The below workshops, run by a combination of University of Westminster colleagues and external facilitators, aim to support colleagues at any stage of their career and at any stage of the research life-cycle.
Please find more information and book places at workshops via the below links as early as possible to avoid disappointment and if you’ve any questions, do get in touch with Lisa McGinty, Researcher Development Manager using l.mcginty@westminster.ac.uk
Our next workshop: Thursday 25th April, 3:30-5pm
RKEO Information Series – Developing as a Researcher at Westminster
RKEO Information Series – Developing as a Researcher at Westminster
Time: 15:30-17:00
Venue: Regent, UG02 (Postgraduate space)
Format: Face-to-face
On-Demand recording: Not available due to delivery format
Do you want to learn more about the support the RKEO can offer to help you develop as a researcher? Come along to our in-person workshop event where you can meet staff from the RKEO experienced in KE and grant funding applications who will be able to offer an insight into how KE can help develop your research career. The Session will follow the agenda below but will be interactive in nature with a mixture of staff-led presentations and facilitated conversations.
Session agenda:
Lisa McGinty, Researcher Development Manager: Welcome and introduction
Kate Theophilus, Research Development Manager: Thinking about your research, prompts to start
Justine Kenyon, Collaboration Manager: KE by three, using a KE ‘toolkit’ to help expand your KE collaborations
Ayman El Hajjar, Senior Lecturer: Pitching your research to prospective business partners through Konfer
Holly Ranger, Research Data Management Officer: An introduction into Research Design
Upcoming events
The Conversation Media Training
Wednesday 22nd May, 14:00-15:00 Zoom
Are you an academic, researcher or PhD candidate who would like to build a media profile and take your research to a global public audience by writing for The Conversation?
In this session, you’ll meet an editor from The Conversaiton who will take you through what The Conversaion is, the origins and aims of the organisation, what they do and why.
Sign up link to follow shortly
Thursday 30th May, 15:30-17:00, Teams
Do you want to learn more about how you can increase the impact of your research?
Would you like to increase your public engagement but arent quite sure how to?
Come along to our informative training session where you will be able to learn from our RKEO Impact Manager and wider team.
The Conversation interactive workshop
Wednesday 5th June, 14:00-16:00, Zoom
This two-hour interactive workshop looks to build upon the information delivered in the previous workshop from the 22nd May.
We’ll look at why you should communicate your research to the public and take you through The Conversation’s unique, collaborative editorial process. We’ll give you tips on style, tone and structure (with examples), look at how to pitch (with examples) and look at different approaches and article types.
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Research Culture World Cafe series
Would you like to play a part in facilitating the further development of a more prominent and positive research culture at Westminster?
We want to encourage everyone at Westminster to think further as to why a positive research culture matters, and want staff, students and academics from all areas of the institutions involved in the discussion.
Dates, times and locations:
Marylebone, Monday 3rd June, 12:00-14:00
Harrow, Thursday 6th June, 12:00-14:00
Cavendish, Friday 7th June, 12:00-14:00
(Rooms yet to be confirmed)
Please register your interest in attending via email to Lisa McGinty, l.mcginty@westminster.ac.uk
Open Research: ‘Who owns your research really, and what can you do with it?’
Our research will only make a difference if it is visible, accessible, and openly available wherever possible. But how can we make the results of our research open when publishers regularly request copyright, participant rights need to be respected and you want to protect your ownership?
Dates, times and locations:
Marylebone, Monday 3rd June, 10:30-11:30
Harrow, Thursday 6th June, 10:30-11:30
Cavendish, Friday 7th June, 10:30-11:30
(Rooms yet to be confirmed)
Sign up link to follow
Westminster Readers and Professors Workshop
Further information to follow
Wednesday 12th June, 14:00-16:00, Cavendish, C1.03
Sign up link to follow
Please note, we are currently in the process of editing on-demand videos of the following past events:
-An Introduction to IP (Originally presented on Wednesday 20th March 2024)
-RKEO Information series, Dissemination and Publication (Originally presented on Tuesday 19th March 2024)
Once the recordings have been edited and are ready for on-demand viewing we will send a notification via the RKEO newsletter.