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Advancing your Research Career - Strategies for Research Leadership
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36 Minutes
This module looks at the identity, goals and motivations that drive research careers, personal strengths and values, careers within and beyond academia, research leadership, developing a career strategy and sources of support for career development.
29 Minutes
This module addresses the importance and benefits of effective research cultures, examining how healthy and inclusive cultures contribute to researcher well-being, talent development, and the way that research is conducted and communicated.
30 Minutes
This module considers the benefits of having a mentor and explores the skills and attributes of an ideal mentor. It also focuses on being a mentor, developing mentoring skills and how to put these into practice.
31 Minutes
This module offers an opportunity to explore how to plan and manage research engagement strategy: connecting with the audiences. It also discusses accelerating and optimising the outcomes from research, and how to promote your reputation as an effective researcher.
32 Minutes
This module looks at the current research funding needs and environments and factors that underpin them, assessing funding competitiveness and understanding the process of developing the winning proposal.
30 Minutes
This module looks at research project management and unpacks how research projects can be enhanced through forward planning, the development of effective systems and processes, the integration of management strategies, and monitoring potential risks that may emerge.
28 Minutes
This module evaluates the benefits of collaboration, the importance of developing and maintaining mutually beneficial research partnerships and the long-term impact achieved through collaboration with external stakeholders from different sectors and disciplines.
32 Minutes
This module looks at the importance of laying the groundwork to establish and maintain a well-managed team that has clear expectations and support mechanisms as essential and critical for enabling research progress.
31 Minutes
This module looks at identifying communication opportunities that will expand research visibility and developing diverse and multi-layered communication strategies.
28 Minutes
This module looks at the importance of self-awareness and reflective practices in advancing and planning career development; it also offers an opportunity to create a personalised action plan of relevant and achievable career management activities.