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 Twitter and ResearchGate. No experience or knowledge of these sites is assumed. Booking link
The benefits of Research Data Management and how to do it Research Data Management in a nutshell Why, when and what to plan Managing live data Selecting data for preservation Preserving and sharing data Write your own data management plan Booking link
As part of the RF1 (or equivalent) process, new doctoral researchers at Sheffield Hallam University are required to confirm they have undertaken a Development Needs Analysis. This must be done on the Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF) Planner and the 'my actions' and 'my action plan' reports must be attached to your RF1 application. This practical, cross-faculty session … Continue reading Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF) Planner – practical drop-in
Join the Postgraduate Women in Academia group at The Void on the 1st floor of SHU's Owen Building on Friday 24 November at 5pm for a free screening of Hidden Figures (2016). The screening will be followed by a discussion over drinks at The Red Lion pub on Charles Street. Sign up at the Eventbrite … Continue reading PGWiA: Hidden Figures screening
This session will show you how to use library resources to find bibliometrics and altmetrics for articles and researchers, including: how to track the academic attention research outputs receive through citation analysis how to find your h-index altmetrics – what are they and where can you find them There will also be an opportunity to … Continue reading Bibliometrics and altmetrics: tracking academic and social media attention
University English Scheme, Semester 1 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 timetbale 1718 amended The University … Continue reading Academic English for your PhD
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 30 October 2017 Information and booking 27 November 2017 Information and booking 22 January 2018 Information and booking 19 … Continue reading Shut Up and Write! – Collegiate
“Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented style of communication with a particular attention to the language of change. It is designed to strengthen personal motivation for and commitment to a specific goal by eliciting and exploring the person’s own reasons for change within an atmosphere of acceptance and compassion” (Miller & Rollnick, 2013). Now in … Continue reading SHU Motivational Interviewing workshop | Level 1 – day 2
Part of the Doctoral Research Training Series. Aimed at doctoral students in Year 3 (5-6 PT) Topics covered: What Do Researchers Do? Career Stories Planning Network building and profile raising Booking link Enquiries via doctoralschool@shu.ac.uk
