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Dec 09 2026 -

Understanding your research leadership

Whether you are supporting students, influencing colleagues, or shaping how work gets done, you may already be leading in more ways than you realise. This workshop takes an inward focus, helping you get to know yourself better as a leader: what matters to you, where your strengths lie, and how you want to develop.

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Jan 12 2027 -

Leading without the title

This workshop focuses on the practical and personal challenges of leading without formal authority and explores how to work effectively with peers and colleagues who are your equals, not your direct reports.

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Jan 19 2027 -

Generative AI & the researcher: strategies, insights & practical uses

This bite size introductory course, designed for researchers, aims to demystify the rapidly evolving area of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) tools, and provides a practical insight into how these tools can be integrated into the research process.

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Jan 21 2027 -

Exploring Collaboration Series: building effective research collaborations

For many researchers the initial challenge to overcome in building collaborations is in building your networks, moving from the “knowing each other” stage to developing collaborative activities and building towards more significant outcomes such as funding applications and publications. This workshop will focus on being collaboration ready and adopting early collaboration activities.

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Jan 26 2027 -

Briefing Session: academic CVs

This briefing session is for research staff and will focus on writing academic CVs. It will address how to present your skills, experience and research effectively, and assist you to tailor your CV for different roles within academia.

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Feb 02 2027 -

Briefing Session: non academic CVs

This briefing session for research staff will focus on creating a CV for non-academic jobs. It will address how to present your skills, experience and research effectively, and assist you to tailor your CV for different roles.

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Feb 09 2027 -

Academic mentoring

Explore what mentoring means in a professional and academic context and how to build effective developmental relationships using skills such as listening, questioning and goal setting.

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Feb 09 2027 -

Giving an effective presentation

This interactive workshop, for staff who are doing research, will focus on your needs and explore the tricks, tips and techniques of great presenters - and at all times the context will be research presentations.

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Feb 10 2027 -

Squiggly careers and your options

The purpose of this workshop for research staff, is to enhance your confidence in managing your career in response to all events, planned and unplanned, and to respond to your own needs as your professional motivations and personal priorities change through life.

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Feb 11 2027 -

Managing the publishing process

This workshop covers the key steps involved in publishing a research paper, using discussion, exercises and practical insights to bring the process to life.

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