Workshops and events

Browse Researcher Development workshops and events using search tools to filter by tag, date and keyword.

Upcoming events

Event date
Apr 21 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.

Careers Research Staff Further information
Further information
Apr 26 2027 -

Participative leadership training (Deep Democracy)

1.5 day training course for University of Edinburgh research and academic staff to enhance their capacity to work within complex social systems by helping them understand relationship and group dynamics, by offering practical tools for working with differences in a group and making effective decisions, and by increasing their conflict literacy to lean into difficult conversations skillfully.

Principal Investigators Research Staff Further information
Further information
Apr 28 2027 -

Briefing Session: career decision-making

Career decision-making is a complex, personal, and recurring process. This briefing session for research staff will introduce you to the most common causes of career indecision, ways to tackle them, and explore tools that can help you evaluate variables and factors important to you in your life and career.

Careers Research Staff Further information
Further information
May 26 2027 -

Research Leader Programme

A 2-day leadership development programme for new Principal Investigators and research leaders at the University of Edinburgh who want to build positive cultures and support individuals and teams to develop.

Principal Investigators Further information
Further information

This article was published on