Researcher Development Library Workshops

Improve your skills throughout the research cycle.

We cover the skills you need from the literature review and data management, through to networking, publishing and impact.

Workshops are open to academic staff and postgraduate research students.

Come to individual workshops or the entire series.

Searching Essentials

Learning outcomes:

organise and manage your literature search results and use them effectively
analyse your information need to inform your decisions about search tools and strategies
develop search strategies and search appropriate databases effectively

Learning outcomes:

gain an understanding of the research data management landscape, and how good practices support your research
understand some practical aspects of looking after data, including what you need to do to securely store, make sense of, and maintain access to your data
identify 3 important things you need to do to kick start your own data management plan

Learning outcomes:

identify your research community and engage with it effectively
develop your research identity and raise your academic profile
develop a current awareness strategy to stay abreast of new developments and publications in your field

Learning outcomes:

identify what you need to know about open access, copyright and publishing agreements in order to make good decisions about publication choices
evaluate journals and publishers in order to identify the most appropriate journals and publishers for your research field
write so that your publications are easily discoverable

Learning outcomes:

recognise the importance of monitoring your publication impact for your career and the University
strategically monitor your publication impact to report and inform the University

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Last updated on Friday 13 September 2019