This event took place on the 13th – 15th March 2018. See below for archived slides and video.<\/p>\n
10-10.45am Learning to love your literature search (Powerpoint slides<\/a>)<\/strong> 10.45 -11.30am One word at a time \u2013 how to get writing (Powerpoint slides<\/a>) 11.45am \u2013 12.30pm Preparing for REF (Video<\/a>) 1.30 \u2013 2.15pm Waving not Drowning \u2013 How to keep afloat in the choppy sea of research (Powerpoint slides<\/a>) (Video<\/a>)<\/strong> 2.15 \u2013 3pm The state of academic publishing 3.15 \u2013 4pm How to market yourself as a researcher<\/strong> 10-10.45am Learning to love your literature search<\/strong> 10.45 \u2013 11.30am Research methods (Powerpoint slides<\/a>) (Video<\/a>) (Resource List<\/a>) 11.45 \u2013 12.30pm How to protect your data in an open research culture (Powerpoint slides<\/a>) (Video<\/a>)<\/strong> 1.30 \u2013 2.15pm Panel Discussion: Developing your career: Real life journeys (Video<\/a>)<\/strong> 2.15 \u2013 3pm How to get published in The Conversation (Powerpoint slides<\/a>) (Video<\/a>)<\/strong> 3.15 \u2013 4pm Manage Yourself, Manage your Time (Powerpoint slides<\/a>) (Video<\/a>) 10-10.45am Learning to love your literature search (Powerpoint slides<\/a>)<\/strong> 10.45 \u2013 11.30am\u00a0<\/strong>Funding your Research \u2013 Beginning the Journey and Planning Ahead 1.30 \u2013 2.15pm Engaging with the Scottish Parliament (Powerpoint slides<\/a>) This session will give you an insight into how your research can affect public policy. \u00a0We will be joined by one of the team from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe), the Parliament\u2019s internal research service, and will explore how the partnership between Parliament and Academia can be most effective. \u00a0This session maps to the RDF\u2019s sub domain of Engagement and Impact (D3).<\/p>\n 2.15 \u2013 3pm\u00a0<\/strong>Business engagement in the research environment Led by our Business Engagement team from RIO, we will also hear from our\u00a0researchers in the Business School about their experiences. This session maps to the RDF’s sub domain of Engagement and Impact (D3)<\/p>\n
\nMarian Kirton, Information Services Advisor<\/em>
\nYou may or may not love literature searching, but you can learn how to perform it more effectively. This session will help you get started with planning a literature search and introduce you to top search tools for your area. You\u2019ll look at techniques to improve your search results and how to source items not available at Edinburgh Napier University.
\nThe sessions at each campus will be customised for different subject areas by the Information Services Advisor\/Subject Librarian for your School. This session maps to the RDF\u2019s sub domains of Knowledge base (A1) and Cognitive abilities (A2).<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Gr\u00e1inne Barkess, Leader of Researcher Development<\/em>
\n<\/strong>Writing is an integral part of being a researcher, from preparing a thesis to book chapters and journal articles, but it\u2019s often a hidden activity within the academic world. In this interactive session we will discuss different strategies to help us get writing, from writing groups, using the pomodoro technique or free writing. Come along prepared to share your tips and tricks to help make academic writing a little easier. This session maps to the RDF’s sub domain of Communication and Dissemination (D2).<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Prof Jessie Kennedy, Dean of Research and Innovation<\/em>
\nThe Research Excellence Framework is run by the UK government to assess the quality of research across universities and influences the funding we receive in return. There has been a wide range consultation process ahead of the next REF \u2013 which is planned for 2021 –\u00a0 and there are some planned changes to how it will run. In this session we will explore what happens in the REF, highlight what the planned changes are, and consider how you can stay aware of the implications of REF for your own career planning. This session maps to the RDF’s sub domain of Research management\u00a0(C2) and Professional and Career Development (B3).<\/p>\n
\nLeah MacGilp, Mental Health Adviser<\/em>
\nThe session will look at the causes of stress and how to balance your life and maintain your health. This session maps to the RDF\u2019s sub domains of Personal qualities (B1) and Professional and career development (B3).<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Session cancelled due to strike action.<\/span>
\nDr Camilla M\u00f8rk R\u00f8stvik, University of St Andrews
\nProfessor Brian Williams, Professorial Lead for Researcher Development<\/em>
\nDr R\u00f8stvik is co-author of the publication \u2018Untangling Academic Publishing\u2019. She will give an overview of the issues discussed, including the history of academic publishing, the role of publishing and prestige in academic careers and how this relationship is changing.
\nThis session maps to the RDF\u2019s sub domains of Engagement and Impact (D3)\u00a0and Communication and dissemination (D2).<\/p>\n
\nThis session will look at how to market yourself as a researcher. Amanda Proud, Brand and Reputation Manager, will talk about some ways you can share your personal brand both on- and off-line, and how Marketing and Communications can help you. Dr Clare Taylor and Dr Andrew Wooff will join her for a panel discussion including talking about their experiences in their own careers.<\/p>\n\n
\n\u00a0Wednesday 14th March –\u00a0Sighthill LRC5 (Horizon Suite)<\/h3>\n
\n\u2022 Health & Social Care (Powerpoint slides<\/a>)
\nSheena Moffat, Information Services Advisor<\/em>
\n\u2022 Applied Sciences (Powerpoint slides<\/a>) (Video<\/a>)
\n(Using Boolean handout<\/a>) (Data extraction tables handout<\/a>)
\nLaura Ennis, Information Services Advisor<\/em>
\nYou may or may not love literature searching, but you can learn how to perform it more effectively. This session will help you get started with planning a literature search and introduce you to top search tools for your area. You\u2019ll look at techniques to improve your search results and how to source items not available at Edinburgh Napier University.
\nThe sessions at each campus will be customised for different subject areas by the Information Services Advisor\/Subject Librarian for your School. This session maps to the RDF\u2019s sub domains of Knowledge base (A1) and Cognitive abilities (A2).<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Laura Ennis and Eithne Barry, Information Services<\/em>
\nQualitative? Quantitative? Mixed? Research methods are the systematic tools used to conduct research. Basically, they are the rules researchers follow to collect information in order to seek an answer to their research question. In this session you will be briefly introduced to different research methodologies, and explore learning materials that will help you to design research projects, understand particular methods or identify a new method, and learn how to incorporate these into your own teaching, research, and writing. This workshop would suit those staff and researchers who want to refine or enhance their skills and those who are conducting or considering their own research. This session maps to the RDF\u2019s sub domain of Knowledge base (A1) and Communication and dissemination (D2).<\/p>\n
\nLindsay Ramage, Leader of Research Data Management and <\/em>Lyn Gibson, Information Assistant<\/em>
\nDifferent types of data are generated during research projects. Increasingly making your research open is a requirement of research funding, but is also an excellent way to get your research into the public domain. However, before making your research open you should ideally put in place mechanisms to protect or control the use of your data. This can be in the form of open data\/ access licences, copyright or commercial licencing.
\nThis workshop will primarily focus on the types of open data licence and when they can be used. We discuss the pros\/cons to creators and users of open research. This session maps to the RDF’s sub domain of Communication and Dissemination (D2).<\/p>\n
\nProfessor Alistair Sambell, Vice-Principal and Deputy Vice Chancellor<\/em>
\nProfessor Ian Singleton, School of Applied Sciences<\/em>
\nDr Liz Aston, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Head of Social Sciences<\/em>
\nDr Imed Romdhani, Associate Professor, School of Computing
\n<\/em>What does being a successful researcher mean in terms of developing your career?
\nFor this session, we will be joined by researchers from different career stages for a panel discussion about their personal experiences. We will talk about some of the lessons they have learned along the way, how their careers have developed, and some of the critical junctions in developing a rewarding career. This session maps to the RDF\u2019s sub domains of Professional and career development (B3) and Engagement and Impact (D3).<\/p>\n
\nSteven Vass, Scotland Editor, The Conversation UK<\/em>
\nDr Peter Barlow, Associate Professor of Immunology & Infection\/Director of Research, School of Applied Sciences
\n<\/em>Steven Vass will look at the benefits to academics of publishing in The Conversation (including profile raising and the ability to access your article performance statistics) and what the process involves, from commission to editing to online publication.
\nPeter will talk about his personal experience of being published in The Conversation, the differences between this and writing for academic journals, and the fantastic opportunities he has gained as a result of media coverage of his articles in The Conversation.
\nThis session maps to the RDF\u2019s sub domains of Engagement and Impact (D3) and Communication and dissemination (D2).<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Mo Andrew, Employability and Confident Future Consultant
\n<\/em>As a researcher, you will be used to juggling constant demands on your time as you pursue your research goals. This session will aim to help you identify your personal time management style and develop effective time management and personal planning strategies. It will include techniques to reduce the negative impact of procrastination and look at developing time management and planning strategies to work more effectively with other people. This session maps to the RDF’s sub domains of Personal qualities (C1) and Self-management (C2).
\nHandouts:
\nQuestionnaire: Your time management type<\/a>
\nMorning or evening person?<\/a>
\nDrivers challenge questionnaire<\/a>
\nFive drivers: Messages to self<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThursday 15th March –\u00a0Craiglockhart Rivers Suite<\/h3>\n
\n\u2022 Business School
\nKeith Walker, Information Services Advisor<\/em>
\nYou may or may not love literature searching, but you can learn how to perform it more effectively. This session will help you get started with planning a literature search and introduce you to top search tools for your area. You\u2019ll look at techniques to improve your search results and how to source items not available at Edinburgh Napier University.
\nThe sessions at each campus will be customised for different subject areas by the Information Services Advisor\/Subject Librarian for your School. This session maps to the RDF\u2019s sub-domains of Knowledge base (A1) and Cognitive abilities (A2).<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Janet Taylor, Nina Hakanpaa, Carol Johnstone, Paula Stevenson \u2013 External Funding Team, RIO
\n<\/em>This session will look at external funding and where to begin \u2013 it will cover how to find appropriate sources and make your first application.\u00a0 This will include planning and deciding where you want to be in your research career and how to navigate through the funding landscape, from the first small application and looking towards the future of\u00a0 big national funding sources and multinational consortium projects. This session maps to the RDF’s sub domain of Finance, funding and resources (C3).
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\n11.45 \u2013 12.30pm Getting Published: Liaising with Editors\/Associate Editors & Responding to Journal Reviewers\u2019 Feedback and Journal Decision Letters (Powerpoint slides<\/a>)<\/strong>
\nProfessor Maura Sheehan, Professor Paul Lynch, Professor Paul Barron<\/em>
\nIt will:
\n\u2022 Provide a forum to discuss the challenges faced in getting published
\n\u2022 Suggest ways to engage with journal editors\/associate editors
\n\u2022 Suggest ways to make sense of editors\u2019 decision letters and reviewer comments.
\n\u2022 Address and discuss strategies to ensure that appropriate revisions are made and communicated in an effective way to the journal editor and reviewers.\u00a0See abstract<\/a>.
\nThis session maps to the RDF\u2019s sub domains of Engagement and Impact (D3)\u00a0and Communication and dissemination (D2).<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Dawn Smith, Public Engagement Officer<\/em><\/p>\n\n
\n<\/strong>Session cancelled due to staff illness
\n<\/span>In this session we will explore the importance of Business Engagement to research in a modern university, and how to do it successfully. The session will cover:<\/p>\n\n