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 ThemeFor course description and more information please click on the course name.Note: some new workshop information links are still to follow, please check back soon.Professional DevelopmentResearch Connections and Collaborations PublicationsFundingResearch-Led TeachingResearch ProjectsCareersGiving an Effective PresentationFacilitation Skills for Public EngagementAcademic PublishingHow to Write your First Fellowship ApplicationHow can supervisors help PhD students develop their academic writing?Archiving Your Research DataAcademic InterviewsHow to Develop your Research LeadershipInterdisciplinary CollaborationsCollaborative Writing and PublishingPlanning and Preparing Research Funding ProposalsSupervising FlexiblyData Management for Your ResearchBriefing Session: Career Decision-makingImposter Syndrome: Why successful people often feel like frauds Introduction to Public Engagement With ResearchCopyright and Social Media Supervisor Briefings CMVMDocumentation and MetadataBriefing Session: Academic CVsResearcher Writing Hour & Morning/ Afternoon Writing RetreatBuilding Research CollaborationsCopyright and AI Supervising Emotionally Demanding ResearchGenerative AI and the Researcher: Strategies, Insights, and Practical UsesBriefing Session: Non-Academic CVsStorytelling Techniques for Effective Communication Introduction to Copyright How to Design a Public or Stakeholder Engagement ProcessBriefing Session: Narrative CVsVoice and Presentation Skills Workshop Managing the Publishing Process Working with Personal and Sensitive DataLinkedIn and Social Media RetreatMaking the Most of your Postdoc Navigating the Peer Review Process Writing a Data Management Plan for your ResearchResearch Staff Career Consultations 1:1 Writing Clinic Squiggly Careers and Your Options Writing Freely: Turning an Idea into a Blogpost Eligibility, Booking and CancellingEligibilityWe 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, 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 dateCancelling: 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 bookLog 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 EnterClick 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 bookPeople & Money - log in to search and enrol on workshopsIf 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 GuidesHow to cancelLog in to People & MoneyFrom your People & Money home page, click on Me, then on the Learning tile to open the Learning app.Click on Current LearningClick on the name of the workshop booking you wish to cancelIn the Actions menu (top right corner) select Withdraw, complete the Reason to Withdraw questions, and click Submit. This article was published on 2024-02-26
