YSJ, Academic Development Programme

Professional Development for Learning, Teaching and Research

Using the RDF for your career progression

FT/210 York St John University, Lord Mayor's Walk, York, United Kingdom

Session facilitator: Dr Charlotte Haines Lyon This session will introduce the Vitae RDF planner to participants and look at how researchers can use it to help aid their career progression. Learning Outcomes: 1) Participants will understand what the RDF planner is and how to access it. 2) Participants will understand how to use it and […]

Individual Research Plans (Staff only)

On campus - TBC

Facilitator: Professor Robert Mortimer, Pro Vice Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange RDF Indicator: B1, B3, C2 Programme: CPD Programme 2021-22 Theme: Staff Core Research Skills Session Overview: This session will look at how staff can use an Individual Research Plan (IRP) to support the development of their research. It will cover how to think […]

Copyright & Intellectual Property

Online

Facilitator: Chloe Beswick, Copyright, Licensing and Research Librarian, Student Life: Library & Learning Services RDF indicators: B1, D2 PGR Research Skills Programme Session description: This session is an introduction to copyright and intellectual property. We’ll cover what intellectual property is and why it’s important for researchers to have an awareness of it. We’ll look more […]

Professional Recognition: An introduction to HEA Fellowship (Cohort 9, Option 2)

Microsoft Teams --, United Kingdom

Do you want to know how to gain HEA Fellowship? This session is for those people who want to know about the practicalities to enable them gain Associate, Fellow or Senior Fellow status. By the end of the session, participants will be aware of the timelines and routes available to enable them to make a […]

Building for the Future: Self-Awareness and Career Development Theory

Online

Facilitator: Matt Jones, Careers Advisor, Careers, Placements & Student Opportunities RDF Indicator: B1, B3 Programme: PGR Research Skills Programme 2021-22   Theme: Building for the Future: Career Development Topic: Self-Awareness and Career Development Theory Delivery: Online via Virtual Graduate Centre (VGC)   Session Overview:   During this asynchronous careers session, you will be supported to develop your […]

RIPPLE – Research Into Professional Practice in Learning and Education

RIPPLE is a network of colleagues interested in and actively conducting research into their professional practice. The group meets monthly to hear about and discuss approaches to researching professional practice. Each session is led by a different colleague. RIPPLE is co-convened by Dr Clare McCluskey and Dr Emma Walker. Strategic links This session links with: […]

Cyber Awareness Workshop

York St John University 44 Lord Mayor's Walk, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Cyber Awareness Workshop Session Facilitator: Melissa Forfitt Technology is all around us. Do you know how to stay secure in our ever-advancing technological world? Come along to this session to learn about some of the modern cyber attacks and what you can do right now to protect yourself from them. Everyone is welcome, regardless of […]

Building for the Future: Recruitment Success

Online

Facilitator: Matt Jones, Careers Advisor, Careers, Placements & Student Opportunities   RDF Indicator: B1, B3 Programme: PGR Research Skills Programme 2021-22   Theme: Building for the Future: Career Development Topic: Recruitment Success Delivery: Online via Virtual Graduate Centre (VGC)   Session Overview:   During this asynchronous careers session, you will be supported to explore the key principles behind […]

Transforming Creative Practice into a Creative Research Project

Microsoft Teams --, United Kingdom

Session facilitator: Associate Professor Vanessa Corby, Professor of Theory, History and Practice of Art All processes of making be they in the disciplines of creative writing, design, performance, fine art, film or music, I would argue, can be research driven. They engage with a field but find it wanting; there’s a gap to be filled, […]

Practice Led Research: Critical Reflection with Anecdotal Evidence

DG123 York St John University, Lord Mayor's Walk, York, United Kingdom

Session facilitator: Associate Professor Claire Hind, Professor of Contemporary Theatre How to critically address practice led research when writing up the memory of making and producing artistic works for audiences. Learning Outcomes: Understand the relationship between creative experience, documentation and critical thinking. Grasp the concept of anecdotal evidence within art forms Book now This session […]

Q&A with Chairs of School Ethics Committee

On campus - TBC

Facilitators: Dr Scott Cole, Helen Trouille, Sophie Carter and Olalekan Adekola Session Format: In this session, Chairs of the School Ethics Committees of York St John will host a session on Ethics. Within this session, participants are advised to share any project plans and obtain peer and expert feedback on their proposals. There will also […]

Feel the fear and do it anyway: Intellectual risk taking and harnessing the politics of dis/comfort

Microsoft Teams --, United Kingdom

Facilitator: Associate Professor Sarah Lawson-Welsh RDF Indicator: A3 Programme: PGR Research Skills Programme 2021-22 Theme: Research Methods Session Overview: This session provides a chance to think about the nature of researcher fear and the benefits of intellectual risk-taking, using Sarah's own research in global food studies as a case study and drawing upon the theoretical […]