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GRADnews

GRADnews is a monthly e-newsletter aimed at postgraduate research students within the university and features information on a wealth of internal and external career-development related opportunities available to the community.

Institution(s):
University of Strathclyde
Region(s):
Scotland and Northern Ireland
Date first submitted:
17 Jun 2011
Date last modified:
17 Jun 2011
Relationship to RDF:
  • Domain A: Knowledge and intellectual abilities
  • Knowledge base
  • Domain B: Personal effectiveness
  • Personal Qualities
  • Self-management
  • Professional and career development
  • Domain C: Research governance and organisation
  • Professional conduct
  • Research management
  • Finance, funding and resources
  • Domain D: Engagement, influence and impact
  • Working with others
  • Communication and dissemination
  • Engagement and impact
Focus:
  • Researcher-led activities
  • Personal effectiveness
  • Equality and diversity related activities
  • Work experience
  • Research project skills
  • Academic practice
  • Knowledge exchange
  • Researcher development strategy/management
  • Enterprise-related activities
  • Career development
  • Research into researcher development
Audience:
  • Postgraduate researchers
  • Doctoral researchers
Range:
  • Institution
Rationale, aims and outcomes
What is the rationale for doing this?
How does it fit with institutional strategy?
What are the main features of the provision?
What are the aims and expected outcomes?

 

The GRADnews e-newsletter is a resource created by the Researcher Development Programme Team to disseminate information to the research community about events, workshops and resources readily available to them.

 

The creation of GRADnews fits with the research element of the institutional strategy by advertising to researchers the latest internal and external opportunities . Providing this resource encourages participation from researchers in cross-disciplinary activities which works alongside the university’s aim to create and maintain an enviable, dynamic and sustainable research environment.

 

The main feature of this monthly newsletter is to increase awareness of the wealth of opportunities available to researchers. By increasing engagement we aim to enhance the generic skills and competencies of the majority of the cohort to broaden their horizons for future employability either inside or outside of academia.

 

Engagement
Are there any pre-requisites for engagement, e.g. levels of skill, years of experience, essential pre-activities?
How many participate in each 'activity'?

As this resource is a newsletter, there are no pre-requisites required. However, for events/workshops etc. on offer, each individual event on offer may have their own pre-requisites. The number of participants can vary greatly depending on the type of event/workshop being held. Over 1,000 researchers receive this email each month.

Evaluation: benefits, challenges and next steps
How do you monitor effectiveness?
Who do you seek feedback from?
Do you have benchmarks?

The effectiveness of our GRADnews e-newsletter is measured through the uptake and enquiries for our advertised courses and events. The newsletter is also hsoted in our internal resource centre – the R&KE Portal. We measure site traffic (number of visitors) to these pages. Feedback is regularly sought from the researcher community, the Communications Office and other relevant departments, and GRADnews is continuously being improved an update based on this.

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Claire Jackson