New Research Staff Workshops

We have a new workshop running this semester:

Are you wanting to get a grant, but not sure how to approach it strategically? Or despite getting the grant and getting the research done, do you find it hard to achieve the publication outputs? And if you do publish, how strategic are you about it –do you just do the next paper on the list or do you think about which one will help with your next grant or be read by more people or have greatest impact? Then in relation to the team you work in, are you being as productive as possible, for example using all team members or colleagues in a way that increases your publication output and theirs? And finally, do you use your limited resources (eg statisticians, senior researchers, editors etc) in the most effective way possible? This workshop is ideally suited for research teams, collaborators or co-authors, although all researchers will find it useful.

For further information and to book: https://edin.ac/3crY5OA

Careers support and advice

Career 1:1 consultation

The IAD will be holding 1:1 Career Development Consultations Tuesday – Thursday mornings. These consultations are available to book via https://edin.ac/35EfgdX.

A Career Development Consultation can help you at any stage in your career planning process. Consultations last 30 minutes and are held over Microsoft teams.

For further information on the process and eligibility criteria see https://edin.ac/2PTKK7B

 

Edinburgh Research Data Blog:
University of Edinburgh’s new Research Data Management Policy 
 

Following a year-long consultation with research committees and other stakeholders, a new RDM Policy (www.ed.ac.uk/is/research-data-policy) has replaced the landmark 2011 policy. 

Read more: https://libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/datablog/2022/03/10/new-research-data-management-policy/  

 

 

 p2i Online Course: Empowering researchers to innovate

Applications now open for the p2i online course: “Empowering researchers to innovate”. Familiarise yourself with the language, concepts, tools and frameworks used in the entrepreneurial world and get access to a practical step by step guide to support you with developing your idea into a business case: whether academic (for grants), in industry (for internal projects) or for a start-up. Access to the course opens 29th April 2022. 

Apply here: https://bit.ly/April2022OnlineCourse by noon 17th April 2022. 

MANTRA Online Learning

Research Data Management Training, or MANTRA, is a self-paced, online course for those embarking on a digital research project, in particular University of Edinburgh postgrads to skill themselves up in terms of good practice in data management techniques. Topics include data management plans, effective organisation of data and files, and archiving and sharing research data at the end of a project.

As part of an ongoing update to MANTRA, six of the eight training modules have now been updated in order to refresh content and introduce new concepts and topics to better reflect current research data management practices and conventions.

Our most recent update is the new Unit 6: ‘Keeping research data safe’, which replaces the original ‘Storage and security’ unit covering how to store research data effectively, including keeping backups and methods to safeguard data. The new unit updates that content, and introduces a number of new topics including data classification, networked and cloud storage, password management tools, data access controls, transferring files securely, and working remotely.

In addition to this latest update, over the past year we have also reviewed and updated a further three modules: Data management planning; Organising data; and FAIR sharing and access. (FAIR sharing means making your data findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable.) Each unit has been refreshed to include new images, videos and links to further reading to ensure they remain relevant and interesting to anyone looking to learn more about the important research skill of research data management.

https://mantra.ed.ac.uk/

IAD Workshops for Tutors and Demonstrators
 
Want to develop your teaching? We have a few remaining workshops this semester for tutors and demonstrators, or those new to teaching, including:

Supervising Projects and Dissertations in the Sciences (on campus) - 13/04/2022    Booking: https://edin.ac/2zrmunR
Engaging students in an online environment (online) - 19/04/2022
Booking: https://edin.ac/3uPIsJg
 
For more information and online resources see our webpages: https://edin.ac/2Egtxxt

Developing your Leadership as a Researcher

Over the last two years, researchers have faced considerable disruption to their research and ways of working.  Recognising that everyone has been affected differently, the IAD and ERO worked with collaborators at 64 Million Artists to produce this online resource.  Designed to support researchers to focus on their research and priorities following this time of disruption, it has been created by leadership development experts, drawing on the wealth of knowledge they have from working in academia.

Find out more and access the resource here
 

 

ADMIRE Fellowship Programme

The Advanced Materials Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme (ADMIRE) is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND Action, hosted by AMBER - the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research.
Over two calls for proposals, ADMIRE will offer 12 prestigious fellowships in the area of advanced materials to experienced researchers (post-doctoral or equivalent) relocating to Ireland. ADMIRE Fellowships are for experienced researchers from any country.

For the current call (Call 2), five Fellowships will be awarded.
Deadline Sunday 01 May 2022
https://www.admire-msca.eu/applications/application-overview/
 

Inspiring women founders win AccelerateHER awards

Edinburgh Innovations clients have scooped two of the four Scottish AccelerateHER Awards 2022 for inspiring female founders. Ishani Malhotra, winner of the Science and MedTech category for her company Carcinotech, graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an MSc in Regenerative Medicine in 2017. Xiaoyan Ma, MSc student in High Performance Computing with Data Science and CEO of Danu Robotics, picked up the award for CleanTech, Climate and Net Zero. Both Ishani and Xiaoyan have received support from Edinburgh Innovations to develop their respective businesses.
Read more
 

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STEM education collaboration wins Scottish Knowledge Exchange Award

A collaboration that boosts how children learn science using body gestures and movements has won the Making a Social Difference prize at the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2022. Dr Andrew Manches, Co-Director of the Digital Education Research Centre at the University of Edinburgh’s Moray House School of Education and Sport, worked with the Glasgow Science Centre (GSC) and SSERC on the Move2learn collaboration, which has led to improved design of exhibits as well as more than 1,200 engagements with children, a novel prototype exhibit, a licensed game and an extension into special educational needs. Edinburgh Innovations has supported the team, providing advice on the commercialisation of their resources to scale impact.
Read more
 

Research Staff Hub

The Research Staff Hub was launched last year and brings together information from across the University to support research staff to undertake their role, develop themselves and progress in their career. 
There are also dedicated resources to help managers of researchers to support the research staff they employ.

Make sure you go and have a look! www.ed.ac.uk/researchers

The Institute for Academic Development provides University level support for teaching, learning and researcher development.  This includes a mixture of direct support for staff and students, often delivered in partnership with Schools and other Services, alongside support for curriculum innovation and enhancement.

To find out more about the range of activities and support offered by the IAD please visit our website: