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Mentoring as a Two-Way Street – Dragonfly Mental Health

Hybrid (online and on campus)

Many potential mentors and mentees believe that mentoring is solely about the mentor providing advice about the mentee’s professional development.  High quality relational mentoring has the potential to be bidirectional (enhancing the development of both the mentor and mentee) and transformational (impacting how the mentor and mentee think about not just their current job, but … Continue reading Mentoring as a Two-Way Street – Dragonfly Mental Health

Library Session: Finding Literature for MERI and NCEFE

On campus

This session will explore getting the most out of databases for your research: what different databases do, which databases are available to you, and how to access them. We’ll show you how to effectively use the major research databases Scopus, Web of Science, and Dimensions, as well as other specialist subject resources and collections. Attendance … Continue reading Library Session: Finding Literature for MERI and NCEFE

LRST: Your Finished Thesis

Online

Copyright and related aspects of putting completed doctoral theses onto SHURA. Session open to Post Graduate Research Students (PGRs) and supervisors Book your place via UniHub RDF sub-domain(s):  A1 - Knowledge Base; D2 - Communication and Dissemination;

LRST: Reference Management and RefWorks

Online

Introduction to using RefWorks to manage references. Session open to Post Graduate Research Students (PGRs) and all staff Book your place via UniHub RDF sub-domain(s):  A1 - Knowledge Base; C2 - Research Management;

GrantCraft Workshop: Fundamentals of Grant Writing

Delivered by specialists in grant writing, GrantCraft, this workshop will help you develop the skills and expertise needed to tackle the grant development process with increased confidence and knowledge. The session will introduce the process of research funding from the initial generation of an idea through to submission and the review process. It will help … Continue reading GrantCraft Workshop: Fundamentals of Grant Writing

Emotional Labour in Research

Online via Zoom , United Kingdom

This session considers the emotional labour performed by doctoral researchers. This is because these researchers are a population who commonly intersect four key areas: (1) being new to research, (2) engaging in empirical research, (3) researching sensitive or emotive topics and (4) engaging with vulnerable people and groups. Cumulatively this results in doctoral researchers experiencing … Continue reading Emotional Labour in Research

CCRI: RF1 Workshop

On campus

The Application for Approval of Research Programme (RF1) is the point at which the university formally approves a candidate’s registration. The RF1 form is submitted 3 months after the date of registration, or 6 months if a student is registered part time. The purpose of the RF1 is to review and approve the content, clarity of aims, governance and … Continue reading CCRI: RF1 Workshop

CCRI: Establishing the context for your research – what and how to review

On campus

Any individual research project takes place within a wider research context. When you are planning your own PhD project, writing about your work in your thesis, and discussing the project in your viva, you will be required to clearly situate your research, and confidently explain how it fits into this wider landscape. This process will … Continue reading CCRI: Establishing the context for your research – what and how to review

I2RI: Project Planning, RF1 and Developing your Research Question and Hypothesis.

Hybrid (online and on campus)

This session is compulsory for Doctoral students in I2RI but open to all and is targeted for those students pre RF1.   Project planning is an essential skill to develop your successful Doctoral program. This session will cover the important aspects of selecting a research question or 'Hypothesis' and how to plan the methodological testing … Continue reading I2RI: Project Planning, RF1 and Developing your Research Question and Hypothesis.