This programme supports postgraduate researchers to develop the key skills needed for a Master’s degree or PhD. It will help you to manage your research project effectively, understand the importance of intellectual property and build positive relationships with your doctoral supervisors.
This course will support you through the challenges of planning and carrying out your research project for your PhD, professional doctorate or Master’s degree. It will offer an introduction to project management in the research context, and guide you through terminology, techniques, tools and frameworks as well as roles and responsibilities. This course will take around 103 minutes to complete.
Introduction to managing your research
This module outlines the characteristics of research projects in various disciplines and explores issues related to time management, motivation and wellbeing.
People, roles and responsibilities
This module is designed to introduce you to the concept of project stakeholder. It will help you to communicate effectively with your supervisors as well as with the other people and organisations involved in your research.
This module will introduce you to various approaches to project planning and help you to apply the principles to your research project.
This module will help you to draft a detailed research plan and to explore ways you can manage your project on a day-to-day basis.
What to do when things do not go to plan
This module is designed to help you recognise risks in your project and identify strategies for mitigating them. It also explores how you can manage setbacks and unexpected changes to your research.
Delivering your research project
This module will help you to navigate the final stages of your research project, complete all the required tasks and consider possible outputs and future directions for your research.
An understanding of intellectual property is essential for researchers in any disciplinary field. This course will provide a clear explanation of this subject area and will guide you through many of its practical applications, from publishing papers to commercialising research. This course will take around 118 minutes to complete.
This module outlines the key principles of IP and introduces the various IP rights covered in this course. It explores the different attitudes to IP found within academic institutions and will help you find the information and support you need within your own academic context.
Confidentiality, ownership and exploitation
This module introduces you to the principles and rules governing confidentiality, ownership and exploitation. It illustrates the importance of confidentiality, advises on ownership and explains how IP can be exploited, while helping you to overcome some of the problems and dilemmas you might face.
This module is designed to offer you an overview of the main principles and rules governing copyright law, as well as the rights granted by it and their exceptions. It will also provide you with a chance to apply these principles and rules with specific reference to the academic publishing sector.
This module is designed to offer you an overview of the main principles and rules governing patent law, with an emphasis on the requirements for protection. It also examines key issues related to the patentability of inventions arising from academic research, focusing, in particular, on the disclosure and dissemination of research findings.
This module introduces you to the principles and rules governing trade marks. It explains what trade marks are, why they are important and how they can relate to your research outputs or creations. It guides you through some of the problems and dilemmas you might face, provides solutions and advises on specific actions that can take to register a trade mark.
This module introduces you to the principles and rules governing design rights. It explains what they are, why they are important and how they can be of relevance to your research outputs or creations. It guides you through some of the problems and dilemmas you might face, provides solutions and advises on the specific actions you need to take to register a design right.
IP when sharing data, transferring knowledge and publishing research
This module introduces you to principles and rules governing IP when you share data, transfer knowledge and publish research. It guides you through some of the problems and dilemmas you might face, provides solutions and advises on specific action that you can take to ensure your IP is protected.
This course will support you in the development of a positive and professional relationship with your supervisory team during your doctoral degree. It has a proactive focus and aims to enable you to get the best out of your time with your supervisors, as well as offering potential approaches for navigating the common issues that can arise in these relationships. This course will take around 102 minutes to complete.
This module is designed to convey the basic requirements of a doctoral degree, introduce you to the important role of your supervisory team and explore issues to consider when starting your doctorate.
Building positive working relationships with your supervisors
This module is designed to introduce you to some of the different supervisory models and contexts that you might be working in (for example, with a supervisory team or within a wider infrastructure of support) and how you can maximise the opportunities these bring. It will encourage you to reflect on your previous experience and plan how best to build and develop positive working relationships with your supervisors.
This module is designed to help you identify the most effective approaches you can use when meeting and communicating with your supervisory team.
This module is designed to help you recognise the importance of feedback and develop a strategy for responding effectively to feedback on your research.
This module will encourage you to think through some of the possible challenges that might come up as you work with your supervisors and ways of resolving any differences. It will consider some of the skills that might help you to manage these situations and how other people can support you. It will also look at situations where a more formal resolution might be necessary.
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