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 DevelopmentResearch Connections and Collaborations PublicationsResearch ProjectsCareers
Developing your Research Leadership Developing Research CollaborationsAcademic PublishingData Management for Your ResearchAcademic Interviews
Giving an Effective PresentationFacilitation Skills for Public EngagementCollaborative Writing and PublishingGenerative AI and the Researcher: Strategies, Insights, and Practical UsesBriefing Session: Academic CVs
Imposter Syndrome: Why successful people often feel like frauds Getting Started in Public Engagement with ResearchCopyright and Social MediaHow to Design a Public or Stakeholder Engagement ProcessBriefing Session: Career Anxiety
Making the most of your postdocHow to create and run a public engagement eventManaging the Publishing ProcessWorking with Personal and Sensitive DataBriefing Session: Career Decision-making
Voice and Presentation Skills Workshop Navigating the Peer Review ProcessArchiving your Research DataBriefing Session: Employment Sectors
Writing Retreats for staff Writing Freely: Blogging about your researchWriting a Data Management Plan for your ResearchBriefing Session: Grow Your Career with Entrepreneurial Thinking
  Introduction to Copyright Briefing Session: Narrative CVs
  Creative Commons for Beginners Briefing Session: Non-Academic CVs
    LinkedIn and Social Media Retreat
    Squiggly Careers and Your Options
    Narrative CVs Writing Retreat

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 Research staff on fixed term contracts (research assistants and associates, post-docs, and research fellows) and academic teaching staff on fixed term contracts (teaching assistants and teaching fellows). We also support academic staff on open ended contracts with review dates (OERD), this does not include academic staff on open-ended lecturing contracts.

Workshops Themes: Professional Development, Research Connections and Collaborations, Publications 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.
  • Select the Search option on the bottom left and then 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 Learn More.
  • 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 Manage Your 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.