University English Scheme, Semester 2 Non-credit Academic English Classes Academic English for your PhD is a module for students working independently on a research degree (e.g. PhD). The focus will be on practising and developing the language and rhetoric to explain and present your research in both written and spoken formats. UES Classes Sem 2 … Continue reading Academic English for Your PhD
Choosing where to publish can be a challenge and there are many factors that you may need to consider when choosing a publisher or a journal. This session will help you to navigate your choices, considering factors such as your aims, the scope of the publication, reaching your audience, the publication’s review process, journal metrics … Continue reading Choosing where to publish
Social media has a key role to play in raising your academic profile, but how can we utilise it? This session builds on the bitesize session and gives time to create accounts for and explore social media tools. No experience or knowledge of these tools is assumed. Booking link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/raising-your-profile-social-media-practical-tickets-43090257119
IMPACT 2018 is a conference exploring the impact research makes to society. This year all doctoral researchers at SHU are invited to participate. All C3Ri researchers must present at IMPACT at least once in their PhD career as it is an essential part of training. All doctoral researchers are welcome to participate in more than one. If you are … Continue reading Deadline for Impact 2018 abstracts
Ahead of the deadline for entries on 16 April, Dr David Broom will be facilitating a session on preparing for the 3MT competition. The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition challenges you to deliver a compelling spoken presentation on your research topic and its significance, in just three minutes. As in previous years, there will be … Continue reading Preparing your 3 minute thesis presentation
Shut up and write! sessions are open to Doctoral Researchers and Research-Active staff and provide a dedicated time and space for writing, be it a funding application, project plan, book chapter, or article. Information and booking 20 October 2017 Information and booking 17 November 2017 Information and booking 15 December 2017 Information and booking 12 … Continue reading Shut Up and Write! – City
The Brilliant Club: A meaningful, well-paid teaching opportunity for PhD and Post-Doc researchers The Brilliant Club is an award-winning charity that recruits, trains and pays doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to deliver programmes of university-style teaching to small tutorial groups of high-performing pupils in schools that serve disadvantaged communities. Please come along to The Brilliant Club Information … Continue reading The Brilliant Club Information Event
This training will support your presentation skills for the IMPACT conference (and others). This workshop explores the practical science and art of presenting - for academia, for employability, for life: how identifying your audience affects how and what you present how preparation is crucial: your facts, your media, yourself how confidence underpins everything how practice … Continue reading IMPACT 2018 Training – The Confident Presenter
This session is specifically for Doctoral Students who wish to talk to someone about using the Converis system for their Ethics Review application. It is on a drop-in basis and there is no need to book.
Excellent research can only exist where intellect and integrity combine. This wide-ranging session will explore the moral, cultural and procedural responsibilities of being a bioscience researcher. It will move beyond standard research ethics training to look at the evolution of research integrity and how it has shaped and will continue to share the life sciences. … Continue reading Reputation, Risk and Reward – The Challenges and Opportunities of Research Integrity in Bioscience