Research staff, Fellows and academic staff

You can enrol on the majority of the staff courses listed below by accessing the University's Learning Management System (LMS) (you will need your York username and password to sign in). 

Research Staff conference(s) 2019

This year we are hosting two Research Staff Conferences to celebrate the great research taking place at York and to give you an opportunity to consider your career options.

Draft Programmes

Call for contributions

We invite you to contribute to these events by submitting an abstract.

Please use this form to submit an abstract for either an 8 minute talk or an abstract for a poster explaining your research to the wider research community.

Abstracts should describe your research focus and its importance, how it is being conducted (or will be conducted) and who the beneficiaries are.

Please complete the form by Monday 8th April. If your presentation abstract is accepted you will be invited to attend a FREE training in giving short, effective and engaging presentations - a skill that is becoming ever more important not just at conferences but also for job interviews.

Preparing for Fellowship Success

This 1.5 day retreat is for postdocs and early career researchers who are committed to producing a draft Fellowship application. 

Dates: Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 March 2019
Venue: Mercure Hotel, Skelton, York

Draft programme for the two-day event: Preparing for Fellowship Success_programme (PDF , 89kb)

Applications for this event have now closed.

For more infomation, please email karen.clegg@york.ac.uk or rett@york.ac.uk

News

Impact and Public Engagement

Building Impact into Funding Proposals (workshop)

Public Engagement as a Pathway to Impact (workshop)

Public Engagement of Research (workshop)

The Conversation Writing Workshops (faculty-specific) (workshop)

Professional, Personal and Career Development

Applying for Jobs: CVs and applications (workshop)

Applying for Jobs: Interviews (workshop)

Career Planning for Research Staff (workshop)

Careers Beyond Academia (workshop)

Making the Most of Your Voice (workshop)

PGR Supervisor Training (Bitesize) (workshops)

Bespoke one to one career consultations are also offered subject to availability. 

Online careers resources and podcasts to support career management are available, and through Vitae

Research, Enterprise and Collaborations

Business and Finance (workshop)

IP and Patent Law (workshop)

Introduction to Impact (workshop)

Introduction to Industry and Industrial Collaborations (workshop)

Leading in Business (workshop)

Partnerships, Networking and Communicating with Stakeholders (workshop)

What is Knowledge Exchange? (workshop)

Research Management and Research Support

Our Research Management and Research Support courses provide the knowledge and skills to work with others and ensure the wider impact of research.

Data Protection (workshop)

How to Write Your First Grant Proposal (workshop)

Introduction to Project Management (workshop)

Know Your (Copy)rights (workshop)

Managing Your Research Data (workshop)

Open Access Publication (workshop)

Research Integrity and Ethics (workshop)

Searching the Literature (workshop)

Who's Counting? An Introduction to Bibliometrics (workshop)

Events

RETT is also involved with several events that are open to or specifically for research staff. These include:

Research Staff Conference - 16 May and 26 June 2019 - more information to follow

Falling Walls Competition - this event runs on a biennial basis and the next event will run in 2019. 

PGR Supervisor Symposium - dates to be confirmed

Mentoring and Coaching

Mentoring is available to all research staff. Paired with a colleague, the objective-led scheme provides you with the time and space to consider your research, professional and career goals.
  
Coaching is also freely availabe to all researchers. Matched with a trained coach, this focussed activity will help you to enhance existing skills, develop a new approach and progress goals.

Other development opportunities

Training opportunities for 2018/19

Here is RETT's programme of training and development opportunities for research staff and research fellows designed to support you in developing ideas and collaborations and producing excellent research: Research Excellence Training and Support for Research Staff and Fellows 2018/19 (PDF , 765kb)

Concordat

Find out more about the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers

Research Staff Training and Support newsletters

Current and archived newsletters for research staff