Professional Skills for Research Leaders (PSRL) Programme
LAUNCHING 14th NOVEMBER 2023
Want to enhance your research leadership, management and engagement skills? Or expand your professional research network?
DCU's Professional Skills for Research Leaders (PSRL) is a blended-learning programme for researchers designed by researchers, academics and Learning and Development professionals.
Target Audience:
Postdoctoral researchers and early-career academics
Objectives:
This programme will help you develop your career strategy in a broader research context. On successful completion of this programme, the learner will be able to:
- recognise steps to take to keep their careers on track
- advance their grant writing skills
- build their capabilities as a team leader
- navigate DCU's research support structure and funding landscape
- establish and maintain fruitful research collaborations
- develop their research communication skills in a variety of capacities
Format:
The programme comprises a blend of 6 Epigeum (Oxford University Press) online modules complemented with attendance at the first workshop on Getting the Best from the PSRL and 4 out of the 6 remaining workshops lasting 1 to 3.5 hours each.
Application Process:
To register for the PSRL, please only sign up for the INTRODUCTION workshop below.
The 4 workshops are chosen after the Introduction workshop and you an also opt out then if you so wish.
Online Course |
Online Workshop |
Introduction to Professional Skills for Research Leaders |
INTRODUCTION: Getting the Best From the PSRL – Tue, 14/11/2023 - 10:00 to 11:00 To apply for the programme, sign up for this workshop (you can opt out after). |
Developing and Consolidating your Research Career |
WORKSHOP 1: Developing and Consolidating your Research Career – Thursday Nov 30th 2023 - You can choose between an AM session (9-12.30) or a PM session (1.30-5) in CORE | Both sessions are the same | One-to-ones timeslots TBD |
Funding your Research |
Funding your Research (2 workshops) WORKSHOP 2: Developing your Research Funding Plan – 24th of January 2024 WORKSHOP 3: Grant writing - Wednesday 7th Feb 2024, 10-12.30 |
Managing a Research Team |
WORKSHOP 4: Managing a Research Team – Thursday 7th March 2024 |
Research Collaborations |
WORKSHOP 5: Research Collaborations – Wednesday May 15th 2024 |
Communicating your Research |
WORKSHOP 6: Communicating your Research - Thursday June 13th 2024 |
These interactive workshops extend and discuss the online content and present new and up-do-date material and research relevant to the theme of focus.
Contributors include Principal Investigators and experts on the topics. Participants must achieve a pass mark of 70% for the course by completing an online quiz for each of the on-line elements.
Group mentoring (when available)
Group mentoring is a hugely beneficial approach of sharing knowledge with peers, exploring career paths and challenges, and receiving advice from seniors in the field of research.
All participants on the programme will be invited to take part in group mentoring, led by a Principal Investigator as mentor. The group will meet monthly to explore solutions to challenges that mentees face and potential areas for career development. Mentees will also benefit from peer to peer support and the opportunity to network and build relationships.
Fee: 100 euro charged to your school or research centre
If you have specific questions on the PSRL, please contact learning.development@dcu.ie
Key Contributors:
After many years as an academic zoologist, Dr Steve Hutchinson moved to the field of training and development now working at the forefront of researcher development practice. He has led researcher development centres at the Universities of both York and Leeds, is a Vitae course director and tutor and an associate and programme director for the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education. In 2006 Steve established his own company going on to design and deliver highly-acclaimed researcher development programmes across a range of institutions all over Europe.
Janet works as a career specialist teaching on the Birkbeck University of London Career Coaching and Management Masters programme and as Academic Supervisor at Kingston University. She works across the practitioner / academic boundary, connecting career research and theory into the world of career coaching. She runs her own Career Consultancy working with organisations to manage and develop careers and also coaches individuals in career transition. Janet consults to career agencies, trains and supervises experienced career coaches in the UK and Ireland and is a fellow of the National Institute of Career Education and Counselling.
Dr Robin Henderson is a higher education consultant with a strong track record in delivering leadership and management development, and in supporting change-management initiatives within research-intensive universities. He works with a wide spectrum of staff within HEIs, including academic staff (from PhD students to senior professors) and professional service staff. He has worked with over 20 research-intensive universities within the UK and Europe. Find out more.