Yorkshire and North East Hub part time postgraduate researcher training courses

The Vitae Yorkshire and North East Hub is pleased to announce that, in collaboration with the Vitae Midlands Hub, a series of workshops especially for part-time researchers will run from January 2010 until December 2010.

These workshops have run in the Midlands for the past 2 years and have been attended by over 300 hundred part-time researchers. Researchers registered at any of the Yorkshire and North East or Midlands region universities listed may attend any of the workshops below for free.

Locations & Dates for 2010 courses:

26^th February, Nottingham Skills sessions: Structuring your thesis & getting the best from a part-time supervisor

5^th March, Leeds Skills sessions: Accessing information & making progress: avoiding defeatism and self sabotage

27^th March, Northampton Skills sessions: Structuring your thesis & planning to manage your time

15^th April, Birmingham Skills sessions: Accessing information & getting the best from a part term supervisor

6^th May, Worcester Skills sessions:Structuring your thesis & Getting the best from a part time supervisor

12^th May, Sunderland Skills sessions: Structuring your thesis & getting the best from a part time supervisor

25th May, Leicester Skills sessions: Academic writing & making progress: avoiding defeatism and self sabotage

16th June, Warwick Skills sessions: Academic writing styles & planning to manage your time

3rd July, Newcastle Skills sessions:Planning to manage your time & Getting the best from a part time supervisor

 

Each workshop will follow the same format, with skills sessions changing at each of the different university locations. There is no charge to attend these workshops, however, participants must book online through the links above. Places will be strictly limited to 35 participants per workshop.

 

A typical programme for a day's session:

9.15     Arrive

9.30     Welcome

9.35     Part-time researcher success stories

9.50     Icebreaker activity & objective session1

10.15   The ethos and process of part time research - a facilitated discussion

11.15   Tea break

11.30   Skills session 1 - a nuts and bolts session

13.00   Lunch

13.40   Post lunch energiser

13.45   Skills session 2 - a management and motivation session

15.15   Tea break

15.25   Objectives session 2 (reviewing the objectives from 9.50 session)

15.40   Action planning

15.50   Questions and evaluation

16.00   Close

 

Part time postgraduates registered at the following universities are eligable to book:

 

Aston University Birmingham City University University of Birmingham Coventry University De Montfort University University of Derby University of Gloucestershire Harper Adams University College Keele University University of Leicester Loughborough University The University of Northampton University of Nottingham Nottingham Trent University The Open University Staffordshire University University of Warwick University of Wolverhampton University of Worcester

University of Bradford Durham University University of Huddersfield University of Hull University of Leeds Leeds Metropolitan University University of Newcastle upon Tyne University of Northumbria University of Sheffield Sheffield Hallam university University of Sunderland University of Teesside University of York York St John Trinity and All Saints

 

 

  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7094137061#/group.php?gid=7094137061

A Facebook group has been set up for all Part-time Researchers

 

Comments from part-time researchers who attended the workshops in 2009:

I just wanted to say many thanks for today it was by far the most useful training I've had so far!!! Many thanks for allowing me to attend and I will be informing the University of my attendance and how useful I found it.

Participant at workshop held in Coventry

I went to the training event in Birmingham on Wednesday and it was great. We covered how to structure your thesis and managing supervision. Both sessions were really informative, and I think what made the event all the more memorable was sharing PhD research experiences with other students who were studying part-time. Everyone had something to share, and year of study did not matter. It was great to meet everyone, and there were some other OU PhD students too! The events are really worth attending what ever stage in the research process you are at.

Participant at workshop held in Birmingham