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Staff supporting researchers masterclasses

Programme overview

Following the success of last year's masterclass series, in 2010 Vitae is offering a programme of five masterclasses focusing on specific areas of training and development within the higher education environment.  The masterclasses are aimed at staff supporting researchers who are looking to innovate and develop their training provision.

The five masterclasses will be on the following topics:

Each masterclass will be led by an expert in the particular topic area and who has experience within the higher education environment.

Please be aware that each masterclass will be limited to 15 participants, so please book as soon as possible to secure a place.

Entry requirements/cost

The masterclasses are free to attend and are available for staff supporting researchers who work in higher education institutions

Event leaders

Training needs analysis and PDP

This masterclass will be led by Professor Pam Denicolo and Paul Toombs.

Pam Denicolo has a passion for supporting and developing graduate students and has been invited to provide academic staff development workshops worldwide, most lately on doctoral student training, support and examining and in her appointment as Visiting Professor in several HEIs with a remit to develop their doctoral provision. Her research has been oriented by a commitment to understanding the way participants in learning processes construe their roles, situations and activities, through the use and development of Personal Construct Theory approaches and methods.

Paul Toombs has over 30 years experience in enabling people to be superior performers. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management, Paul has worked with international organizations including, SP Tyres, Siemens, Lufthansa, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Philip Morris, Hewlett Packard, UME Health in North America; Western, Central and Eastern Europe; Russia; Kazakhstan; Asia, and the UAE. In the UK he retains links with universities and works nationally with researchers and their supervisors.

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Creativity

This masterclass will be led by Dr Kevin Byron - author of the recent ‘Creative researcher' booklet for Vitae. Kevin is Enterprise Education Coordinator at Queen Mary, University of London and a freelance trainer specializing in creativity, research skills, personal effectiveness and enterprise skills. Kevin has some 25 years experience in the telecommunications industry and his interest in education and training and in particular creative skills has led to him presenting his research in creativity at several international conferences in Italy, Canada, the USA, South Africa and the UK. He is a co-author of the book 'The Alchemy of Innovation' and also authored two monographs on ‘Inventing and Problem-Solving' and ‘Counter-intuition' published by the Institute for Cultural Research. His work on creativity has also been published in the Times Education Supplement, The Higher Education supplement, Physics World and Wavelength (The HEA journal for the physical sciences).

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NLP in researcher development programmes

This masterclass will be led by Dr Caron King - a highly experienced NLP practitioner, licensed trainer for The Coaching Academy, facilitator, change specialist and a Belbin team roles accredited trainer.  Caron regularly facilitates for a variety of clients across the public, private and higher education sectors with clients including a number of Higher Education institutions, The Cabinet Office, The Ministry of Defense, Business Link, and The British Council.  Caron is currently a Director on the National GRADschools programme and was a co-developer on the ‘How to be an effective researcher' programme for research staff. 

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Demonstrating impact: evaluation

This masterclass will be led by Dr Tony Bromley and Paul Kearns.

Tony Bromley is responsible for the Graduate Training and Support Centre (GTSC) at the University of Leeds.  He has published research in the Materials Science and Education fields, is lead author of the Rugby Team Impact Framework (RTIF), researcher training and development evaluation model, and the Society for Research into Higher Education Guide, 'A Guide to Evaluating Training and Development Programmes for Postgraduate and Newer Researchers'

Paul Kearns has over 30 years experience in training and development and has written widely on the subject of evaluation and ROI (see "Evaluating the ROI from Learning", CIPD, 2005).  His 12-part series on the role of ‘Learning Consultants' for Training Journal 2004 was described by its Editor as ‘... without doubt one of the best pieces of editorial we have published". 

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Coaching and mentoring 

This masterclass will be led by Jeremy Mead and Ann Rooke.

Dr Jeremy Mead is a highly successful coach who works with teams and individuals in organisations throughout the world. Jeremy has over 20 years experience as a senior manager in operational and strategic leadership of small and large businesses. Jeremy has previously been a Director on the national GRADschools programme and developed, with Vitae, a collaborative career planning programme which was run at Bristol University in 2007.

Ann Rooke is the Research Staff Development Manager at Newcastle University. Ann joined the University in 1989 as a cartographer, working with academics to support a variety of research projects. I made a career move into staff development six years ago and took up the post of Faculty Training and Development Coordinator for research staff in 2004. Ann works in the Faculties of SAgE and HASS as a Training and Development Coordinator for the Research Staff.

Further event and booking information.