Recruitment Success

Recruitment Success

Session facilitators: York St John University Careers team During this session, you will be supported to explore the key principles behind maximising success within the recruitment process and build your confidence with securing professional opportunities, linked to your own version of success for the future. This is a precursor to the 'Interviewing for professional opportunities' session on 19th June.  Learning outcomes By the end of the session, you will be able to: Recognise the key features of a high-quality application, including CVs, cover letters, online application form and supporting statement​ ​Describe the importance of and where to find out information to increase commercial awareness​ ​Explore how key skills, strengths and attributes required can be impactfully evidenced using life, study and work experiences throughout the recruitment process This session will take place in TW/105 (Temple Wing). To book your place, please click here....
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Researcher self-care

Researcher self-care

This session was originally due to take place on 19th June but has been postponed to 26th June. Please inform the Research Office if you previously booked a place but are no longer able to attend at the rescheduled date and time. Session facilitator: Professor Lynne Gabriel Why should we address researcher self-care? This seminar considers self-care for researchers and invites participants to consider their own self-care and implications for research/researcher practice. This session takes place in HG139 (Holgate building, first floor). Please visit Eventbrite to register for this event: Researcher self-care Tickets...
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Self Awareness and Career Decision Making

Self Awareness and Career Decision Making

Self Awareness and Career Decision Making Facilitator: Lewis Wombwell, Careers Advisor A session to explore who you are, your values, interests, skills and strengths and how that might impact your career decision making moving forwards. Work with the careers to develop an action plan for your own career development in line with your version of success. This session aims to support attendees to: • Develop your self-awareness, including values, anti-values and skills, to enable considered career decision-making • Set a series of SMART goals relating to your own professional development   This session will take place on campus in QS/111 (Quad South lecture theatre). Please note the changed date and time; this session was previously scheduled to take place online on 9th November but was postponed.  To register to attend, please visit Eventbrite: Self Awareness and Career Decision Making Tickets...
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Life, work and sustainable research practice

Life, work and sustainable research practice

Session Facilitator: Associate Professor Vanessa Corby  The aim of this session is to equip PGRs and staff with a sustainable approach to their PhD and research projects. Historically, research has been billed as an isolating experience, legitimated by the romantic vision of the solitary (usually male) scholar immersed in dusty texts or pouring over pestilent petri-dishes. The completion of any research project is not only dependent on academic excellence, however, but also health and emotional well-being. This session unpicks the unhealthy relationship between academic identity, time and solitude and asks PGRs to think differently about what it means to work effectively as 'an academic'. Learning Outcomes: This session promotes the need for structure in the working day and the benefits of working incrementally to accommodate exercise and the needs of friends and family. Rather than a guilty pleasure or impediment to ‘research’ the session foregrounds the positive impact of these non-academic activities for their thinking, thesis and well-being. As such the session will...
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Staying Motivated 2

Staying Motivated 2

Extended periods of research and writing can be exhausting, lonely, or demoralising. This session will encourage you to get back on track when you feel stuck. We will discuss ways to break down your work into manageable tasks, to set realistic goals and to enjoy the process again. Learning Outcomes: • Reflect on your experiences as a researcher and what motivates you • Develop personalised strategies for effective working and time management • Build a community of supportive colleagues This session will take place in TW/105 (Temple Wing). To book your place via Eventbrite, please click here....
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Staying Motivated

Staying Motivated

Extended periods of research and writing can be exhausting, lonely, or demoralising. This session will encourage you to get back on track when you feel stuck. We will discuss ways to break down your work into manageable tasks, to set realistic goals and to enjoy the process again.   Learning Outcomes: • Reflect on your experiences as a researcher and what motivates you • Develop personalised strategies for effective working and time management • Build a community of supportive colleagues   This session will take place via Microsoft Teams and may be recorded. Please click here to book your place via Eventbrite. ...
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Creating Your Thesis

Creating Your Thesis

Right from the start of writing we recommend you use the features of Word to enhance your work and save you time. Let Word handle all the tables of contents and cross-references - . If you ever manually type a page number then you are missing a trick. Set up your document now so that when you have finished writing all is already set up for submission. B2We will cover: • YSJ PhD approved format • Accessibility • Page breaks – Hidden formatting, Create title, Contents, Intro pages • Headers - styles • Body text - Margins, spacing, fonts, format painter • Page numbers – including changing style for introductory pages • Section breaks - different page number styles for intro and body • Table of Contents – adding & updating • Tables, figures – Captions, alt text • Table of figures • Cross references • Comments • Track changes (briefly) • Spill Chucker - languages • Saving - OneDrive •...
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Introduction to RaY – YSJ’s research repository

Introduction to RaY – YSJ’s research repository

Session facilitator: Ruth Mardall, Library and Learning Services RaY is York St John's institutional repository service which exists to store, showcase and share the University's research output. This session will provide an introduction to RaY and what it's used for. Learning outcomes: By the end of the session, participants will: Know what RaY is Be able to upload outputs to RaY Know who to contact for further information/help This session is taking place via Microsoft Teams, and will be recorded. To book your place, please click here....
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Copyright & Intellectual Property

Copyright & Intellectual Property

Copyright & Intellectual Property 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 closely at copyright, what it is, and the different ways you as a researcher will need to consider copyright, both in regards to your own work, but also the work of others. We’ll then cover the University’s Intellectual Property Policy and publishing contracts. Learning outcomes: Develop an understanding of intellectual property and copyright. Learn about the University’s Intellectual Policy and recognise the impact it has on your own work. Develop and understanding of publishing contracts and what you need to consider. Book your place via Eventbrite: Copyright & Intellectual Property Tickets This session is online via Microsoft Teams and will be recorded. ...
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Data Management for Researchers

Data Management for Researchers

This session is an introduction to research data management. We’ll cover the basics of research data management, data management plans and the benefits of effective research data management. We’ll also look at open data repositories and what you need to consider when sharing and making research data open. Learning outcomes: - Understand the basic of research data management, data management plans and open data repositories. - Have knowledge of the Digital Curation Centre and additional sources of support when writing data management plans. This session is taking place via Microsoft Teams and will be recorded. To book your place via Eventbrite, please click here....
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