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Your ‘Timely Reminder’

Every year, the Research & Knowledge Exchange Office, along with internal and external delivery partners, runs over 150 events to support researcher development through the Research & Knowledge Exchange Development Framework (RKEDF).

Responding to your feedback and by popular request, below are the main events coming up over the next two months – please click on the event titles that are of interest to find out more and reserve your place as soon as possible:

MARCH 2018

Wednesday 14th March – Sharing your research with the media

Thursday 15th March – UOA 2/3 – (Public Health) – What makes a REF 2*, 3* or 4* output?

Thursday 15th March – Bid Writing Retreat – British Academy Small Grants

19th to 23rd March – Interdisciplinary Research Week

Wednesday 21st March – Applying for an NIHR Fellowship Event (N.B. This event welcomes non-BU attendees) 

Thursday 22nd March – NVivo Part One – Building your database (limited spaces)

APRIL 2018

Wednesday 4th April – BRIAN, Open Access and the Impact Module

Wednesday 4th April – International Funding – Working with Countries in South Asia

Thursday 5th April – The BU Protocol of Academics Engaging with Business

Tuesday 10th April – Grants Workshop & Follow-up Bid Writing Retreat Day 1 of 2

Wednesday 11th April – STEAMlab 3: Industrial Challenges (N.B. This event welcomes non-BU attendees) 

11th, 12th & 13th April – Writing Academy

Tuesday 17th April – Research Ethics @ BU

Wednesday 18th April – Open data and the need for research data management plans,  Getting started on applying for research funding,  Pre-award finances, BU processes for applying for funding and Quality approvals at BU

Thursday 19th April – International Funding – Working with ASEAN countries

23rd & 24th April – An Introduction to Statistic Anaylsis with SPSS (Intermediate Session)

25th & 26th April – MSCA IF bid writing retreat – 2 days

MAY 2018

Wednesday 2nd May – Introduction to the Royal Academy of Engineering – Visit

Wednesday 2nd May – EU funding outside Horizon 2020

Tuesday 8th May – Grants Workshop & Follow-up Bid Writing Retreat Day 2 of 2

Wednesday 9th May – Wellcome Trust- Visit

Wednesday 9th May – KTPs – an introduction

Monday 14th May – Fellowship Interview Training – Royal Academy of Engineering

Wednesday 16th May – Applying for funding from NIHR – an Overview of the Schemes Available (N.B. This event welcomes non-BU attendees) 

Wednesday 16th May –  Introducing and Evidencing Research Impact: the Basics

Thursday 17th May – Engaging with policy makers

Friday 18th May –  Preparing impact case studies for the Research Excellence Framework: a workshop

Tuesday 22nd May – Writing Academy – Writing Day

Wednesday 23rd May – What is the Research Excellence Framework?

To see all the events within the RKEDF and the wider Organisational Development offering, please refer to the handy Calendar of Events.