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University Graduate School Website
Practice No. 986
Last modified: 03/05/2013 15:17:24
Institution: University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham Graduate School website brings together all information offered to doctoral researchers by the University Graduate School (this covers both the University Graduate School and the Research Student Administration teams). The website is meant to offer a ‘one stop shop’ for all doctoral researcher information at the University. Upkeep of the website is the responsibility of the University Graduate School Projects Officer (Marketing and Events). New developments for the website are supported by the University’s systems and web teams.
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Staff Training and Development Programme
Practice No. 1284
Last modified: 27/10/2011 11:20:31
Institution: The Royal Veterinary College
The courses and workshops outlined in our programme are designed to meet the needs of all groups of staff within the College and offer a wide variety of development opportunities in five key areas:
• Health & Safety
• Information Technology
• Leadership & Management
• Skills & Knowledge
• Wellbeing
In our 2009/10 training programme, we introduced a section specific to the development of researchers, in response to principle 4 of the Concordat. This section has continued to develop following feedback received from research staff, line managers and principal investigators.
Research staff may also attend any of the other Staff Training & Development courses offered in the programme.
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Strathclyde Research Staff Induction Programme
Practice No. 1272
Last modified: 21/06/2011 11:37:57
Institution: University of Strathclyde
Following consultation at the Research Staff Forum in March 2011 a programme has been devised and is scheduled to run for the first time in September 2011. The programme exists as a one day event, but it is envisaged that following the initial event in September online content will be developed to make the Induction Programme available to researchers who need it, when they need it.
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Strathclyde Mentoring Scheme
Practice No. 1271
Last modified: 21/06/2011 11:35:48
Institution: University of Strathclyde
The Strathclyde Mentoring Scheme is being developed for Research staff to support their career development. It will train and support mentors and match them with appropriate mentees who volunteer to be part of the scheme. It will also offer on-going support for mentors who are part of the Scheme as well as those who are active mentors within the University but carry out this role informally.
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RDF Audit of Provision
Practice No. 1269
Last modified: 21/06/2011 11:33:16
Institution: University of Strathclyde
The current provision across the university of generic and transferable skills training was audited and then mapped to the RDF. This allowed an analysis of provision to be carried out that will be used to inform and guide the effective allocation of resources.
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Researcher Development Strategy and Operational Plan
Practice No. 1265
Last modified: 17/06/2011 14:07:54
Institution: University of Strathclyde
A strategy has been developed to support the achievement of the University’s Strategic Plan in terms of its statements relating to researcher development. A parallel operational plan lays out the key actions that have been devised with the aim of achieving the strategic aims.
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Publishing in Prestigious Journals - Hands on advice
Practice No. 1221
Last modified: 19/11/2010 14:40:42
Institution: University of Liverpool
Workshops are facilitated by editors of high impact journals who discuss with participants key aspects within the writing process and the aims of the journal. Brief writing exercises on papers published by participants take place during the workshop. In addition, selected published articles from the journal are being discussed highlighting relevant points of interest that inform the writing process. -
Ketso - a hands-on kit for effective group work and engagement
Practice No. 1199
Last modified: 12/11/2010 19:36:05
Institution: University of Manchester
Ketso is an interactive, hands-on toolkit for bringing meetings and workshops to life. It is compact and portable, simple to use and accessible to everyone. Ketso extends people's ability to run effective and enjoyable workshops - virtually anywhere and in any setting. It encourages people to be creative and share in productive dialogue, while also generating real results that can be put into action. Ketso provides a set of tabletop tools that can be used to capture and display people's ideas. It consists of colourful 'branches', 'leaves' and other materials, which can be placed on a felt workspace and easily moved around in response to changing discussion. Ketso is robust and portable, and comes in a handy carrying bag, making it easy to transport to and from events. Ketso provides a series of free resources to help you run effective workshops and engagement processes - such as workshop plans and training videos in planning and running a workshop. -
Researcher@Library
Practice No. 994
Last modified: 24/11/2009 12:06:44
Institution: University of Leeds
Researcher@Library is an online resource providing information, support and resources to researchers at all levels across the University. -
RSS and publication alerts for research
Practice No. 991
Last modified: 24/11/2009 11:39:32
Institution: University of Leeds
An interactive course introducing alerting services and RSS feeds, which enable researchers to keep up to date with the latest developments in their field.