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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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Women Sharing a Chemical Moment in Time
Practice No. 1273
Last modified: 21/06/2011 11:39:21
Institution: University of Strathclyde
Official pre-launch of the International Year of Chemistry 2011. An event held in Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow on January 18th brought together women chemists from 37 countries using modern communication tools; each country/region will arrange its own event(s) and individual breakfasts will be linked together by SKYPE/video, and by using Twitter. In addition to networking, the aim is to celebrate the pivotal role of Marie Curie in chemistry, and to reflect on the current landscape for women chemists.
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Working with the Media
Practice No. 847
Last modified: 03/11/2010 11:35:52
Institution: Loughborough University
A one-day practical course on communicating research through newspapers, TV and Radio. -
Research Staff Website
Practice No. 710
Last modified: 03/11/2010 11:27:37
Institution: Loughborough University
A website dedicated to research staff informing of local & national events & opportunities such as research, training & careers. -
Research Staff Development Project Bidding
Practice No. 891
Last modified: 03/11/2010 11:10:05
Institution: Loughborough University
Open competition to fund projects relating to research staff development -
Images of Research - Photograph Exhibition
Practice No. 845
Last modified: 01/09/2010 14:11:03
Institution: University of Bath
Public exhibition of photographs of research, accompanied by the researchers themselves, depicting research taking place at the University of Bath. -
Cafe Lexis
Practice No. 864
Last modified: 07/12/2009 15:11:12
Institution: University of Leicester
This is a series of networking events for postgraduate researchers from the department of Law/College of Social Sciences. The event takes the form of a a fortnightly lunch time gathering. The aim is to inform attendees about other students' work. Attendees will be asked to bring problems they are facing to allow other attendees to offer suggestions through brainstorming. One or two, 5-minute presentations about research will be offered,to help attendees to develop their presentation and communication skills. -
Make Some Noise - Festival of Public Engagement
Practice No. 1054
Last modified: 27/11/2009 14:18:10
Institution: University of Leeds
Make Some Noise is an annual series of linked training, practise and awareness raising events linked by competitions, all of which aim to develop strong communication and public engagement skills. it is also a means of celebrating the excellent research work taking place in the Faculty of Engineering. -
The Talent Pool
Practice No. 974
Last modified: 19/11/2009 14:03:29
Institution: University of Birmingham
The Talent Pool provides a unique opportunity for doctoral and post-doctoral researchers at all stages of their studies to engage with external organisations and develop into the next generation of academics, business consultants and entrepreneurs. The Talent Pool offers enterprise training that creates a network of students with various skills and ambitions who are able to make time for work experience, placements, internships, consultancy contracts or the chance to set up their own business, by understanding the important skills and strategies behind business ventures. The Talent Pool can be compared with other programmes that have been used at the University in previous years, such as Medici and SPEED. -
Creative Cuppa Seminar Series (CCSS)
Practice No. 840
Last modified: 16/11/2009 14:04:35
Institution: University of Leicester
This is a student led project which aims to bring together researchers from different disciplines to discuss the use of new media technologies.



