Researcher Development Programme (RDP) course timetable

This course will be delivered by the University’s Research Governance and Integrity Officer and will introduce researchers to research integrity and ethics at Cambridge. The course will:

• explore the issue of research misconduct in academia and facilitate discussion of why and how it occurs
• explain the recent research integrity agenda and examine how this effects researchers
• discuss some of the challenges to the integrity of research and ask what individuals, groups and institutions can do to tackle them
• introduce the University’s research ethics system
• use case studies and discussion exercises to examine key issues

THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR ERLDP 2015 HAS NOW CLOSED To register your interest in the 2016 programme please email Researcher Development. We will contact you at a later date with more information on the programme

The Emerging Research Leaders' Development Programme (ERLDP) has been designed for you as a postdoctoral researcher/member of research staff aspiring to achieve research independence in order to lead your own research group and/or to become research leaders in your field through a variety of career pathways including academia. It is a unique opportunity for you to develop and reflect upon your personal leadership style in the context of those who you lead in either an official or unofficial capacity. We will provide tailored training workshops and one-to-one coaching sessions so you can develop solutions relating to your current situation and your future needs. Attending participants will also be introduced to online resources and a masterclass on the first day of the programme.

Workshop 1 (full day): Introduction to the programme; the importance of self-leadership; the strategic academic (masterclass)

Workshop 2 (full day): Leading others collaboratively

Workshop 3 (half day): A strategic approach to career management

End of Programme Presentation and Networking Event (two hours): You will reflect upon your learnings' from being a participant on the programme and receive your programme completion certificate.

This course will help you learn how to write a successful research grant or fellowship application.

At the end of this course you will:

• Understand how research is funded, including the dual funding system for research and the background to the impact agenda
• Know tips and strategies to help you to get your current & future projects funded
• Understand how proposals are assessed by funders
• Gain experience of reviewing funding applications
• Gain information about translational research funding and support available to post-docs

This lecture is specifically for Postdocs and Research Staff
Richard Mullender is a former lead trainer at the National Hostage and Crisis negotiation Unit, Scotland Yard.

Richard's elite-level training gives you the rare power to influence whoever you're with, including work colleagues, friends and even your PI! All effective communication starts with listening; a skill that has long been undervalued in all walks of life. Sell your ideas and solutions using your prospect's most deeply held beliefs, rather than your own. It's amazingly effective. To succeed, all you have to do is listen as if lives depended on it.

The core knowledge:

• get people to open up
• know precisely what to listen for
• understand how to interpret the intelligence you have gained

Learning Outcomes:

• get information without asking questions
• listen with heightened awareness
• know what to listen for
• interpret the true significance of what's being said
• test your understanding without offending the other person
• position a course of action as desirable using your prospect's values and beliefs

What can you expect?

• to be entertained
• to be challenged
• to learn invaluable skills form the closely guarded world of hostage negotiation

What is the biggest benefit?
Gaining a skill very few people have and using it ethically to influence and persuade

THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR WSSS 2015 IS NOW OPEN
APPPLICATION FORM (please book/apply here): https://cambridge.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/wsss-application-form-2015

WHEN: 4 - 6 August 2015 (THREE FULL DAY SESSIONS!)

WHERE: Centre for Mathematical Studies, Wilberforce Road, University of Cambridge

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday 10 July

MORE INFO: http://www.ppd.admin.cam.ac.uk/information-research-students/writing-skills-summer-school-0

Why this course might make a difference:

This three-day summer school is open to all Cambridge postgraduate researchers at all stages of their PhD. It is designed to help students develop their writing skills by focusing on their particular writing concerns.

By the end of this course you will have the opportunity to practice and know more about:

• Grammar, style and how to edit
• How to give feedback to peers
• How to write for different audiences
• How social media can be used for your academic writing

Topics covered:

• Starting to write
• Grammar & Style
• Editing
• English (as a second language) for academic purposes
• Writing for different audiences
• Using social media as an academic writer

THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR WSSS 2015 IS NOW OPEN
APPPLICATION FORM (please book/apply here): https://cambridge.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/wsss-application-form-2015

WHEN: 4 - 6 August 2015 (THREE FULL DAY SESSIONS!)

WHERE: Centre for Mathematical Studies, Wilberforce Road, University of Cambridge

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday 10 July

MORE INFO: http://www.ppd.admin.cam.ac.uk/information-research-students/writing-skills-summer-school-0

Why this course might make a difference:

This three-day summer school is open to all Cambridge postgraduate researchers at all stages of their PhD. It is designed to help students develop their writing skills by focusing on their particular writing concerns.

By the end of this course you will have the opportunity to practice and know more about:

• Grammar, style and how to edit
• How to give feedback to peers
• How to write for different audiences
• How social media can be used for your academic writing

Topics covered:

• Starting to write
• Grammar & Style
• Editing
• English (as a second language) for academic purposes
• Writing for different audiences
• Using social media as an academic writer

THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR WSSS 2015 IS NOW OPEN
APPPLICATION FORM (please book/apply here): https://cambridge.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/wsss-application-form-2015

WHEN: 4 - 6 August 2015 (THREE FULL DAY SESSIONS!)

WHERE: Centre for Mathematical Studies, Wilberforce Road, University of Cambridge

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday 10 July

MORE INFO: http://www.ppd.admin.cam.ac.uk/information-research-students/writing-skills-summer-school-0

Why this course might make a difference:

This three-day summer school is open to all Cambridge postgraduate researchers at all stages of their PhD. It is designed to help students develop their writing skills by focusing on their particular writing concerns.

By the end of this course you will have the opportunity to practice and know more about:

• Grammar, style and how to edit
• How to give feedback to peers
• How to write for different audiences
• How social media can be used for your academic writing

Topics covered:

• Starting to write
• Grammar & Style
• Editing
• English (as a second language) for academic purposes
• Writing for different audiences
• Using social media as an academic writer

All bookings for this event are registered through the GRADschool On-line Application Form please do not use the "Register my Interest" link via this website. For more details please see How To Apply below.

GRADschool is a three-day residential course for research students who are either in the middle or coming to the end of their PhDs and wondering, ‘What next?’ The course gives you a rare chance to put to one side work and other daily distractions, in order to focus on your personal learning and development. This is achieved through a balance of case studies led by our expert Tutor Team, work in small groups, and the opportunity for individual reflection. Our focus is your skills, motivations, and priorities – things like self-awareness, leadership, working with others, professional impact, employability, and career management.

Our objectives for you at GRADschool are that you will:

• Build awareness of your skills, motivations, and priorities.
• Explore teamwork by understanding differences in how we work with, and impact upon, others.
• Enhance your professional impact and employability.

For detailed information about course, please visit the GRADschool website

By completing an application you are committing to attend the full three day residential GRADschool if your appliction is accepted

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS FRIDAY 14 AUGUST 2015

NO CANCELLATIONS OF PLACES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER FRIDAY 28 AUGUST 2015

All bookings for this event are registered through the GRADschool On-line Application Form please do not use the "Register my Interest" link via this website. For more details please see How To Apply below.

GRADschool is a three-day residential course for research students who are either in the middle or coming to the end of their PhDs and wondering, ‘What next?’ The course gives you a rare chance to put to one side work and other daily distractions, in order to focus on your personal learning and development. This is achieved through a balance of case studies led by our expert Tutor Team, work in small groups, and the opportunity for individual reflection. Our focus is your skills, motivations, and priorities – things like self-awareness, leadership, working with others, professional impact, employability, and career management.

Our objectives for you at GRADschool are that you will:

• Build awareness of your skills, motivations, and priorities.
• Explore teamwork by understanding differences in how we work with, and impact upon, others.
• Enhance your professional impact and employability.

For detailed information about course, please visit the GRADschool website

By completing an application you are committing to attend the full three day residential GRADschool if your appliction is accepted

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS FRIDAY 14 AUGUST 2015

NO CANCELLATIONS OF PLACES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER FRIDAY 28 AUGUST 2015

All bookings for this event are registered through the GRADschool On-line Application Form please do not use the "Register my Interest" link via this website. For more details please see How To Apply below.

GRADschool is a three-day residential course for research students who are either in the middle or coming to the end of their PhDs and wondering, ‘What next?’ The course gives you a rare chance to put to one side work and other daily distractions, in order to focus on your personal learning and development. This is achieved through a balance of case studies led by our expert Tutor Team, work in small groups, and the opportunity for individual reflection. Our focus is your skills, motivations, and priorities – things like self-awareness, leadership, working with others, professional impact, employability, and career management.

Our objectives for you at GRADschool are that you will:

• Build awareness of your skills, motivations, and priorities.
• Explore teamwork by understanding differences in how we work with, and impact upon, others.
• Enhance your professional impact and employability.

For detailed information about course, please visit the GRADschool website

By completing an application you are committing to attend the full three day residential GRADschool if your appliction is accepted

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS FRIDAY 14 AUGUST 2015

NO CANCELLATIONS OF PLACES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER FRIDAY 28 AUGUST 2015

THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR ERLDP 2015 HAS NOW CLOSED To register your interest in the 2016 programme please email Researcher Development. We will contact you at a later date with more information on the programme

The Emerging Research Leaders' Development Programme (ERLDP) has been designed for you as a postdoctoral researcher/member of research staff aspiring to achieve research independence in order to lead your own research group and/or to become research leaders in your field through a variety of career pathways including academia. It is a unique opportunity for you to develop and reflect upon your personal leadership style in the context of those who you lead in either an official or unofficial capacity. We will provide tailored training workshops and one-to-one coaching sessions so you can develop solutions relating to your current situation and your future needs. Attending participants will also be introduced to online resources and a masterclass on the first day of the programme.

Workshop 1 (full day): Introduction to the programme; the importance of self-leadership; the strategic academic (masterclass)

Workshop 2 (full day): Leading others collaboratively

Workshop 3 (half day): A strategic approach to career management

End of Programme Presentation and Networking Event (two hours): You will reflect upon your learnings' from being a participant on the programme and receive your programme completion certificate.

Why this course might make a difference:

This course complements the supervising training and information your Department will provide. It is a course that consists of: online material introducing the basics of undergraduate teaching in Cambridge; a face-to-face workshop, that is based on discussions and group activities; and follow-up online material that consolidates what you have learned so far.

By the end of this course you will know:

• the purpose of supervisions at Cambridge
• how to deal with common supervision scenarios
• how to provide effective feedback
• the practicalities of starting to supervise

Topics covered:

Stage 1 – Online

• Introduction to supervising (including what supervisions are, format, preparing for them)
• Background information for those who need it (British education system, Cambridge undergraduate system)

Stage 2 - Face-to-face workshop

• Role of a supervisor
• Dealing with different supervision scenarios
• Departmental information

Stage 3 – Online

• Summary of what you have learnt
• Practical tips and advice
• Resources for ongoing support and information

Why this course might make a difference:

This course complements the supervising training and information your Department will provide. It is a course that consists of: online material introducing the basics of undergraduate teaching in Cambridge; a face-to-face workshop, that is based on discussions and group activities; and follow-up online material that consolidates what you have learned so far.

By the end of this course you will know:

• the purpose of supervisions at Cambridge
• how to deal with common supervision scenarios
• how to provide effective feedback
• the practicalities of starting to supervise

Topics covered:

Stage 1 – Online

• Introduction to supervising (including what supervisions are, format, preparing for them)
• Background information for those who need it (British education system, Cambridge undergraduate system)

Stage 2 - Face-to-face workshop

• Role of a supervisor
• Dealing with different supervision scenarios
• Departmental information

Stage 3 – Online

• Summary of what you have learnt
• Practical tips and advice
• Resources for ongoing support and information

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.

This course will be delivered by the University’s Research Governance and Integrity Officer and will introduce researchers to research integrity and ethics at Cambridge. The course will:

• explore the issue of research misconduct in academia and facilitate discussion of why and how it occurs
• explain the recent research integrity agenda and examine how this effects researchers
• discuss some of the challenges to the integrity of research and ask what individuals, groups and institutions can do to tackle them
• introduce the University’s research ethics system
• use case studies and discussion exercises to examine key issues

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.

What are transferable skills, why are they important and how do you know which ones to develop? This course gives you the chance to find out the answer to all these questions and more. It is also your chance to have input into the types of training you would like to spend your time on and speak to the people who could help develop them.