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Critical Thinking
Description: This workshops will help postgraduate research students develop their logical argumentation and analysis skills.
Book this courseAction research for professional learning
Description: This workshop will support academics to use action research as a tool to investigate and reflect on their practice. This session will take place online. Please access the online workshop via this link:https://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=16033 The link above will direct you to a QMplus area where you can select the session you wish to join by scrolling down the page. You will be required to self-enrol to the QMplus page the first time you access it. The sessions are available to all staff, but relevant to those who are directly involved in teaching.
Book this courseAssociate Fellowship or Fellowship for HEA (Medicine and Dentistry only)
Description: CCSU RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIPHOW TO… SESSIONSApplying for HEA fellowshipsThese sessions are designed to help you apply for different types of fellowship for the Higher Education Academy (HEA). More information can be found using this link: https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/. These sessions will be facilitated via MS teams by Dr Maxwell Addo and Professor Janet De Wilde. They will be held on Wednesdays and recorded for those who cannot attend. Please also have a look at the CCSU Back to Basic sessions for next year. All these sessions are designed to support your professional career development.
Book this courseProviding Effective Feedback (for TAs/PGRs)
Description: This session will support academics to reflect on their use of feedback and develop feedback practices and strategies that better help students to engage with feedback, increase students feedback literacy, and support students as they progress through their learning to realise their full academic potential. This session will take place online. Please access the online workshop via this link:https://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=16033 The link above will direct you to a QMplus area where you can select the session you wish to join by scrolling down the page. You will be required to self-enrol to the QMplus page the first time you access it. The sessions are available to all staff, but relevant to those who are directly involved in teaching.
Book this courseDeveloping Inclusive education for neurodivergent learners
Description: Developing Inclusive education for neurodivergent learners. This practical session aims to introduce staff to neurodiversity and will present some of the challenges that our students face. We will also share some strategies and tools to be used in planning, teaching, and designing assessments more inclusively.
Book this courseLaTeX Tutorial for Absolute Beginners
Description: This workshop will be an overview of LaTeX as a document preparation system that answers the needs of academic writing.
Book this courseSenior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy Workshop
Description: A workshop for staff seeking to apply for Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
Book this coursePresenting Your Research to an Audience (Practicum)
Description: This practical session will help you improve your public speaking and presentation skills. You will deliver a 7-minute presentation on your research and receive individual feedback from the tutor and individual participants.
Book this courseNetworking for Raising your profile
Description: Take part in this workshop to identify why networking is important for building your profile professionally and what steps you can take to move networking forward. Provided by Queen Mary's Careers and Enterprise.
Book this courseIntro to Peer Review: Uses, Benefits, and Controversies (2-part course)
Description: This course is intended for those with little or no experience of performing peer review, and will promote discussion of its role in quality control for academic research, why you should participate in it, and where it can go wrong.
Book this courseMindmapping for Researchers
Description: The workshop teaches you how to use mind mapping: a note-making, planning, creativity and organisational tool.
Book this courseGetting Started with your Doctorate
Description: This workshop helps you identify approaches to tackle the first steps of your Doctorate
Book this coursePostgraduate Funding - Considering the Alternatives
Description: The workshop explores the thousands of alternative grant-making bodies in Britain: principally charities, trusts, and foundations. It is suitable for postgraduates of any subject or nationality.
Book this courseRace and Identity in Academic Careers
Description: Join us as we hear from a range of academics of colour from Queen Mary and beyond, talk about their careers. Queen Mary's Careers and Enterprise.
Book this courseUNIque Women's Development Programme for Researchers
Description: A 5-session online women's development programme for researchers who are considering their next career options. Apply at qmul.ac.uk/queenmaryacademy/unique/
Book this courseAssociate/Fellowship Accelerator for Professional Services ⭐️
Description: This session is for individuals in the Professional Services who have some teaching responsibilities or who support learning. The purpose of this all-day session (10.00 am - 5.00pm) is to prepare and subsequently submit an application for Associate Fellowship or Fellowship with AdvanceHE The day will cover all aspects of writing the application, as well as workshops on reflective practice and evidencing your practice using literature. There will also be time for writing, with 1-1 mentoring from members of the Academy team.
Book this courseSpeed-reading for Researchers
Description: In this workshop you'll be invited to examine your current reading skills and to experiment with techniques for enhancing them.
Book this courseApplying for Senior Fellowship for HEA (Medicine and Dentistry only)
Description: HOW TO… SESSIONSApplying for HEA fellowshipsThese sessions are designed to help you apply for different types of fellowship for the Higher Education Academy (HEA). More information can be found using this link: https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/. These sessions will be facilitated via MS teams by Dr Maxwell Addo and Professor Janet De Wilde. They will be held on Wednesdays and recorded for those who cannot attend. Please also have a look at the CCSU Back to Basic sessions for next year. All these sessions are designed to support your professional career development.
Book this courseReading Strategically and Analytically (2-part course)
Description: You'll practise reading more deeply and critically, and learn techniques that will improve your recollection.
Book this courseDeveloping Inclusive education for neurodivergent learners
Description: Developing Inclusive education for neurodivergent learners. This practical session aims to introduce staff to neurodiversity and will present some of the challenges that our students face. We will also share some strategies and tools to be used in planning, teaching, and designing assessments more inclusively.
Book this courseAre you Principal Fellowship ready?
Description: A workshop for staff seeking to apply for Principal Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.
Book this courseManaging your time and workload effectively in a research environment
Description: The workshop will introduce tools and ideas to help you employ good time management practices, such as setting both long and short term objectives.
Book this courseLaTeX for writing your Thesis
Description: This workshop is aimed at doctoral students in all disciplines who want to use LaTeX to write their thesis and it will cover specific functionalities of LaTeX as a document preparation system for writing large and complex documents.
Book this courseAssessment Design for Academic Integrity
Description: Can we design academic misconduct out of assessment? Can we adopt a preventative approach focusing on assessment for and as learning, while preserving assessment integrity? This interactive workshop explores assessment through the lens of academic integrity and helps you identify ways in which you can utilise assessment design to minimise the risk of academic misconduct while maximising student engagement. Specific topics covered include: Why students may be vulnerable to academic misconduct What kinds of assessments may be more likely to attract misconduct The student experience of assessment at programme level and module level The role that formative assessment can play How assignment briefs can be worded The use of Artificial Intelligence for academic content generation and what this may mean for assessment design You will have an opportunity to discuss and evaluate assessment examples from your own practice or ideas for new forms of assessment. We will brainstorm ways of creating a compassionate assessment environment that can reduce academic misconduct, and in which students’ assessment literacy is promoted and students are supported to engage in assessment in a meaningful and authentic way. You will leave the session with practical ideas on ways in which you can review your existing assessment design or design new assessments for integrity. Please note that you will receive a pre-webinar questionnaire to collect information on your current practice and key concerns. You are strongly encouraged to bring with you examples of current assessment and/or new assessment ideas you would like to review in the session.
Book this courseR for complete beginners (2-Part Course)
Description: In this 2-day, hand-on workshop, you will learn the first steps needed to start coding using the programming language R.
Book this courseResearch It! Information Research Skills for Medicine & Dentistry
Description: An opportunity for researchers in Medicine & Dentistry to explore and develop their understanding of information skills and the scope of key resources within their area of research. Run by the Library Services's Medicine & Dentistry Teaching & Learning Support Team.
Book this courseLet's search it! Advanced search skills for Medicine & Dentistry
Description: The course takes a comprehensive look into the skills and resources which can be used in Medicine & Dentistry for a successful (re)search experience. Run by the Library Services's Medicine & Dentistry Teaching & Learning Support Team.
Book this courseIntroduction to Statistics and R (7-part course)
Description: An introductory course to Stats and R, covering: probability theory, inferential statistics, non-parametric and nominal tests, linear regression and correlation.
Book this courseAssociate Fellowship & Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy Workshop
Description: A workshop for those seeking to apply for Associate Fellowship / Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.
Book this courseEndNote for Medicine & Dentistry
Description: A skills workshop suitable for any researcher in Medicine and the Sciences, who are interested in using the referencing system Endnote. Run by the Library Services's Medicine & Dentistry Teaching & Learning Support Team.
Book this courseResearcher Wellbeing: Practical techniques for managing stress as a Researcher
Description: This short practical workshop will enable participants to develop a positive mental attitude through different tools, such as meditation and breathing exercises.
Book this courseSenior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy Workshop
Description: A workshop for staff seeking to apply for Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
Book this coursePrincipal Fellowship Drafting Workshop (2)
Description: A workshop for staff seeking to apply for the Principal Fellowship of AdvanceHE. This workshop is only available for people who already completed the "Are you Principal Fellowship ready?" (QMAPFHEA) workshop.
Book this courseLiterature searching for systematic reviews
Description: This course, provided by the Library Services' Medicine & Dentistry Teaching & Learning Support Team, will take you through the process of literature searching for systematic reviews in medicine, dentistry and related disciplines.
Book this courseLeadership in Action
Description: This is an immersive programme that gives you practical opportunities to reflect on and improve your leadership skills
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