SW Gradschool Programme July 2015

SW GRADSchool Programme
4 day programme, Buckland Hall

Tuesday 7th Friday 10th July 2015
Building a reputation as a researcher
SPECIFIC PROGRAMME VISION
This course has been designed to give participants the space and time to reflect on their work in the company of other researchers. Through
activity, reflection and discussion there will be an opportunity to take a different perspective on their work to date and where they are taking it to.
The vision of the course is that it will create a supportive environment to help participants to think and plan the next stage of their doctorates and
the transition that follows it. The theme for the course is "Building a reputation as a researcher" which will underpin the activities and discussions
throughout the course.
Notes:
Learning Outcomes: The final column of the timetable summarises what each session involves and outlines the learning outcomes in relation to the
Researcher Development Framework (RDF).
Tutor Meetings: These are to help manage feedback, review and preparation and will take place each morning.
Name
Paul Spencer
Full-Time Tutors
1
Sarah Kearns
2
Neil Willey
3
Helen Frisby
4
Anne Goodman
Course Staff
1
Paul Spencer
2
Helen Mulligan
Company / Organisation
Roles & Responsibilities
UWE
Course Director
Plymouth University
UWE
UWE
Freelance
Facilitator
Facilitator
Facilitator
Facilitator
Course Director
Course Administrator
TIME
0800
0900
ACTIVITY
Breakfast
Tutor Meeting
1130
Participant
Registration
Tea and coffee
Directors Intro
Icebreaker
1200
1230
Day 1 Tuesday 7th July

Getting to know each other seeing myself through the eyes of others
LEAD TUTOR
ROOM VENUE RDF MAPPING
Dining room
All Tutors
Course Office
Helen Mulligan
Reception
Paul Spencer
Main Plenary
Veranda
Introduction to the course, including the vision and daily themes of the course.
Session Aims:
To allow the team to get to know one another through a high-energy icebreaker.
Paper Giraffe
Process:
Participants will create a giraffe from the materials supplied in the groups.
Competencies developed: (Primary)
Working with others: team working (D1)
Working with others: Collaboration (D1)
Creativity: Innovation (A3)
1300
1400
Lunch
Objective Setting
All Tutors
Dining Room
Group Rooms
Session Aims:
Identify and share individual and group objectives for the week.
Competencies Developed: (Primary)
Personal qualities: Self-reflection (B1)
Personal qualities: Self-management (B2)

Competencies Developed: (Secondary)
Working with others: Collegiality (D1)
Working with others: Mentoring (D1)
1500
Interview Workshop
Including
Tea and Coffee mid
way through for 15
minutes
Groups will finish when
they finish..
Day 1 Tuesday 7th July

Getting to know each other seeing myself through the eyes of others
Session Aims:
Anne
Main plenary for Develop ways to improve interview technique and promotion of self. Chance to get to know
Goodman
those preparing group.
to be
interviewed
Process:
Participants have the opportunity to be interviewed by each other using a Competency
Group Rooms
based framework and share feedback on their technique.
for those
preparing to
Professional and Career Development: Career management (B3)
interview
Professional and Career Development: Continuing professional Development (B3)
Introduction and
Conclusion in
main plenary
1900
2000
Dinner
Day close, informal
Tutor drop in and film
night
Dining Room
All tutors
Competencies developed: (Secondary)

Personal Qualities: Self-reflection (B1)
Engagement, Influence and Impact: Communication methods (D2)
Same time every night to build consistency
Free time for participants with the option of informal meetings with facilitators
Day 2 Wednesday 8th July
Looking at how my research can connect with others
TIME
0730
0815
ACTIVITY
Breakfast
Tutor Meeting
LEAD TUTOR
All Tutors
ROOM VENUE
Dining room
Course Office
0915
0930
Thought for the day

Communication of
research start with
why
Paul Spencer
Paul Spencer
Main Plenary
Main plenary
RDF MAPPING
Review of the previous Day. Opportunity to run through the logistics of the day and any
roles and responsibilities
Engagement, influence and impact: Communication methods (D2)
Engagement, influence and impact: Influence and leadership (D1)
Personal effectiveness: Enthusiasm (B1)
Personal effectiveness: Integrity (B1)
1130
1300
1400
Introduction to
buddying
Lunch
Collaboration
Challenge
Main plenary
Neil Willey
Dining room
Main plenary
&
Group Rooms
Session Aim & Process

This activity gives the participants the chance to communicate their research to others who
may be less familiar with their area, field or discipline. It then challenges them not only to
understand others work, but also to consider how they might collaborate in the future on a
genuine research project that would combine their skills and professional research interests.
At a higher level, it allows them to explore the prospect of collaborating with people they
might not otherwise consider working with. All of this takes place within the context of
developing and presenting a proposal for a piece of interdisciplinary research.
Research Governance and organisation: Income and funding generation (C3)
Research governance and organisation: Research Strategy (C2)
Day 2 Wednesday 8th July
Looking at how my research can connect with others
TIME
ACTIVITY
LEAD TUTOR
ROOM VENUE
RDF MAPPING
1700
Group Review
All Tutors
Group Rooms
Session Aims & Process:

An in depth review of the days activities focussing on what the participants have learned
about themselves, as a team and about how they will apply this learning for the rest of the
course and beyond.

1830
1900
2030
Paired feedback
Dinner
Day close and Tutor
Drop In
Buddy pairs
Time set aside for Buddy pairs to engage in one to one feedback
Dining room
Participant free time
Day 3 Thursday 9th July
Looking at what motivates me as a researcher
Looking at how I can communicate my research in an accessible way
TIME
0730
0815
ACTIVITY
Breakfast
Tutor Meeting
0915
0930
Thought for the day

Integrity in research
LEAD TUTOR
All Tutors
Svetlana
Cicmil
ROOM VENUE
Dining room
Course Office
Main Plenary
Main Plenary
RDF MAPPING
Review of the previous Day. Opportunity to run through the logistics of the day and any
roles and responsibilities
Session Aims:
Develop better understanding of the broad range of professional standards required to
undertake research
Process:
Using a Dilemma game developed by Erasmus University Rotterdam, participants will
explore a number of situations that commonly occur in the contemporary research
environment and discuss approaches
Competencies developed (Primary)
Professional Conduct ethics, principles and sustainability (C1)
Professional and career development reputation and esteem (B3)
1100
Motivations and Values
Sarah Kearns
Main Plenary
&
Group Rooms
Competencies developed (Secondary)

Engagement and impact global citizenship (D3)
Personal qualities integrity (B1)
Session Aims:
Develop ways to improve knowledge of self. Chance to get to know others in group
Process:
Using the model of Appreciative Inquiry, participants will explore their collective motivations
and values that underpin their work in academic research.
TIME
ACTIVITY
1200
Introduction to social
enterprise
1300
1400
Lunch
The 2 Minute Thesis
LEAD TUTOR
Neil Willey
Helen Frisby
ROOM VENUE
Main Plenary
Dining Room
Main plenary
&
group rooms
RDF MAPPING
Personal qualities integrity & self-reflection (B1)
Cognitive abilities critical thinking & evaluating (A2)
Self-management commitment to research (B2)
Session aims and process:
To expand researchers views of careers beyond academia
To introduce an understanding and concept of business that aligns better with
researcher motivations
To identify transferable skills from the research environment that can be applied in a
social enterprise or business
To enable researchers to practice communicating ideas with passion and drive.
This challenges research students to creatively describe their thesis in two minutes. Pitched
to a mixed-discipline audience. The 2 minute thesis will be video recorded.
Engagement, influence and impact: Communications methods (D2)

Engagement, influence and impact: Public engagement (D3)
Personal effectiveness: Enthusiasm (B1)
TIME
1700
ACTIVITY
Group Review
LEAD TUTOR
All Tutors
ROOM VENUE
Group Rooms
RDF MAPPING
Personal effectiveness: Self-confidence (B1)
Professional and career development: Continuing professional development (B3)
Session Aims & Process:
An in depth review of the days activities focussing on what the participants have learned
about themselves, as a team and about how they will apply this learning for the rest of the
course and beyond.

1745
1830
1900
2000
Paired feedback
2 Minute Thesis show
Dinner
2 Minute Thesis show
Buddy pairs
Helen Frisby
Helen Frisby
Main plenary
Dining room
Main plenary
Time set aside for Buddy pairs to engage in one to one feedback
The recorded videos from the earlier session will be played back in the Main Plenary room
The recorded videos from the earlier session will be played back in the Main Plenary room
Day 4 Friday 10th July
Looking to my future and how my research skills might be used in my wider career
Looking to my shorter to medium term future and action planning for it
TIME
0730
0815
ACTIVITY
Breakfast
Tutor Meeting
LEAD TUTOR
All Tutors
ROOM VENUE
Dining room
Course Office
RDF MAPPING
Review of the previous Day. Opportunity to run through the logistics of the day and any roles
and responsibilities
Accommodation rooms must be vacated by 0930. Bags etc. to be stored next to the shoe racks. Bar payments to be finalised by 0930 with Buckland Hall staff
0945
1000
Thought for the day

The Common Good
A social enterprise case
study
Paul Spencer
Paul Spencer
Main Plenary
Main Plenary

A practical session requiring groups to mix, generate creative ideas and use the
expertise of others within the whole cohort to use their research experience and
knowledge of the wider environment to generate a financially viable organisation with a
social purpose or benefit.
Knowledge and intellectual abilities: Problem solving (A2)
Knowledge and intellectual abilities: Innovation (A3)
Engagement, influence and impact: Enterprise (D3)
Engagement, influence and impact: Society and culture (D3)
Engagement, influence and impact: influence and leadership (D1)
Knowledge and intellectual abilities: Inquiring mind (A3)
1300
Lunch
Dining Room
Day 4 Friday 10th July
Looking to my future and how my research skills might be used in my wider career
Looking to my shorter to medium term future and action planning for it
TIME
ACTIVITY
1400
Action planning
1430
Final group review &

buddy pairs
1530
Directors Course
Review
1545
Course Ends (vacate

the venue by 4pm)
LEAD TUTOR
Anne
Goodman
All tutors
Paul Spencer
ROOM VENUE
RDF MAPPING
Main Plenary
Main plenary
then group
rooms
Review of the final day. Review of the course.

Action planning.
Closing down activities in the group rooms
Administration and postcards.
Main plenary
Review of the whole course.

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SW GRADSchool Programme

4 day programme, Buckland Hall

Roles & Responsibilities

Day 1 Tuesday 7th July

Personal qualities: Self-management (B2)

Day 1 Tuesday 7th July

Competencies developed: (Secondary)

Thought for the day

Session Aim & Process

Session Aims & Process:

Personal qualities: Self-management (B2)

Thought for the day

Motivations and Values

Competencies developed (Secondary)

Engagement, influence and impact: Communications methods (D2)

Personal qualities: Self-management (B2)

Thought for the day

Session aims and process:

Final group review &

Course Ends (vacate

Review of the final day. Review of the course.

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