Research Management
Funding and Finance
Funding Your Research
Thursday 09 October 2025, 13:30-15:30, Online
This session introduces you to some of the background concerning research funding and associated financial processes in universities, considers possible ways to help fund your current doctoral research and invites you to think more about various levels of funding and how to cost and manage research-related budgets. The main practical focus is on those aspects of research funding management – such as costing and managing conference grants and field research trips – that are most likely to be relevant to doctoral researchers at this stage in their research project while also thinking about possibilities for future research funding.
The session also includes an invited talk from the Alternative Funding Guide about alternative sources of research funding.
This workshop aligns with the Vitae Researcher Development Framework descriptors:
1.2 Strategic; 3.1 Funding and Finance; 4.1 Communication
Project Management
Strategies for Effective Time and Project Management
Friday 30 January 2026, 11:00-13:00, Online
Join us for a practical workshop designed to help you develop essential project management skills for your PhD. We will cover key stages such as defining aims and objectives, conducting risk analyses, and mapping stakeholders to support your project’s success. We will also focus on time management and productivity, considering techniques and apps to try. Participants will engage in individual activities, with opportunities to share strategies and ask questions within the group.
This workshop aligns with the Vitae Researcher Development Framework descriptors:
1.3 Organised; 1.8 Motivated; 3.2 Project Management; 3.2 Risk Management
Risk Management
Data Management For Your Research
Monday 13 October 2025, 11:00-12:00, Online.
This session will provide an introduction and some practical tips to managing your research data through all stages of the research lifecycle. From drafting a data management plan at the start of your research project or applying for funding, through to publishing, sharing and archiving your research data at the end of your research project, this session will provide an overview to finding and re-using data in your research, working with sensitive data, and where to publish, share and archive data at the end of your research.
This workshop aligns with the Vitae Researcher Development Framework descriptors:
1.9 Responsible; 2.3 Information and Data Literacy; 3.3 Risk management; 3.5 Research Integrity and Ethics
DIY Research Data Management Plans
- time tbc
In this session, you will learn how to draft a data management plan (DMP) which can be used in funding applications, but also as part of planning during the research process as part of best practice for research. This session will provide an overview of data management planning and some considerations, and will provide hands-on experience through using a basic DMP template to develop an initial data management plan.
This workshop aligns with the Vitae Researcher Development Framework descriptors:
1.9 Responsible; 3.1 Funding and Finance; 3.3 Risk management; 3.5 Research Integrity and Ethics
Open Research
Introduction to Open Access Publishing
Wednesday 26 November 2025, 11:00-11:30, Online
This short session will introduce you to many aspects of open access publishing. This will include:
- Making your own research outputs open
- Making your thesis open
- Open access publications, and where to find them
- Free access to papers behind paywalls
- Accessing and making research data open
- Creative Commons licence
- ORCID researcher IDs
This workshop aligns with the Vitae Researcher Development Framework descriptors:
1.9 Responsible; 2.2 Information and Data Literacy; 3.4 Open Research; 4.2 Research Outputs
Open Access and the Doctoral Researcher
Thursday 07 May 2026, 14:00-15:00, Online
This workshop will give you practical advice and guidance and includes: an introduction to open access and the wider context (both within and beyond the University), an overview of the University’s requirements for making your PhD thesis open access including making it available in Westminster Research and advice on related issues such as copyright and licensing.
This workshop aligns with the Vitae Researcher Development Framework descriptors:
1.9 Responsible; 3.4 Open Research; 4.2 Research Outputs; 4.4 Research Translation and Commercialisation
Research Integrity and Ethics
The Ethical Researcher (Essential Workshop for First Year)
Thursday 02 October 2025, 13:00-16:00, In Person, Central London location tbc
Repeated in January – time tbc
All research involves important but sometimes complex engagements with other people – colleagues, supervisors, participants, interviewees, and so on. Primarily for new doctoral researchers, The Ethical Researcher covers the ways research demands ethical and responsible behaviours. It covers the university’s ethical approval processes, researcher safety, responsibility toward research participants and the secure handling of data. Discussion focuses on a series of scenarios and case studies and is always lively!
This workshop aligns with the Vitae Researcher Development Framework descriptors:
1.7 Reflexive; 1.9 Reponsible; 3.3 Risk Management; 3.5 Research Integrity and Ethics
Ethics in…
School DRDP workshop focusing on your ethics and ethics applications for your doctoral research.
Ethics in Arts, Media and Communications
- Time TBC
Ethics in Business School
Tuesday 03 March 2026, 14:00-16:00, In Person, Marylebone
Ethics in Social Sciences, Humanities and Architecture (SHAPE)
Wednesday 12 November 2025, 15:00-17:00, In Person, Little Titchfield Street
Ethics in Computer Science, Engineering and Life Sciences (STEMM)
- Time TBC
This workshop aligns with the Vitae Researcher Development Framework descriptors:
1.7 Reflexive; 1.9 Reponsible; 3.3 Risk Management; 3.5 Research Integrity and Ethics