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This is a brief summary of the organisational model that we have adopted in order to work more closely with Schools, Faculties and Departments and 'partner' with them in understanding and providing for the needs of their particular staff in a ‘bespoke’ way where appropriate. This positions us better to target our resource towards meeting real needs, while striving for enhanced alignment between UCL’s research strategy and individual aspirations. This new model also enables us to work more closely in partnership with other key people deployed at a Faculty or Department level, such as Research Facilitators, Research Leaders, HR Consultants, Faculty Managers etc.

Increasing size and complexity of research projects means increasing need for effective collaborations - across the ICR, with other academic organisations, and with Industry. This workshop will look at some of the key challenges and the practical steps needed to allow successful collaborations – whether at individual, team or Institute level.

MI512 Information Literacy: Tools for Research is a complete programme open to PhD students with six hands on workshops that develop students research skills incrementally. MI512 covers the basics of conducting library research from planning a literature search, improving internet searching skills, managing references and keeping up to date with new research. The weekly workshops build on each other to achieve a series of learning objectives by the end of the term.

This is a wide ranging study of existing and past post-graduates of Birkbeck College in order to assess whether our Skills Training Strategy (inplace since 2003) has had an impact upon researcher behaviour.

This two-day module is the first of three annual research modules and acts as an induction course for PGRs who register at the start of the academic year. The module provides an introduction to life as a research student at Brunel with sessions designed to help PGRs develop expectations of life as a new researcher, encourage them to form positive working habits and consider how to identify the skills to be developed throughout the course of research. The module also provides an unparalleled opportunity to meet other new PhD students from across the university.

The session covers all aspects of attending an academic conference from submitting an abstract to presenting. Networking, poster design and other practical considerations are also key factors.

Part-time research students often miss out on attending skills seminars during the week due to other commitments. The Saturday School combines the most popular sessions from the current term and provides a forum for PT students to meet and discuss their research.