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GROW: Discover the Conception X Venture Pathway (online)
Wednesday, 05 November 2025, 12.30pm to 2pm
Discover how your research could become a deeptech startup. Join Conception X for an online session introducing their venture programme for STEM researchers. Learn about Startup X and Project X tracks, funding opportunities, and how to join Cohort 9. Open to all researchers interested in innovation and entrepreneurship.
GROW: Negotiating with Investors - transferable skills for academia, industry, and life (in-person)
Tuesday, 21 October 2025, 12pm to 2pm
Negotiation is a skill that cuts across every aspect of our professional and personal lives — whether you’re seeking research funding, managing collaborations, advancing your career, or navigating everyday decisions. In this interactive session, Paola Cuneo will share insights drawn from working with investors and show how the same principles can be applied into different situations.
Research Data Management (in-person)
Tuesday, 18 November 2025, 12.30pm to 2pm
Research data is often at the heart of scientific projects, it’s what you spend hours in the lab generating or in the field collecting. It forms the basis of your analysis and underpins your arguments in papers and theses.
Stakeholder Mapping for Academic Policy Engagement (in-person)
Tuesday, 17 February 2026, 2pm to 4pm
Who do you need to engage with in the policy world to achieve impact?
Hands on science engagement (in-person)
Thursday, 13 November 2025, 1pm to 4pm
Dive into the world of experiential learning with our immersive course, 'Hands-On Science.' This programme is designed to equip you with the practical skills and insights needed to effectively communicate your research through engaging desktop activities.
Telling stories that matter: Communicating your research through story (in-person)
- All
- Communications
- DPhil students
- Presentation skills
- Public engagement
- Research staff
- Writing skills
Thursday, 06 November 2025, 10am to 4pm
Discover more about how to craft and apply storytelling skills to communicate your research
Narrative CV (in-person)
Tuesday, 10 February 2026, 9.30am to 10.30am
Discover how to craft a narrative CV that showcases your full range of skills and contributions. This practical workshop explains the UKRI Résumé for Research and Innovation (R4RI) format, guides you through its four modules, and helps you transform your academic CV into a compelling, evidence-based narrative.
Get that grant (in-person)
Thursday, 06 November 2025, 9.30am to 12.30pm
External research funding is a crucial part of the research profile of universities and is a major issue for academic staff.
Surviving your DPhil and Thriving Emotionally (in-person)
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 11.15am to 12.45pm
This workshop offers DPhil students a space to reflect, share challenges, and explore emotional wellbeing during their doctoral journey. Through guided discussion and facilitator input, participants gain insight into common issues and learn strategies to manage stress, work-life balance, and transitions throughout their DPhil.
Getting started in policy engagement (online)
Tuesday, 07 October 2025, 2pm to 3pm
In this session, you will benefit from a combination of presentations, short exercises, and opportunities to discuss with peer researchers your motivations, plans, and challenges when it comes to engaging with policymakers and the public policy world.
First Principles for Scientists: Enterprise & Innovation (in-person)
Thursday, 30 April 2026 to Thursday, 11 June 2026
Achieve greater impact and stronger collaborations by adopting these first principles approaches to analysing and implementing ideas and developing your research strategy.
Networking: a strategic approach (in-person)
Wednesday, 17 June 2026, 9.30am to 3pm
Do you feel shy and uncomfortable at conferences? Do you feel networking is self-seeking and smacks of using people? On the contrary: “The currency of real networking is not greed but generosity.” Keith Ferrazzi
Completing Your DPhil (in-person)
Tuesday, 16 June 2026, 9.30am to 12.30pm
If you are nearing the end of your DPhil, this workshop will help you develop a plan for completing your DPhil and prepare for the viva.
Time Management (online)
Wednesday, 10 June 2026, 10am to 12pm
Being able to manage time effectively will help you to be more successful in all aspects of your life.
You and your Supervisor (online)
Tuesday, 09 June 2026, 2pm to 5pm
This course provides information and introduces strategies to enable DPhil students to develop an effective working relationship with their supervisor.
Viva preparation and practice (online)
Tuesday, 09 June 2026, 10am to 1pm
This participative workshop provides doctoral students in the third year and above with information about the viva, guidance on planning a proactive approach to it, and opportunities to practise.
Scientific Writing: Getting Your Paper Published (in-person)
Tuesday, 02 June 2026, 9.30am to 5pm
This course will look at the aspects you need to consider when constructing your paper; demystify peer reviewed journals by giving insider insights from science journal editors and show you what they really want.
Scientific writing: core skills (in-person)
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 9.30am to 5pm
This one day course provides a sound grounding in the core skills needed to produce accurate and effective scientific writing.
Thesis and report writing (in-person)
Tuesday, 05 May 2026, 9.30am to 1.30pm
The thesis and report writing course is relevant for research students at any stage.
Viva preparation and practice (in-person)
Thursday, 19 March 2026, 10am to 1pm
This participative workshop provides doctoral students in the third year and above with information about the viva, guidance on planning a proactive approach to it, and opportunities to practise.