Complete course list

An overview of all our workshops for University of Edinburgh research staff, with information on how to locate and book them in the People and Money Learning App.

Full list of workshops for Research Staff by Theme

 

For course description and more information please click on the course name

Professional Development Research Connections and Collaborations  Publications Funding Research-Led Teaching Research Projects Careers

Advanced Presentation Skills Masterclass

How to Collaborate Effectively  Academic Publishing between Copyright, Creative Commons and Open Access

Developing your funding profile

Gaining Teaching Accreditation for Your PhD Supervision

Archiving Your Research Data

Academic Interviews

Developing as a Mentor

Interdisciplinary collaborations: Understanding and navigating the barriers to success An Introduction to Copyright

How to Write your Fellowship Application

How can supervisors help PhD students develop their academic writing?

How to Design a Public or Stakeholder Engagement Process

CV briefing sessions – Academic CVs and Non-Academic CVs

Giving an Effective Presentation

Networking for Researchers - A Strategic Approach Collaborative Writing and Publishing  

 

Supervising Flexibly

Realising the Benefits of Good Research Data Management

LinkedIn and Social Media Retreat

How to Build your Research Profile 1:1 Consultations

  Copyright and Social Media

 

Supervisor Briefings CMVM

Working with Personal and Sensitive Data

Research Staff Career Development Consultations 1:1
How to Develop your Research Leadership  

Creative Commons for Beginners 

   

Writing a Data Management Plan for your Research

Squiggly Careers and Your Options

How to Get the Most out of Your Postdoc 

  From Thesis to Publication 

 

 

An Introduction to Public Engagement with Research  
The Imposter Syndrome: Why successful people often feel like frauds   

Get that Paper Written and Published

 

     
Researcher Writing Hour & Morning/ Afternoon Writing Retreat

 

How to Peer Review Manuscripts for Journals

       
Staying well in your Research Career   How to Get your First Book Contract (AHSS)  

 

   
Storytelling Techniques for Effective Communication   Writing Clinic Day        
The Strategic Researcher   Writing Freely: Blogging about your Research        
Voice and Presentation Skills Workshop            

Eligibility, Booking and Cancelling

Eligibility

We understand it can sometimes be unclear knowing what workshops are suitable for your career stage, or responsibilities. Please note below our workshop eligibility:

Workshops Theme: Careers Our careers workshops are open to early career academic research-only staff on fixed term contracts (research assistants and associates, post-docs, and research fellows) and early career academic teaching staff on fixed term contracts (teaching assistants and teaching fellows). This does not include academic staff on open-ended lecturing contracts.

Workshops Themes: Professional Development, Research Connections and Collaborations, Publications, Funding, Research-Led Teaching and Research Projects These workshops are open for booking to all academic research staff (post-docs, research fellows, research assistants and associates and technicians).

Booking: these courses generally open for booking once we have scheduled a date

Cancelling: If you need to cancel your booking, please do so at your earliest opportunity and at least 3 days before the event. Someone else may be able to take your place, but we need time to contact them. Also, although you are not charged for an event, there are costs we incur (e.g. photocopying) which relate directly to places reserved.

How to book

  • Log in to People and Money (EASE log in required)
  • From your People & Money home page, click on Me, then on the Learning tile to open the Learning app.
  • Type the name of the workshop into the search bar at the top of the screen (e.g. Archiving your Research Data) and press Enter
  • Click on the workshop name. Full workshop information is under Details.
  • Dates available to book will be listed under Available Offerings; click the Enroll button next to the date you wish to book

People & Money - log in to search and enrol on workshops

If you are unable to use People & Money to book a place on a workshop please contact iad.researchers@ed.a.uk and we can register a place on your behalf.

For full instructions, please follow the relevant user guide:

People and Money User Guide – How to View/Search, Enrol and Withdraw from Learning (Employee guide)

You can find all the People and Money user guides here:

People and Money system – all User Guides

How to cancel

  • Log in to People & Money
  • From your People & Money home page, click on Me, then on the Learning tile to open the Learning app.
  • Click on Current Learning
  • Click on the name of the workshop booking you wish to cancel
  • In the Actions menu (top right corner) select Withdraw, complete the Reason to Withdraw questions, and click Submit.

For full instruction please follow the user guide:

People and Money User Guide – How to View/Search, Enrol and Withdraw from Learning (Employee guide)

You can find all the People and Money user guides here:

People and Money system – all User Guides