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Academic Development Information Session - (ONLINE)     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


Academic Development Information Session - In Person     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


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


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

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


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

Target Audience: Staff, Postgraduate Researchers


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


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


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 in Research & Inquiry     show
This workshop will furnish participants with practical ways in which they can incorporate inquiry learning into their course, regardless of subject or class size.

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


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


Enhancing Negotiation and Networking Skills - ARCHIVE     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


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 - In Person     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


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


Investigation, Discipline, and Grievance Training for Managers     show
This half day in-person session seeks to help managers understand the process of investigation as well as the key aspects of the discipline and grievance procedures.

Target Audience: Managers of staff or managers grade 7 and above who may be involved in hearing Disciplinary or Grievance cases.


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


Learning and Teaching Day 2025     show
Strathclyde's annual Teaching and Learning Day is for all staff involved in teaching and supporting learning. It is a celebration of innovation and excellence involving keynote presentations, panel discussions, sharing of best practice and networking opportunities

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


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 - 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


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.


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


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.


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.


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


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


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 - 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 - Collaboration for Innovation & Knowledge Exchange     show
Interested in developing your entrepreneurial side? Thinking about founding a micro business or looking for a business idea? This session will look at support available for women entrepreneurs, empowerment, and starting up.

Target Audience: Open to anyone across the university.


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 - 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


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


SPIRAL - Creating balance for a sustainable academic/ research life     show
Discover how to set boundaries and regain balance in your academic life. This workshop offers tools, reflection, and strategies to help you manage work-life demands, support well-being, and create a sustainable, fulfilling career-empower yourself to thrive!

Target Audience: Academics/ Research Fellows


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 - Freelancing: All you need to know     show
Freelancing is a legitimate way of working for employed and, of course, self-employed people. Whether a side-hustle, a start-up or even a scale-up, freelancing offers lots of positives such as increased income, offsetting some expenses against tax, & developing new skills.

Target Audience: Anyone across the university who is interested in developing the mindset and skills to become a freelancer in any level, sector or skill.


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 - Handling Academic Rejection     show
Attendees learn practical ways to harness the power of their own mind to better cope with, and respond constructively to, setbacks. Using these techniques over time builds resilience to overcome obstacles and embrace academic rejection as part of the path to professional excellence.

Target Audience: Research staff and any staff with a current or future team leadership role.


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 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


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


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 - 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.


SPIRAL - Introduction to Entrepreneurship     show
Interested in becoming an entrepreneur? Thinking about developing a micro business or looking for an opportunity? This session explores how to find inspiration and explore areas of opportunity of innovation and start to seed a fledgling innovative idea or business.

Target Audience: Anyone across the university who is interested in developing the mindset and skills to become an entrepreneur or is in the early stages of business development.


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 - Leading and Motivating Your Team Members     show
Participants will learn to use the DISC behavioural framework to enhance their effectiveness in research leadership, whether as a formal leader or active collaborator. They will be better able to respond to colleague needs to create more satisfied, motivated, effective teams.

Target Audience: Research staff and any staff with a current or future team leadership role.


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 - Managing power dynamics in research environments     show
Explore and reflect on power dynamics in research environments, share experiences, and gain tools to reframe challenging interactions. This practical workshop helps foster equity, awareness, and positive change in academic culture-join to empower yourself and others!

Target Audience: Academics/ Research Fellows


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


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

Target Audience: Research staff and anyone else involved in research


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

Target Audience: For academics / researchers managing projects


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

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


SPIRAL - 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 - Routes to Impact     show
This short one-hour course will outline the differences between Impact itself and various routes to impact.

Target Audience: All staff


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

Target Audience: For supervisors of doctoral research students


SPIRAL - Strathclyde 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 - Women in Entrepreneurship     show
Interested in developing your entrepreneurial side? Thinking about founding a micro business or looking for a business idea? This session looks at support available for women entrepreneurs, empowerment, & start up. It covers key skills - setting up, finding customers & funding.

Target Audience: Anyone across the university who is interested in developing the mindset and skills to become an entrepreneur.


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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 - 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 - VR-based skills development training for educators     show
VR-based training offers a transformative approach to staff development in education. By utilizing immersive technology, educators can improve their teaching skills and engage students more effectively.

Target Audience: All teaching staff across the University at all levels/disciplines


STEP - VR-based skills Follow-up Feedback Session     show
VR-based training offers a transformative approach to staff development in education. By utilizing immersive technology, educators can improve their teaching skills and engage students more effectively.

Target Audience: All teaching staff across the University at all levels/disciplines


STEP-AI2: Maintaining Academic Integrity in AI-enabled World-via Zoom     show
This session provides attendees with a briefing on academic integrity & Generative Artificial Intelligence. This session is ONLINE (via Zoom). 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 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 - PGCLTHE Credits Info 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


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.


Technician's Development Programme - Technical Team Member     show
This programme is the first level of the Technical Staff Development programme. This programme is designed to support technician's working in team within the University.

Target Audience: Any member of technical staff who are grades 3-5


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