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A series of Bite-size Self-Leadership Workshops
Practice No. 1303
Last modified: 10/12/2012 12:25:12
Institution: University of Cambridge
A range of two hour bite-sized workshops aimed at research staff and students. Titles include Being Assertive: getting yourself heard, Being Strategic: getting others interested in your research, Getting the Most out of Conferences and Making Contact and Making your Contacts work for you.
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Using Positive Role Models at Postdoc Careers Events
Practice No. 644
Last modified: 04/12/2012 15:30:08
Institution: University of Cambridge
A series of careers-themed events specifically for postdocs, using former postdocs, who have made various career transitions, as positive role models. -
Commercial Awareness for Postdocs
Practice No. 685
Last modified: 04/12/2012 15:29:54
Institution: University of Cambridge
Use of employers and former postdocs to deliver a session addressing how to present commercial awareness during the application process. -
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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Effecting Successful Research Careers
Practice No. 668
Last modified: 24/03/2011 10:17:17
Institution: University of Durham
This interactive workshop explores the pros and cons of an academic career, looks at individual researcher's strengths and development needs and allows then to plan what needs to be done in order to be a strong candidate for an academic position in the future. (Uses materials first designed by Sara Shinton, Careers Consultant) -
DR Essentials
Practice No. 1171
Last modified: 02/11/2010 13:59:26
Institution: University of Birmingham
Online induction package for First Year Doctoral Researchers. DR Essentials is a stand-alone online course placed on the self-registration area of WebCT . Doctoral Researchers can access it by adding it to their university online profiles. The course contains five separate modules covering key stages of the incipient doctoral research career. Each module combines content with a number of embedded talking heads that capture the views of Doctoral Researchers and Supervisors across the institution. At the end of each module there is a check list of tasks that should be completed. DR Essentials in its original version was developed at the University of Melbourne in Australia. The version used at the University of Birmingham has been developed by a team of experts from the Centre for Learning and Academic Development (CLAD) and the University Graduate School to meet the needs of researchers at Birmingham. The course is self-paced and users can dip into or work through in its entirety as they may need. -
SkIlls Perception Inventory of End-stage Doctoral students
Practice No. 1096
Last modified: 17/04/2010 17:53:47
Institution: Imperial College London
We have developed a bespoke questionnaire to capture the views of late-stage, science, engineering and medical discipline PhD students on a programme of transferable skills development. -
Graduate School Great Debate
Practice No. 890
Last modified: 14/12/2009 11:27:39
Institution: Loughborough University
The Graduate School Great Debate runs twice a year. Two teams of PGRs come together to debate a PGR generated topic with an open audience which normally attracts other PGRs and academic staff
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