YSJ, Academic Development Programme
Professional Development for Learning, Teaching and Research
Session overview: The session aims to provide practical tips and hints about undertaking research projects, drawn from the researcher's experience over 35 years, focusing on things to consider when designing surveys, running focus groups and conducting interviews. Learning outcomes: how to recruit participants, how to run qualitative sessions, what to do with the data. Session facilitator: Vanessa […]
Facilitator: Professor Daniel Madigan In this session, I will draw on my experiences of early career research and I will provide some thoughts on four main topics: (1) Publishing, (2) peer-review, (3) grants, and (4) public engagement/impact. Learning Outcomes: (1) Understand the key aspects of peer-review and publishing in academic journals for the first time […]
This is the fourth event of our six-part mini-series, 'Discussing Decolonisation', taking place in person and online across the academic year 2023-24. Find out more and book your place at other events in the series here. You can also read more about our intentions for the series and community expectations here. Title: Courageous Conversations: What, […]
Part of the CPD programme for research 2023-24 Title: An Introduction to Podcasting When: Wednesday 17th April 2024 from 12:30-1:30 Facilitator: David Cantello (Frontear Podcasts) Audience session suited to: Staff and postgraduate researchers interested in podcasting Focus: Podcasts have become an increasingly popular way for entertaining or sharing information. In the UK, more than 20 […]
Part of the CPD research programme 2023-24. Open Access (OA) offers free and unrestricted access to research outputs. Anyone can read, download and reuse research (subject to any licence restrictions). You can choose to publish your own research so that it is OA. This session is an introduction to the different types of OA […]
This half day, in-person workshop will provide structured research grant writing advice and support for a small group of participants. It is ideally suited to: researchers who are preparing to apply for research grant funding, researchers who are in the process of developing their application, and researchers who have recently been unsuccessful in applying […]
Session facilitated by Professor Robert Mortimer This session is aimed at unit of assessment leads and members of YSJ academic staff. It will cover how to assess research outputs using the REF criteria for authors to be able to allocate a score for their outputs (0, 1*, 2*, 3*, 4*) and to recognise outputs of […]
While reflective writing has become a popular choice in student assessment in recent years, it is often overlooked as a method for staff professional development. This practical session will outline the benefits of structured reflection in a professional context, while offering some methods and models for participants to utilise in creating their own short piece […]
We are now welcoming applications for two half day online (zoom) workshops delivered by Scriptoria. Learn how to develop, de-risk and deliver compelling ideas for new projects – and increase your chances of getting your proposals funded – with Scriptoria's course in Grant Writing offered online over two interactive sessions. Scriptoria's course in Grant […]
Session facilitated by Professor Robert Mortimer This session will cover the basic approach to writing external research grant applications, and how to maximise your changes of being within the funding frame. It will cover the process from forming an initial idea to submitting the final proposal. Particular focus will be given to what grant reviewers […]
Session facilitated by Professor Helen Sauntson, Professor of English Language and Linguistics Facilitator: Professor Helen Sauntson RDF Indicator: B3 Programme: Continuous Professional Development Programme (Research) Theme: ECR Session Overview This session explains the process of writing a book proposal and provides advice and guidance on how to maximise the chances of writing a proposal that […]
Session facilitated by Professor Gang Pan Impact is the provable difference research makes in the real world. This session will focus on how to prepare an impact case study for Research Excellence Framework (REF), which is a mandatory assessment exercise for UK HE institutions. Professor Gang Pan will explain the key elements of science communications, […]
