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.Professional DevelopmentResearch Connections and Collaborations PublicationsResearch ProjectsCareersDeveloping your Research Leadership Developing Research CollaborationsAcademic PublishingData Management for Your ResearchAcademic InterviewsGiving an Effective PresentationFacilitation Skills for Public EngagementCollaborative Writing and PublishingGenerative AI and the Researcher: Strategies, Insights, and Practical UsesBriefing Session: Academic CVsImposter 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 AnxietyMaking the most of your postdocHow to create and run a public engagement eventManaging the Publishing ProcessWorking with Personal and Sensitive DataBriefing Session: Career Decision-makingVoice and Presentation Skills WorkshopStorytelling Techniques for Effective CommunicationNavigating the Peer Review ProcessArchiving your Research DataBriefing Session: Employment SectorsWriting 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 RetreatEligibility, 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 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
