to learn how to develop a Narrative CV that captures a diverse range of contributions, career journeys and achievements.

Target Audience: All university staff and postgraduate researchers involved in applying for, or supporting applications for, research funding in the UK


Enhancing Negotiation and Networking Skills     show
Master the art of negotiation and networking. Develop your knowledge and understanding of negotiation and networking skills and how to apply them as a manager at Strathclyde.

Target Audience: Leaders and Managers across the institution


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.


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Target Audience: Who the course is aimed at


Academic Development Information Session     show
An opportunity for academic professional staff (traditional academic, teaching, research and knowledge exchange staff) to come along to meet with a member of the Academic Development team in order to benefit from support in understanding the development opportunities available.

Target Audience: Staff seeking to engage with academic development programmes


Active Bystander Training     show
This online session 'Active Bystander' is a 90 minute long, fast paced session which equips delegates with the skills to deal with bullying, sexual harassment and intimidation in the workplace.

Target Audience: All staff at all levels/disciplines


Addressing Persistent Difficult Behaviour 2024     show
This 2 half day online sessions seeks to help staff and managers understand excessive persistent difficult behaviour from staff in the workplace and ways to handle it more effectively.

Target Audience: Managers and Leaders


ADR - Setting SMART Objectives     show
This 20 minute video will be of interest to all Staff who are involved in the ADR process as either a reviewer or reviewee. The video will look at the ADR process and how to set objectives for the ADR process.

Target Audience: All Staff


ADR: A Focused Conversation (Academic, Research, Teaching & KE)     show
This 60- minute online session provides information on the ADR process for reviewers & guidance on how to lead constructive, meaningful ADR conversations. It is targeted at ADR reviewers to those in Academic, Research, Teaching or KE roles.

Target Audience: Staff involved as reviewers in ADR for Academic, Research, Teaching or KE roles


Aurora Info Session for 2022/23 Cohort     show
Join this interactive online session to learn more about the Aurora women’s leadership development initiative, hear from recent Strathclyde participants, and to find out about applying for a centrally-funded place at Strathclyde.

Target Audience: This session is primarily for Strathclyde staff who are a) women, and b) Grades 7, 8 and 9. Staff of any gender and any grade are also welcome to attend the session if they wish to learn more about the Aurora women’s leadership development initiative.


Awareness for First Aid for Mental Health     show
Awareness of First Aid for Mental Health is a blended course that will be facilitated by staff from the Disability and Wellbeing Service.

Target Audience: Staff


Becoming a Strathclyde Supervisor     show
This workshop aims to provide an introduction to the practices and policies relating to supervising postgraduate research students at Strathclyde. This is a core workshop of the Strathclyde Supervisor Development Programme.

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


Becoming an Effective Learning & Teaching Practitioner (HE)     show
The aim of this class is to provide participants an opportunity to evaluate, develop and enhance their own theoretically-informed approach to becoming an effective higher education teacher at Strathclyde.

Target Audience: All staff who teach/or support learning


Coaching Skills Course for Leaders and Managers     show
This practical workshop will introduce you to coaching as a leadership strategy and approach. You will learn about using the GROW model to facilitate positive growth, productivity and motivation with colleagues.

Target Audience: Strathclyde Leaders and Managers


Conferencing & Event Organisation At Strathclyde     show
A half day session on the practicalities of organising a conference or event .

Target Audience: Staff members who organise conferences & events


Conflict prevention and resolution in the supervisory relationship     show
This workshop will address the relational aspects of the supervisory process through the lens of mediation. This workshop can be used as a ‘Day-to-Day Supervision Skills’ option towards the Strathclyde Supervisor Development Programme.

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


Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Opportunities 2022     show
The workshop will explain the benefits that IMechE membership brings, including access to great CPD resources.

Target Audience: Engineering Technicians


Customer Service Skills     show
Participants in this workshop will gain invaluable skills and techniques that are the fundamentals of service professionalism and you will be encourage to take pride in what you do.

Target Audience: All Staff


Dealing with Conflict on Projects     show
As part of our project management theme this short session will introduce the kinds of conflicts you might experience when managing projects and some strategies and techniques for dealing with them.

Target Audience: All Staff


Delegation Skills - all staff     show
This course is an introduction to delegation. Delegation is a skill which can be learned and aids team productivity and morale. It is a development process and helps people and teams to develop to their full potential.

Target Audience: All Staff


Designing Multiple Choice Questions to Evaluate Higher Order Thinking     show
In this session you will explore how to design MCQs which are specifically targeted at demonstrating higher order skills as identified in Bloom’s taxonomy.

Target Audience: All staff who teach and/or support learning


Developing a Portfolio of Excellence in Learning & Teaching in HE     show
The aim of this class is to provide participants an opportunity to evaluate, develop and enhance their own theoretically-informed approach to becoming an effective higher education teacher at Strathclyde

Target Audience: All staff who teach or support learning


Discovering Skills for Effective Delegation     show
Improve your management skills by learning practical techniques for effective delegation.

Target Audience: Managers and supervisors looking to utilise the power of delegation to manage their workload and develop their team


Engaging Doctoral Students with Writing     show
This workshop will support doctoral supervisors to establish productive writing habits for their students. 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


Engaging students through student-staff partnerships - Masterclass     show
This is a live in-person event. Ways of engaging students in higher education as partners in learning and teaching is arguably one of the most important issues facing higher education in the 21st Century and is a key factor influencing student success.

Target Audience: Strathclyde staff who are interested in working with students as partners


Enhancing Negotiation and Networking Skills     show
Master the art of negotiation and networking. Develop your knowledge and understanding of negotiation and networking skills and how to apply them as a manager at Strathclyde.

Target Audience: Leaders and Managers across the institution


EPSRC Energy and Decarbonisation Visit     show
The energy and decarbonisation, and manufacturing and the circular economy themes invest in research and innovation critical to the discovery, development and deployment of technologies and solutions.

Target Audience: Those interested and/or working in the area of Energy & Decarbonisation


EPSRC Health Technologies Team Visit - Funding & Strategy Session     show
Join us for an exclusive session with the EPSRC Health Technologies Team, where you will learn more about the refreshed Health Technologies Strategy, funding opportunities, panel insights and patient & public involvement and engagement (PPIE).

Target Audience: Any staff involved in research related to health technologies


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


HEA Fellowship Information Session - Online     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.

Target Audience: Academic,Teaching APS Staff


How to Disagree Constructively 2024     show
This unique and innovative workshop has been designed to help individuals and teams to improve their capacity for constructive disagreement and hence for effective collaboration and group decision making.

Target Audience: Staff involved in Leadership roles


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.


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


Introduction to Leadership for PhD Supervisors     show
This workshop will introduce Leadership as a model for establishing and maintaining successful PhD supervisions

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


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


Leadership Development Prog (1st line leadership) - Info Session     show
This is a 30 minute, on-line session which will introduce participants to the course content and structure, how to engage in the optional elements of the programme, pre-programme objective setting and the options for ILM accreditation.

Target Audience: First Line Managers responsible for Supervising Staff


Leadership for Strategic Outcomes - Intro Session     show
This is a 30 minute, on-line session which will introduce participants to the course content and structure, how to engage in the optional elements of the programme, pre-programme objective setting and the options for ILM accreditation.

Target Audience: Team Leaders


Leadership Network Lunchtime series     show
This series of sessions is presented during a light lunch with various monthly topics and topical themes including leading wellbeing, managing disabilities and long term illness, working effectively with neuro-diverse colleagues and many more to come.

Target Audience: Leadership roles at Strathclyde


Management CPD - Creating an Effective Induction for Staff     show
Open to anyone who has the responsibility of ensuring an effective induction experience for staff

Target Audience: Anyone responsible for inducting new staff


Management CPD - Giving Briefings and making presentations     show
Open to anyone who wants to improve their skills in delivering briefings, or who wants to improve their presentation skills

Target Audience: Anyone who is delivering briefings and making presentations


Management CPD - Training and Coaching for Managers     show
Open to anyone involved in training or coaching in the workplace

Target Audience: Anyone who is involved in training and/or coaching staff in the workplace


Management Development: Complaint Investigation Skills - Online     show
The aim of this course is to help participants develop and improve their investigation skills with a specific focus on complaints handling. The course is offered to nominated members of staff who will conduct complaints investigations at Stage 2.

Target Audience: Investigating Officers for Stage 2 complaints ONLINE


New Staff Induction Seminar     show
A seminar for newly appointed staff. The seminar will introduce you to working for the University of Strathclyde

Target Audience: Newly Appointed Staff to the University


Performance Management - Managers     show
An informative and interactive session to explore tips and techniques for managers and supervisors to effectively manage the performance of their employees.

Target Audience: Managers - Only employees with supervisory responsibilities.


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


Planning a Positive Retirement     show
This information session is for those either considering retirement or about to retire in the near future. This will be a face to face session in Graham Hills.

Target Audience: Anyone considering retirement or early or flexible retirement


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.


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


Professional Services Development Programme- Info Session     show
This is an hour session which will introduce participants to the course programme, content and structure

Target Audience: APS Staff Grade 4 and above


Professional Services Networking Lunch     show
A chance for administrators to come together and network, sharing information and best practice

Target Audience: Suitable for anyone who undertakes any administration role


Promoting Research Integrity through Supervision     show
This workshop will support Supervisors to develop an approach that encourages positive research practices within their team.

Target Audience: Staff involved in Doctoral Student Supervision


Recognition of Learning and Teaching for Technical Staff     show
This one hour session is designed to provide information to technical staff on how they can gain formal professional recognition (Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy) for their formal or informal role in supporting learning and teaching.

Target Audience: Technical Staff


Recruitment     show
An informative and interactive session to explore tips and techniques for managers and supervisors to effectively recruit within the law.

Target Audience: Only employees with supervisory responsibilities.


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.


Relaunch of Women’s Network     show
We would be delighted if you would join us for the relaunch event of the Strathclyde Women’s Network.

Target Audience: Women's Week


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.


Researchers' Group AGM     show
Annual General Meeting to review achievements and take a look at things going forward.

Target Audience: Research Staff


RI & C Wk - Pathways to policy impact     show
Developing significant impact in the operation or development of policy from academic research is challenging and requires considerable and sustained investment in developing pathways to impact. This session explores how significant impact on policy can be realised.

Target Audience: Open to all colleagues working in research, KE, or other roles that support Impact, including professional services, particularly suited to ECRs looking to develop policy impact through research.


RI & C Wk - Research Data Management and Sharing     show
The workshop will guide researchers through the rudiments of research data management and sharing (RDMS) notably, data management planning, and will look at various templates and methods available when implementing /embedding a Data Management Plan (DMP) into a project.

Target Audience: All staff and postgraduate researchers involved in undertaking research and collecting/generating research data


RI & C Wk - Shaping the Future of Interdisciplinary Research     show
Join us for an interactive workshop on interdisciplinary research at Strathclyde! This will be an opportunity to engage with experts, collaborate in group discussions, and network to shape future partnerships. Let’s drive innovation together!

Target Audience: Anyone interested in the topic of interdisciplinary research


RI&C Finding your ethics horizon: why you should read science fiction     show
Drawing on popular fiction such as Frankenstein and Blade Runner, this session explores how imagined worlds can enable researchers to explore critical and global ethical perspectives on their own research, bringing potential ethical dilemmas and responsible research alive.

Target Audience: All staff and post grad researchers involved in leading, conducting or supporting research


RI&C Week - Impact for success; developing evidenced impact     show
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Target Audience: All staff and post grad researchers involved in leading, conducting or supporting research


RI&C Week - NHS ethics and governance     show
This session will explore with NHS Research Ethics Committee review process. Led by experts with NHS ethics experience, the session is an opportunity to understand the NHS Ethics Quality Standards and apply these to your own work.

Target Audience: Research staff and students submitting NHS ethics and R&D applications using the IRAS system


RI&C Week - Research Integrity in an Hour     show
This session will explore research integrity from a practical perspective, focusing on what the key principles of research integrity are and how these can be embedded into research practices. It is aimed at newcomers to the topic.

Target Audience: All staff and post grad researchers involved in leading, conducting or supporting research


RI&C Week - Support Researchers -How To Make Research Open/Accessible     show
Overview of Open Research support available at the University of Strathclyde, with a focus on dissemination and accessibility.

Target Audience: All staff and post grad researchers involved in leading, conducting or supporting research


RI&C Week - Sustainability and Me!     show
In line with the University Strategy and Values, sustainability must be a key consideration of all research - from concept to final evaluation. Join us for this interactive workshop to find out how this relates to your work and get started on your sustainability journey.

Target Audience: All staff and students (PGR) involved in conducting, leading and enabling research


RI&C Week - Understanding Narrative CVs     show
Join us for a panel discussion, with experts and plenty of opportunity for Q&A, to discuss the motivation behind the introduction of Narrative CVs and hear from researchers with experience of developing and using their Narrative CVs.

Target Audience: All staff and postgraduate researchers involved in leading, conducting or supporting research, at any organisation involved in research, in the UK and internationally


RI&C Week: NHS Ethics – Thinking about PPI and Participant Materials     show
This workshop will provide guidance on the NHS Research Ethics Committee review process and the value the committee places on PPI as part of an application. The recently introduced NHS Ethics Quality Standards design and review principles will also be addressed.

Target Audience: Research staff and students submitting NHS ethics and R&D applications using the IRAS system


RI&C Week: Addressing Questionable Research Practice and Misconduct     show
This workshop will explore how research misconduct can, and should, be addressed within a positive research culture, with discussions on how issues of research misconduct arise, how these can be dealt with, and what this means for researchers, participants, and the University.

Target Audience: All staff and postgraduate researchers involved in leading, conducting or supporting research


RI&C Week: Can we measure research cultures responsibly?     show
With culture being assessed within the REF 2029 exercise, this is an opportunity reflect on whether research cultures can be measured responsibly and in a way that promotes positive behaviours and values. This panel discussion will feature experts from across the UK research sector.

Target Audience: All staff and postgraduate researchers involved in leading, conducting or supporting research


RI&C Week: Enhancing Strathclyde’s Research Cultures     show
This session will be an opportunity to hear about the ongoing work to enhance Strathclyde’s research culture and for you to feed into plans for further development.

Target Audience: All staff and post grad researchers involved in leading, conducting or supporting research


RI&C Week: Mental Health for Managers     show
This session aims to support managers to support their staff. It will provide an overview for managers to help start the conversation & feel comfortable & confident to talk to staff about mental health & wellbeing, with a practical approach focused on ‘take away’ tools and skills.

Target Audience: Staff in formal or informal supervisory / manager roles


RI&C WeekStrathclyde Research Integrity and Culture Week Launch Event     show
This interactive event will enable staff and students to engage with Research Culture initiatives across the university.

Target Audience: All staff and PGRs interested in Research Integrity and Culture at Strathclyde


RI&C Wk - Embedding commercialisation within research cultures     show
This online session will feature Strathclyde's academic staff and Skillfluence. They will explore how commercialisation can be embedded within a research culture by using live examples of projects that are creating research impact.

Target Audience: All academic staff and post graduate students, who would like to understand how they can create research impact through commercialisation.


RI&C Wk - Intersectionality Workshop     show
An exploration of intersectionality and its applications in higher education

Target Audience: All staff with an interest, particularly those involved in research. (Open to all)


RI&C Wk - Participant considerations, wellbeing and rights     show
This event will provide guidance on the process of obtaining informed consent and will advise on how researchers can demonstrate their commitment to the dignity, respect, and data protection rights of participants - both during the active research phase and after project completion.

Target Audience: Researchers, conducting human subject research where they are working with and collecting data and/or tissue from human participants


RI&C Wk - Supporting Openness & Transparancy in Qualitative Research     show
The session will explore the benefits of open research in qualitative research – including improving the rigour of research – as well as discussing the practical, theoretical and ethical considerations of open qualitative research.

Target Audience: All staff and postgraduate researchers involved in leading, conducting or supporting research


RI&CW: Enabling international collaboration through good governance     show
This workshop introduces the key principles of Trusted Research & Innovation and provides attendees with frameworks and uses practical examples to allow them to consider the application of Trusted Research & Innovation in practice.  

Target Audience: All staff and postgraduate researchers involved in leading, conducting or supporting research.


Running Effective Meetings     show
Unlock productive meetings! Learn to set clear goals, create focused agendas, encourage participation, and keep discussions on track in your meetings

Target Audience: All staff who plan and lead effective meetings


SPIRAL - Developing & Engaging in Equitable & Ethical P'ship Research     show
This interactive training aims to support researchers to examine the principles of equitable and ethical partnerships for research, and will examine these through interactive case studies and discursive activities.

Target Audience: PGR and academic staff


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.


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


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 - Broadcast Media Training     show
Have you ever wondered how to deal with journalists and make media to a professional standard? This 3-hour course explores various different ways of engaging with media, from giving expert opinion and creating media content on research to camera presentation and microphone skills.

Target Audience: Staff engaging or interested to engage with the media about their work


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.


SPIRAL - Career Management for Researchers @ Strathclyde     show
Career Management for Researchers @ Strathclyde is a blended course, combining online modules and Zoom discussion sessions, to help you explore career options and prepare you for the next stage of your career. A 4-week course - designed to address key career issues for researchers.

Target Audience: Research Staff


SPIRAL - Communicate with Confidence: Straight Talking - Online     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


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.


SPIRAL - Considering your Career Options     show
This session 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


SPIRAL - Designing & Implementing Inter and Transdisciplinary Research     show
This interactive training aims to support researchers to examine the principles of inter and transdisciplinary research, and subsequently examine how their research could improve or benefit embracing these approaches.

Target Audience: PGR and academic staff


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 - 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


SPIRAL - Healthy Academic Writing Retreat     show
Academic writing can be a challenging process, particularly when juggling the demands of work and distractions of daily life. This Retreat is designed to promote sustainable academic writing habits.

Target Audience: Anyone looking for protected time and space to work on academic writing.


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 - 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.


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


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.


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.


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 & Supervising Researchers Peer Network     show
This peer network is designed to support those managing and supervising researchers.

Target Audience: Academic staff and all others involved in managing and supervising researchers


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 - Motivating and Developing Teams     show
This workshop will help you manage your research team to deliver successful projects, work effectively through your team delivering results and develop others' capability to perform. The workshop will offer a range of practical tools and approaches to extend your management skills.

Target Audience: Research leaders and those aspiring to be


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


SPIRAL - Planning & Designing a Research Career     show
Interested in continuing in research? Then it is never too early to start planning your career trajectory & thinking about the direction you want to go. Research is exciting, competitive & a challenging career choice requiring strategic planning, seeking opportunities & networking.

Target Audience: Research staff / postdocs


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 Careers Outside Higher Educ.     show
This seminar event will explore the career paths and current roles of a number of speakers having moved from an academic research background into research roles outside of 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


SPIRAL - Research Funding Opportunities with Research Professional     show
In this practical workshop, participants will explore how to use the online platform Research Professional for learning more about research funding – introducing features, such as personalised funding alerts, advanced searches, institutional groups and more.

Target Audience: Staff interested in applying for research funding


SPIRAL - Research Funding Peer Network     show
This peer network is designed to connect and support those involved or interested to become involved in research funding.

Target Audience: All staff members who are involved or would like to become involved in gaining and managing research funding


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 – Research Writing Workshop - Weekly Drop In     show
This informal, social writing workshop is intended for all staff who are looking for protected time and space to focus on their writing and legitimise writing tasks in their busy work weeks.

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


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


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 - Social Media for Business & Industry Engagement     show
This sessions offers the knowledge and skills to use social media for business and industry engagement. It covers all aspects of social media usage including analytics and social media marketing and management.

Target Audience: Staff, PGRs


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.


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.


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 - UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Q & A Drop-In Session     show
This Q&A session will answer participants’ questions about the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships scheme and Strathclyde’s related internal candidate selection process and support.

Target Audience: Research Staff and Early Career Academic Staff.


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.


SPIRAL - Working with Policymakers: a Practical Guide     show
A practical introduction to engaging with policymakers in Scotland. This is an on-campus event, including a talk followed by a Q & A session.

Target Audience: Researchers, KE Staff, ECRs, research directors, directors of impact.


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


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


SPIRAL -Personal Effectiveness Series: Effecting Positive Engagements     show
This workshop will offer tools and techniques to present yourself in a confident and assertive manner. It will help you get your message across and influence others in an effective and positive way whilst still maintaining your authenticity.

Target Audience: Academic, research, KE & teaching staff


SPIRAL: Improving Cost Recovery on Research Projects     show
Understand the different cost elements of a research project and how the recovery of institutional costs (overheads) can be improved when a research project is costed.

Target Audience: All staff involved in costing research projects, approving costings of research projects, or managing departmental/faculty finances in relation to research.


SPIRAL-Careers Beyond Research/Applying Your Skills Outside Academia     show
There are a number of options outside of academia that are open to postdocs. Not everyone chooses to climb the academic ladder and many researchers are unaware of the variety of other options that are available.

Target Audience: Postdocs


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.


SPIRAL-Engaging 'Hard-to-Reach' Audiences/Widening Impact     show
This workshop will explore generalisable principles underpinning the successful delivery of a successful KE project and how they could be applied to a wide range of academic disciplines and audiences.

Target Audience: For academics, researchers, and knowledge exchange staff


SPIRAL-Practical Perspectives on Academic Promotion in STEMM P1     show
This in person face event aims to support those considering going for academic promotion in the next 12 months. Session 1 focuses on enabling participants to gain better understanding of promotion procedures & type of achievements & documentation applicants needed for promotion.

Target Audience: Academic professional staff who are eligible for academic promotion and planning to apply in the next 12 months


SPIRAL-Practical Perspectives on Academic Promotion in STEMM P2     show
This zoom session aims to support those considering going for academic promotion in the next 12 months. Session 2 will focus on supporting participants to translate their achievements into appropriate formats and language for their promotion application.

Target Audience: Academic professional staff who are eligible for academic promotion and planning to apply in the next 12 months


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


STACK Users at Strathclyde     show
STACK is an online assessment system for STEM subjects, designed to assess students’ answers to questions with numeric or algebraic answers.

Target Audience: Academic/Teaching staff using, or interested in using, STACK for online assessment and feedback


STEP - Using Your Calendar to Claw Back Time In Your Day     show
In this workshop, through a number of developmental activities, participants will take a proactive approach to their calendars to claw back time and work more effectively.

Target Audience: Any staff, particularly those involved in the delivery of teaching and learning


STEP - ‘Decolonising the Curriculum’ – Applying DtC Principles     show
These online workshops will be delivered by colleagues at the University of Glasgow who have been leading on efforts to decolonise the curriculum at Glasgow.

Target Audience: Professionals who teach and/or support learning


STEP - ‘Decolonising the Curriculum’ – Communities of Practice     show
This online workshop will be delivered by colleagues at the University of Glasgow who have been leading on efforts to decolonise the curriculum at Glasgow

Target Audience: Professionals who teach and/or support learning


STEP - ‘Decolonising the Curriculum’ – Community of Practice Launch     show
This in-person event marks the official launch of Strathclyde’s Decolonising the Curriculum Community of Practice.

Target Audience: Professionals who teach and/or support learning


STEP - ‘Decolonising the Curriculum’ – Introduction     show
This online workshop will be delivered by colleagues at the University of Glasgow who have been leading on efforts to decolonise the curriculum at Glasgow

Target Audience: Professionals who teach and/or support learning


STEP - ‘Decolonising the Curriculum’ – Learning from HaSS & SBS     show
This online workshop will be delivered by colleagues from across Strathclyde’s Faculties and Professional Services Directorates, highlighting the Strathclyde Experience, the excellent work that is underway, and good practices that can be applied across the University

Target Audience: Colleagues with an interest in Decolonialising the Curriculum, particularly those who teach and/or support learning


STEP - ‘Decolonising the Curriculum’ – Science & Strath Decol Academy     show
This online workshop will be delivered by colleagues from across Strathclyde’s Faculties and Professional Services Directorates, highlighting the Strathclyde Experience, the excellent work that is underway, and good practices that can be applied across the University

Target Audience: Colleagues with an interest in Decolonialising the Curriculum, particularly those who teach and/or support learning


STEP - ‘Focus On: Generative AI in L & T - Workshop 4     show
Facilitated by Education Enhancement and OSDU, we will be running a Mini-programme of workshops exploring the impact of generative-AI on learning, teaching, and assessment at Strathclyde.

Target Audience: Professionals who teach and/or support learning


STEP - AI2: Maintain Academic Integrity in an AI-enabled World-Online     show
This session provides attendees with a briefing on academic integrity & Generative Artificial Intelligence,

Target Audience: Staff who teach or support learning


STEP - AI2: Maintaining Academic Integrity in an AI-enabled World     show
This session provides attendees with a briefing on academic integrity & Generative Artificial Intelligence. This session is an In-Person session. Follow link in course description, if you would like to join remotely via Teams.

Target Audience: Staff who teach or support learning


STEP - Flipped Classroom - Where to Start?     show
This workshop will guide participants through the structure of flipped classroom and provides practical guidance on designing and implementing this in practice.

Target Audience: All staff who teach and/or support learning


STEP - HEA Fellowship Information Session Event     show
*Please check if the session is online or in-person. 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.

Target Audience: Academic,Teaching APS Staff


STEP - Leadership in Learning and Teaching Network     show
This is a face to face meeting of the Leadership in Learning and Teaching network

Target Audience: Participants of the Leadership in Learning and Teaching Network


STEP - Pedagogy Reading Group     show
The pedagogy reading group meets to discuss articles / books on pedagogy. The aim of the group is to support participants' knowledge and understanding of varying pedagogies and how they may apply to teaching.

Target Audience: All staff with an interest in pedagogy


STEP - Pure – Not Just for Researchers     show
Pure is the University's information management system for tracking activities and outputs of Academic Professional staff.  

Target Audience: Learning and Teaching Academic Professional Staff who wish to establish or develop their Pure profile


STEP - Responding to module evaluation: Drop-in session     show
This course is to support staff in making sense of and responding to module evaluation data.

Target Audience: All staff involved in supporting and delivering learning and teaching


STEP - Senior Fellows Network     show
The Senior Fellows Network is a community for colleagues who have achieved SFHEA.

Target Audience: All staff who have achieved Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy 


STEP Developing MCQs     show
This self-directed module guides participants through designing multiple choice questions (MCQs) in higher education.

Target Audience: All staff who teach and/or support teaching and learning at Strathclyde


STEP: Designing inclusive curricula     show
This STEP workshop is designed to empower learning and teaching staff at Strathclyde to create curricula that are not only accessible to all but also reflect the diverse needs and perspectives of our student body.

Target Audience: All staff who teach and/or support learning at Strathclyde


STEP-AI2: Maintaining Academic Integrity in AI-enabled World-via TEAMS     show
This session provides attendees with a briefing on academic integrity & Generative Artificial Intelligence. This session is ONLINE (via Teams). Follow link in course description, if you would like to join in person.

Target Audience: Staff who teach or support learning


Strathclyde Chancellor’s Fellows – Application Info & Support ONLINE     show
This is the booking page for ONLINE 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


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


Strathclyde Supervisor Development Programme - Assessment Session     show
During the session participants will deliver their final assessment presentations for the Strathclyde Supervisor Development Programme. Each session will have 4 participants.

Target Audience: Strathclyde staff that have completed the required number of workshops in the Strathclyde Supervisor Development Programme


Supervising Postgraduate Research     show
This module enables you to engage with the professional and theoretical underpinnings and political drivers of national developments in research and research supervision in Higher Education in the UK.

Target Audience: Academic , Research, KE and Teaching Staff


Supervisor Development Programme - SPARK Credits Information Session     show
This session will provide information about how to gain SPARK credits through the Strathclyde Supervisor Development Programme for the SPARK module “Supervising Postgraduate Research”

Target Audience: Staff interested in gaining SPARK credits through the Strathclyde Supervisor Development Programme


Supporting Early Researchers' Careers:: A Workshop for Line Managers     show
Career development is an increasingly important aspect of the PhD journey. This workshop aims to support supervisors of doctoral students in promoting their student’s career development.

Target Audience: Staff involved in Doctoral Student Supervision or the Line Manager for Research Staff


Supporting Your Strathclyde PGR Student     show
This workshop will provide tools and advice on getting your postgraduate research students off to the best start at Strathclyde. It is a Core Workshop of the Strathclyde Supervisor Development Programme.

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


Taking a Scholarly Approach to Teaching & Learning     show
The aim of this class is for participants to demonstrate excellence in learning and teaching by creating a portfolio of scholarship and planning future scholarship strategy

Target Audience: All staff who teach or support learning


Team Approaches to Problem Solving     show
De Bono’s 6 Thinking Hats theory and it’s use in problem solving and meeting management

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


Technical Staff Development Programme - Information Session     show
This introductory session is open to all Technical staff, and is designed to inform staff about the Technical Staff Development Programme.

Target Audience: Technical Staff Grade 3 - 8


Technical Staff Network series     show
A chance for Technical Staff to come together and network, sharing information and best practice

Target Audience: Suitable for anyone who undertakes any Technical role


Technician's Development Programme - Technical Leaders     show
The programme is designed for anyone who is already in a 1st Line leadership role who wants to develop existing skills, knowledge and best practice, or anyone aspiring to a leadership role.

Target Audience: Anyone in a 1st line leadership role or anyone aspiring to a leadership role.


Trainer Training     show
Trainer training for those delivering training as part of their role. This course involves working towards a nationally recognised SVQ unit

Target Audience: Anyone who is involved in delivering training session


Trainer Training - 3 Sessions     show
Trainer training for those delivering training as part of their role. This course involves working towards a nationally recognised SVQ unit

Target Audience: Anyone who is involved in delivering training session


UoS Research and Knowledge Exchange Space @ Glasgow Science Centre     show
This Information Session provides colleagues an update on the University’s partnership with Glasgow Science Centre, followed by a case study outlining successful development and installation of a University of Strathclyde ‘citizen science’ exhibit at the Glasgow Science Centre (GSC)

Target Audience: This Information Session is open to all and will be particularly relevant to those with an interest in knowledge exchange, public engagement, citizen science and the University’s partnership with the Glasgow Science Centre.


Women in Technical Roles Networking Group     show
A networking group for all women in technical related roles

Target Audience: All women in the University of Strathclyde who carry out technical based roles including AV and IT type roles