Courses
Course lists
By Themes
"The Postdoc and Fellows Development Centre courses are one of the things I value most from my years working at Imperial College."
Postdoc Essentials
- Wellbeing in Research
- Resilience in a Research Environment
- Mind your mate
- The Researcher Survival Kit
- Writing Tools for Research Publication Success
- How to Peer Review Research Papers
- Creative Problem Solving
- Time Management for Postdocs
- How Intellectual Property Rights Can Impact Your Research
- The Postdoc Entrepreneur: Business Plan Basics
- Writing retreat
- Being for Beginners
Communication and Presentation Skills
- One to One Voice Coaching Sessions
- Voice Projection for Effective Lecturing
- Pronunciation for non-native English speakers
- How to Engage an Audience and Build Confidence
- Great Presentations for Great Results
- Introduction to great design
- Policy engagement seminars
- Communicating Science
- Personal Pitching: Selling Your Research and Expertise
Leadership and Management
- Managing your First Research Group
- Leadership in Research: Vision, Strategy and Team Culture
- Project Management: Core Skills
- Innovation and Industry: Effective Project Implementation
- Meeting Management
Succeeding Now
- Making the Most of Your Postdoc
- So You’ve Got Your Fellowship, Now What?
- Managing your First Research Group
Planning for Success
- Planning for Success Beyond your Postdoc
- Leadership in Research: Vision, Strategy and Team Culture
- Springboard Women’s Development Programme
Next Steps
- Preparing Successful Fellowship Applications
- Interviews for Academic Jobs
- Lectureship CVs: What You Need to be Working Towards Now to Succeed in 5 Years
- Lectureship Applications: What You Need to Know to be Successful
- Interviewing for Lectureships
- Consultancy: How it Can Enhance Your Academic Career
- Planning a Career Change
- Making Job Applications (CVs, cover letters and application forms)
- Interviews for Jobs Outside Academia
- The Postdoc Entrepreneur: Business Plan Basics
- Innovation and Industry: Effective Project Implementation
By Dates: 2021-2022
"The Postdoc and Fellows Development Centre courses are one of the things I value most from my years working at Imperial College."
October
- Wellbeing in Research, Tuesday 5 October 2021, 09.00-17.00
- How to Peer Review Research Papers, Wednesday 27 October 2021, 10.00-12.30
November
- One to One Voice Coaching Sessions, Monday 1 November 2021, 10.00-11.00 and 11.15-12.15
- Pronunciation for non-native English speakers, Monday 1 November 2021, 13.00-17.00
- Innovation and Industry: Effective Project Implementation, Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 November 2021, 09.30-13.00
- Communicating Science, Thursday 4 November 2021, 14.00-17.00
- Preparing Successful Fellowship Applications, Thursday 18 November 2021, 09.30-16.30
- Consultancy: How it Can Enhance Your Academic Career, Tuesday 30 November 2021, 09.00-11.00
December
- Introduction to great design, Wednesday 1 December 2021, 09.00-12.00
- Introduction to great design, Wednesday 1 December 2021, 14.00-17.00
- How to Engage an Audience and Build Confidence, Tuesday 7 December 2021, 10.00-16.30
- Writing Tools for Research Publication Success, Tuesday 14 and Thursday 16 December 2021, 14.00-17.00 and 09.30-17.00
January
- Lectureship Applications: What You Need to Know to be Successful, Monday 10 January 2022, 09.30-16.30
- Resilience in a Research Environment, Monday 17 January 2022, 09.30-12.30
- Mind your mate, Tuesday 25 January 2022, 14.00-17.00
- Preparing Successful Fellowship Applications, Wednesday 26 January 2022, 09.30-16.30
February
- Project Management: Core Skills, Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 February 2022, 13.00-16.30
- So You’ve Got Your Fellowship, Now What?, Friday 4 February 2022, 09.30-12.30
- Personal Pitching: Selling Your Research and Expertise, Friday 4 February 2022, 13.30-16.30
- Lectureship CVs: What You Need to be Working Towards Now to Succeed in 5 Years, Tuesday 8 February 2022, 09.30-12.30
- Interviews for Jobs Outside Academia, Wednesday 9 February 2022, 10.00-12.00
- Interviewing for Lectureships, Tuesday 22 February 2022, 09.30-16.30
- Time Management for Postdocs, Thursday 24 February 2022, 09.30-12.30
March
- Writing retreat, Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 March 2022, 09.30-16.30
- One to One Voice Coaching Sessions, Monday 7 March 2022, 10.00-11.00 and 11.15-12.15
- Voice Projection for Effective Lecturing, Monday 7 March 2022, 13.00-17.00
- How to Peer Review Research Papers, Wednesday 23 March 2022, 10.00-12.30
- Lectureship Applications: What You Need to Know to be Successful, Thursday 24 March 2022, 09.30-16.30
- Writing Tools for Research Publication Success, Monday 28 and Wednesday 30 March 2022, 14.00-17.00 and 09.30-17.00
- Planning a Career Change, Tuesday 29 March 2022, 14.00-16.00
April
- Meeting Management, Tuesday 5 April 2022, 09.00-12.30
- Creative Problem Solving, Tuesday 5 April 2022, 13.30-17.00
- Making the Most of Your Postdoc, Tuesday 26 to Thursday 28 April 2022, 09.00-18.00
May
- Mind your mate, Monday 9 May 2022, 14.00-17.00
- The Postdoc Entrepreneur: Business Plan Basics, Tuesday 10 May 2022, 13.30-16.30
- Consultancy: How it Can Enhance Your Academic Career, Thursday 12 May 2022, 09.00-11.00
- The Researcher Survival Kit, Monday 16 May 2022, 09.30-16.30
- Interviews for Jobs Outside Academia, Tuesday 17 May 2022, 14.00-16.00
June
- Preparing Successful Fellowship Applications, Tuesday 7 June 2022, 09.30-16.30
- Being for Beginners, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23 June 2022, 12.00-13.00
- Planning for Success Beyond your Postdoc, Monday 13 and Tuesday 14 June 2022, 09.30-16.30
- Planning a Career Change, Wednesday 15 June 2022, 10.00-12.00
- Time Management for Postdocs, Friday 17 June 2022, 14.00-17.00
- How to Peer Review Research Papers, Monday 20 June 2022, 10.00-12.30
- Introduction to great design, Tuesday 28 June 2022, 09.00-12.00
- Introduction to great design, Tuesday 28 June 2022, 14.00-17.00
- Writing retreat, Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30 June 2022, 09.30-16.30
July
- Writing Tools for Research Publication Success, Wednesday 6 and Friday 8 July 2022, 14.00-17.00 and 09.30-17.00
- Preparing Successful Fellowship Applications, Tuesday 12 July 2022, 09.30-16.30
- One to One Voice Coaching Sessions, Monday 25 July 2022, various times from 09.00-17.00