MRes Students

Applications in and Beyond Academia

• Preparing your PhD Proposal

Planning Your Career

• Stepping Up: Master’s to PhD

Developing Leadership

• Enhancing Research Leadership: Evidencing Your Practice

GTAs & Teaching

• Promoting Active Learning in Labs

Managing Your Research

• EndNote
• Enhancing Diversity and Inclusion in Research
• Information Retrieval
• Introducing the Web of Science Database
• Introduction to Research Data Management
• Keeping your Research Up to Date
• Time Management for your Doctorate
• Writing a Data Management Plan

Personal and Professional Effectiveness

• Academic Resilience
• Creative Thinking: Thinking Outside of the Box
• Enhance your Confidence in Public Speaking
• Introduction to MBTI
• Negotiation for your Research and Beyond
• Networking for your Research and Beyond
• Research Challenges, Stress Management and Imposter Phenomenon
• Understanding and Developing Assertiveness
• Using your CliftonStrengths to Achieve your Goals

Research Communication

• Poster Design: Top Tips
• Preparing for a Presentation
• Present your Poster!
• Present your Research
• Publishing your Research (Business, Engineering & Physical Sciences)
• Publishing your Research (Medicine, Life Science & Professional Development)
• Writing Theses in LaTeX
• Thinking of Doing a Systematic Review? An Introduction to Evidence Synthesis Reviews - Q&A

Research Computing and Data Science

Access to over 30 courses in the following sub-programmes:

• Data Science
• Programming
• Software Engineering
• HPC and Computing Environments
• AI-Assisted Research

Research Funding and How to Apply

• Introduction to the UK Research Funding Environment
• Travel Grants and Small Grant Applications

Research Integrity, Ethics and Sustainability

• Communicating Research to Younger Audiences
• Communication in Public Engagement Masterclass
• Core Public Engagement Masterclass
• Digital Engagement Masterclass
• Open Research: Preprints and Peer Review
• Participatory Research Masterclass
• Public Engagement, Funding and Impact Masterclass
• Public Involvement in Health Related Research Masterclass
• Publishing Open Access: Your Research and Thesis
• Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Your Research
• Understanding Research Impact and How to Achieve It
• Using Publication Metrics Responsibly

Self-Study Courses

• Copyright for Researchers (Online Course)
• Intellectual Property (Online Course)
• Introduction to Python for Researchers (Online Course)
• Intermediate General Python (Online Course)
• Plagiarism Awareness (Online course)

Further Information & Guidance

Inkpath Booking System

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Attendance & Cancellation Policy

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