Postdocs: Networking and Profile Building for Researchers

This practical course on networking and research profile building offers participants the opportunity to learn effective tools for successfully growing and nurturing their networks and to put their skills into practice with researchers from other universities, as well as with a number of other guest professionals.

The six sessions (running in pairs on Tuesdays between 4th and 18th October) were designed to be complementary and are meant to be attended as a series. Visit this website for further details about the six sessions:

• Session 1: Introduction to the principles of networking
• Session 2: Building confidence to network and taking first steps
• Session 3: Networking session hosted on Kumospace
• Session 4: Collaboration & partnering
• Session 5: Social media for networking (Twitter, LinkedIn)
• Session 6: Wrap-up and guest speaker (new!)

This course was created as a collaboration between Queen’s University Belfast, Queen Mary University London, University of Cambridge, King’s College London, University of Nottingham, Imperial College London, University of Glasgow and University of Cardiff and postdocs will have the opportunity to network with early career researchers from across these institutions.

Registration closes on 18th September 2022.

Postdoctoral researchers

Number of sessions: 6

Visit this website for further details about the aims and objectives for each session.

Virtual interactive workshop

Participants will require a webcam and mic to fully engage with the networking opportunities provided by this training.

Six 90-minute sessions. Sessions will run in pairs (one session before and one after lunch) across three consecutive Tuesdays.