The Graduate and Researcher College (GRC) is pleased to announce that a range of virtual training and development events are available for academic and research staff to book including four scheduled to take place next week:
Demand management for research schemes and relationships with external stakeholders – 14 June 2021, 10-11am
Consultancies and tenders – 16 June 2021, 11am-11.30am
Commercialising your research - 17 June 2021, 10-11am
Please see https://www.kent.ac.uk/graduate-researcher-college/academic-and-research-staff/training-and-development/grants-factory-training for further information about these events and links to book your place.
Coping with rejection – 15 June 2021, 11am-12pm
(The GRC is also offering 1:1 Coaching for PDRAs, RAs and Research Associates – 17 June 2021 and 15 July – 3 slots each day.)
Please see https://www.kent.ac.uk/graduate-researcher-college/academic-and-research-staff/training-and-development/grc-training for further information about these sessions and links to book your place.
Registration for these sessions is via Target Connect, the GRC event booking system, but please note that you will need to register for an account on Target Connect using your Kent email address before you can book any of these events.
These sessions are organised by the GRC as part of its new remit to support the development of colleagues who research throughout their careers and further information is available in our new web pages for academic and research staff.
Professor Paul Allain, Dean of the Graduate and Researcher College, said:
“These webinars are a great opportunity to learn more about relevant topics in targeted sessions delivered by specialist academic and Professional Services staff from Research and Innovation Services, IS Research Support, the GRC and the Divisions. They reflect our ongoing work to create an impactful programme of demand-led training and development for teaching and research colleagues across the University, which now includes some 1:1 coaching for PDRAs, RAs and Research Associates.”
Please note that most sessions will be recorded and made available to view after the event.
If you would like to suggest future sessions or to discuss researcher development at Kent, please contact the GRC.
We look forward to seeing you at these and future events.