Trusted development for your researchers
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Empowering women researchers
Routes to independence
Building Future Research Leaders
Career coaching and events in your institution
Targetted support delivered seamlessly
Coaching
Personal researcher development provision
One to one support for researchers on (destination academia or otherwise):
- career planning
- networking / LinkedIn
- CVs and applications
- interview practice
All sessions are conducted over Zoom, are typically 30 minutes to 1 hour in duration and booked via a dedicated client link at a time that suits the researcher. Institutional rates for 10 or more sessions booked.
Client use cases include fellowship support hotline, one to one conversations to cement leearning from programmes and individual CV reviews following group exploration.
Live researcher development events
Whether face to face or over Zoom, my live events are interactive sessions with the right mix of challenge, support and information. Undertaking research is tough. Meeting and working with other researchers on a given topic illuminates the material and builds a participant’s understanding that they are not alone.
The topics below have been tried and tested on late stage PhD and postdoc audiences across the UK and beyond.
Master your career
Career planning and possibility exploring for researchers
Learning Outcomes for researchers:
- The key ingredients that form a basis for career decisions
- What got you here won’t get you there
- The three threads of gold, steel and purple
- How to investigate career routes
- Decision making tips
- Leaving academia. Should you stay or go?
Master your career
Exploring and explaining the world of research fellowships
Learning outcomes for your researchers
- What experience and characteristics you need to have to gain a fellowship.
- The application process.
- How to work with the host University’s systems and procedures to optimise your application and its chance of success.
- You will have an opportunity to practice interviewing/being interviewed for fellowship applications.
Get that grant
Exploring and explaining the grant writing process
Learning outcomes for your researchers
By the end of this session you will understand more about:
- The significance of winning research grants for your career
- The technical aspects of how to submit a research funding application
- The key issues when writing a research proposal, and the pitfalls to avoid
- What panels look for when reviewing a research proposal
LinkedIn for researchers
Get your profile network ready in 90 mins
Learning outcomes for your researchers
- Created or updated your profile and header image
- Created or updated your headline and contact details
- Crafted an ‘about section’ fit for purpose
- Created new connections and understand how to approach people
- Used LI for job hunting and information seeking
The Researcher Entrepreneur
Investigating the entrepreneurial in possible career paths
Learning Outcomes for your researchers
- The skills and attitudes required for an enterprising career
- Enterprising mindset isn’t just for start-ups
- Explored some key business tools
- The jargon surrounding enterprise and entrepreneurship, allowing you to engage further
Get that job
Getting you application ready for a range of jobs, academic and otherwise
Learning outcomes for your researchers:
- How to improve your CV.
- How to approach employers.
- How to write a covering letter.
- How to plan for an interview.
- How to interview well.
Sort that CV
Get application ready in 90 mins
Learning outcomes for your researchers
- Created or updated the key elements of a CV
- Avoided the pitfalls that CVs can fall into
- Crafted a CV fit for a specific purpose
- An awareness of how to tailor your CV each time
Emma has created very positive and genuine atmosphere. Participants were open to share their thoughts and ideas.
You should take this course if you are early enough in your career that you have not started authoring grant applications yourself because the course lays out strategies to build your network and support system well in advance to guide you through writing a good grant application.
