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;
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
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
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
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
Today’s spooky TV content continues to be haunted by the spectre of the1970s, a time when TV was bursting at the seams with weirdness, eeriness, supernatural folklore and contemporary legend. This presentation considers why supernatural folklore was so prevalent in 1970s media and how it has been represented on screen. Using Children of the Stones … Continue reading On The Radar #1: Generation Hexed – Spooky Tv, Folklore, Folk Horror And 1970s Wyrd
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.
Are you conducting Social Science research and are unsure where to begin? Or maybe you have already started with your research project but encountered a challenging issue you are struggling with? If you are either collecting primary data or conducting secondary research a good Data Management Plan (DMP) will help you ensure the data is … Continue reading UK Data Service – Free webinar – Introduction to Data Management Planning for Social Sciences
An insightful and reflective programme designed to support researchers to consider the specific challenges they currently face and provide a highly interactive and supportive peer to peer learning environment. Aimed at progressing research during challenging times this workshop is for researchers whose research may be impacted by difficult situations or circumstances, often out of their … Continue reading Skillfluence – Progressing Your Research in Challenging Times
This session is for CCRI PGRs only. It will be led by Dr Kathy Doherty At the session we will: Discuss assessment requirements, assessment criteria, process, deadlines, and outcomes including what happens if you don’t pass on first attempt Discuss what to expect at the CCRI RF2 symposium and how to approach preparation for … Continue reading CCRI: RF2 Workshop