"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

"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