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:
MAY 2018
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?
JUNE 2018
Wednesday 6th June – STEAMLab – Virtual problems – See this Blog post on how to Apply for a place
Monday 11th June – Research impact and the Research Excellence Framework (REF): an introduction
Wednesday 13th June – REF 2021 Guidance – Q&A session
Thursday 14th June – Royal Society – Bid Writing Retreat
Wednesday 20th June – BRIAN, Open Access and the Impact Module
Wednesday 27th June – Preparing for Brexit
27-29 June – Writing Academy – Summer
JULY 2018
Wednesday 4th July – US Funding Day (Federal & Charities)
Wednesday 4th July – Targeting high quality journals
Wednesday 4th July – 10 ways to increase the impact of your paper
Wednesday 4th July – Writing an academic paper
Thursday 5th July – Fellowship interview Training – Royal Society
Wednesday 11th July – Introduction to bibliometrics
Wednesday 11th July – Advanced Bibliometrics – Using bibliometrics to understand research impact
10/07/18 – 11/07/18 – MSCA bid writing retreat (2 days)
Thursday 12th of July – Writing and presenting for non-academic audiences (ECR session) *New*
Monday 23rd July – The Writing Academy – Writing day
Tuesday 24th July – Preparing impact case studies for the Research Excellence Framework: a workshop
To see all the events within the RKEDF and the wider Organisational Development offering, please refer to the handy Calendar of Events.
Additionally if you are a PGR please visit the Doctoral College Researcher Development Programme for your own special tailored events.

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