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Career Management for Researchers @ Strathclyde     show
Career Management for Researchers @ Strathclyde is a blended course, combining online modules and Zoom discussion sessions, to help you explore career options and prepare you for the next stage of your career. A 4-week course - designed to address key career issues for researchers.

Target Audience: PGR Students


Customer Service Excellence (CSE)     show
Library and Information Resources achieved Customer Service Excellence (CSE) accreditation in November 2019. This session will give an overview of the accreditation itself and the benefits and opportunities it has created for us.

Target Audience: Staff


Finishing your PhD on Time     show
Participants learn a combination of project management and time management skills & methods applied specifically to the challenge of completing a high quality PhD thesis on time with minimal stress and anxiety. Increased confidence & optimism about completing their PhD thesis on time

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


How the VLE, Pegasus and other University websites are set up     show
A knowledge sharing session for staff.

Target Audience: Staff


Introduction to Archives and Special Collections     show
Join us for this introductory session hosted by staff from Archives and Special Collections.

Target Audience: Undergraduate or postgraduate students, but any staff or students are welcome to attend.


Lean Skills for Success Series     show
The ‘Success’ series is a set of interactive workshops, delivered over a six-month period, providing simple continuous improvement techniques which will engender success for you and your team.

Target Audience: Staff who are responsible for leading change or improvement initiatives


Managing your career - get that job!     show
Participants will….. gain the knowledge and skills to search, find and apply to suitable jobs and to be successful at interviews.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Microsoft Project     show
Microsoft Project workshop

Target Audience: All Staff


Postgraduate Research: Introduction to Teaching     show
The courses has been developed by the Researcher Development Team specifically for PGRs who will undertake teaching during their time at Strathclye.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Research Integrity - Supervisor Workshop     show
Research integrity: what does it mean, why does it matter, and how might it be challenged?

Target Audience: All staff with a role in PG Research Supervision


Update of ICT Legislation     show
A knowledge sharing session for IT Services staff.

Target Audience: Staff


Working Successfully from Home     show
While some enjoy working from home and can get a lot accomplished, others find it a challenge. This session will focus on how to deal with distractions, balance working from home with children, focus on the Big 3, work from home and possibly even get more done than normal.

Target Audience: All staff at all levels


Writing for Impact     show
A full day course from City of Glasgow College on Writing for Impact.

Target Audience: All Staff


2019 Entry Contextual Admissions and Recruitment Update     show
An important update for staff involved in selection for undergraduate degree programmes commencing in September 2019

Target Audience: Undergraduate Selectors


A Career in Academia     show
Participants will discover what it takes to make it as an academic and will have the opportunity to talk to early career academics about their experiences.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


A Guide to Reflective Writing     show
Participants will understand what is meant by reflective writing, how to do it, and the benefits it can bring.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


A guide to the Integration Hub - what it is and how to use it     show
This session is aimed at giving staff an over view of what the Integration Hub is and how it will be used to support data sharing across the University .

Target Audience: Information Services Staff


Academic Development Information Session     show
An opportunity for academic professional staff (traditional academic, teaching, research and knowledge exchange staff) to come along to meet with a member of the Academic Development team in order to benefit from support in understanding the development opportunities available.

Target Audience: Staff seeking to engage with academic development programmes


Academic Writing - Online     show
This class has been developed for Online delivery and will be offered Online for the forseeable future

Target Audience: Academic & Research Staff


Active Bystander Training     show
Active Bystander is an 60 minute long, fast paced session which equips delegates with the skills to deal with bullying, sexual harassment and intimidation in the workplace.

Target Audience: All staff at all levels/disciplines


Active Bystander Training - for HaSS only     show
Active Bystander is an 60 minute long, fast paced session which equips delegates with the skills to deal with bullying, sexual harassment and intimidation in the workplace.

Target Audience: All staff at all levels/disciplines


Admissions Selectors Information Session     show
An information session for academic selectors and those involved in admissions

Target Audience: Academic Selectors and anyone involved in admissions, centrally or within Faculties


ADR - Setting SMART Objectives     show
This 20 minute video will be of interest to all Staff who are involved in the ADR process as either a reviewer or reviewee. The video will look at the ADR process and how to set objectives for the ADR process.

Target Audience: All Staff


ADR: A Focused Conversation (Academic, Research, Teaching & KE)     show
This 60 minute ZOOM session is for Academic and Academic related staff who are ADR reviewers.

Target Audience: Academic and Academic related staff who are ADR reviewers


ADR: A Focused Conversation (APS, Operational & Technical)     show
This 60 minute ZOOM session is for APS, Operational & Technical staff who are ADR reviewers.

Target Audience: APS, Operational & Technical staff who are ADR reviewers


ADR: A Focused Conversation (PS Development Programme only)     show
This 60 minute ZOOM session

Target Audience: PS - Development Prog Reviewees


Advanced Project Management     show
Participants will be introduced to tried and tested management techniques for dealing with complex and collaborative projects.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Advanced Purchasing Workshop     show
An advanced session of FMS purchasing for users who are proficient with the purchasing elements of FMS and want to learn more advanced functions.

Target Audience: Staff who frequently make purchases from FMS


AFHEA information session for PGRs who Teach     show
Information session for Postgraduate Researchers who Teach wishing to apply for Associate Fellowship of the HEA.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Researchers who Teach


AFRC _Engaging & Controlling External Service Providers     show
This course provides staff with an understanding of why external service providers must be controlled and the way in which this is achieved.

Target Audience: AFRC Staff


AFRC AED Operation Overview     show
Provides staff with an overview of the operation of fully automatic external defibrillators.

Target Audience: AFRC Staff


AFRC Safe Use Of Ladders     show
This course gives an overview of the requirements for using ladders as a place of work at height and is aimed at AFRC personnel who use ladders themselves or need to evaluate the possible use of ladders by external service providers.

Target Audience: All AFRC staff


AFRC_PUWER Refresher     show
To provide refresher training on the requirements of the Provision & Use of Work equipment Regulations.

Target Audience: AFRC Machine Owners, Engineering, Technical & Research Staff


AFRC_Team Lead H&S Culture Awareness     show
AFRC Team Lead H&S Culture Awareness.

Target Audience: AFRC Management & Team Leads.


An Introduction to Inclusive Teaching Practice     show
To raise awareness of disability related issues in higher education To consider strategies to make your teaching and learning more inclusive

Target Audience: Academic Staff


An Introduction to Leadership     show
This workshop will give you an introduction to Leadership at Strathclyde. It will introduce leadership, how we understand it at Strathclyde and the skills of Leadership.

Target Audience: Current and Aspiring Leaders


An introduction to Microsoft Azure (at Strathclyde)     show
A knowledge sharing session for staff.

Target Audience: Staff


An Introduction to Project Management     show
This short introductory course is ideal if you are new/fairly new to projects. The aim of this course is to help you understand the principles & terminology of project management as well as giving you essential tools & techniques to help you scope, plan & deliver successful projects.

Target Audience: Staff who are needing an introduction to Project Management


An Introduction to Widening Access: Contextual Data and Admissions     show
This 5 week online programme introduces participants to the University's contextual admissions policies and processes

Target Audience: Primarily staff involved in the admissions/decision-making processes for undergraduate degree programmes


Annual Sustainability Bash     show
Celebrating all things sustainable! Lunch, Presentations and Awards

Target Audience: Staff and Students


Apply Design Thinking to your Research     show
Participants will be introduced to the basic principles of design thinking.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)     show
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid.

Target Audience: Staff, Students+PG Researchers


Ask, Tell Animations     show
To start an initial conversation around and raise basic awareness of mental health, self-harm and suicide prevention. Please note this is a zoom session.

Target Audience: Staff and Students


Assessment for Learning in Higher Education     show
According to the principle of Assessment for Learning (AfL), assessment and feedback should always help students learn and succeed. AfL is at the heart of Strathclyde’s Assessment and Feedback Policy.

Target Audience: For all staff involved in assessment and feedback , or those with particular interest in Assessment for Learning


Asset Management (RAM)     show
The University has a centralised asset management system. This course is designed for users who will be inputting and maintaining assets/inventory for the University

Target Audience: Staff


Aurora: Developing Influential, Impactful Female Leaders     show
An event to inform on Advance HE’s Aurora programme and to hear experiences from Strathclyde women who have taken part.

Target Audience: All staff


Basic Business Statistics using Excel     show
The course is tailored for staff who need to interpret and produce basic summary statistics and graphs in business documents. A particular emphasis of the course is on deciding which graphs and statistics to use for presenting your particular data.

Target Audience: University Administrative and Professional Staff.


Becoming a Strathclyde Supervisor     show
This workshop aims to provide an introduction to the practices and policies relating to supervising postgraduate research students at Strathclyde. This is a core workshop of the Strathclyde Supervisor Development Programme.

Target Audience: All staff with a role in PG Research Supervision


Bidding for Business     show
Bidding for Business Workshop

Target Audience: All Staff


Big Health and Safety Meet     show
All staff with a safety related role or general interest in health and safety are invited to come along.

Target Audience: All staff with a safety related role or a general interest in health and safety.


Biological Safety Training - Introduction - Modules 1 - 3     show
An introduction to working safely with biological materials for all members of staff and postgraduate students who will be working with biological material.

Target Audience: Staff. Postgraduate Students


Biological Safety Training - Module 4     show
An introduction to working safely with biological materials for all members of staff and postgraduate students who will be working with genetically modified material.

Target Audience: Staff, Postgraduate Students


Biological Safety Training - Module 5     show
An introduction to working safety with biological materials for all members of staff and postgraduate students with higher hazard group material and includes specified animal pathogens.

Target Audience: Staff, Postgraduate Students


Biological Safety Training - Module 6     show
An introduction to working safely with biological materials for all members of staff and postgraduate students who may be involved in the transport of infectious material either within or outwith the University campus.

Target Audience: Staff, Postgraduate Students


Book Readings     show
A number of authors and readers will provide reading of extracts to encourage reflection and discussion on various issues related to equality and diversity, including disability, sexuality, culture and gender.

Target Audience: All staff and students and those external to the University.


Briefing for EEA Staff - Online Zoom     show
An opportunity to hear from legal professionals from Anderson Strathern about the impact of the UK leaving the EU.

Target Audience: EEA Staff Members


Briefing Session - Managing Work Related Stress for Managers     show
The University is responsible for the implementation of measures to prevent work related stress. It is essential that managers are advised and trained in managing this issue. We have a duty to risk assess all hazards in the workplace.

Target Audience: Staff


Building a Successful Research Career - Online     show
Building a Successful Research Career is run by OSDU (the Organisational & Staff Development Unit). It is designed for existing and aspiring research staff, particularly those in the early part of their career.

Target Audience: Academic and Research Staff


Business Beyond the Bottom Line     show
Participants will examine how to make a living that is aligned with their personal motivations, and consider business and enterprise from that angle.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Business Support and Administration – what you need to know     show
A knowledge sharing session on the services provided by Business Support and Administration for ISD Technical Services staff.

Target Audience: Staff


Business Support and Administration | Think You Know BSA     show
A knowledge sharing session for staff.

Target Audience: Staff


CAPM Exam Preparation     show
This course provides revision of the project management tools and techniques necessary to pass the CAPM examination.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Carbon Literacy Training at Strathclyde     show
The University of Strathclyde is rolling out Carbon Literacy to 21 mixed cohorts of staff and students before the COP26 Climate Summit in November 2021.

Target Audience: All Staff and Students


Careers Beyond Research: Applying your Skills outside Academia     show
Participants will explore a number of careers and what particular options might be compatible with individuals.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


CBT for Poor Sleep     show
Psycho-educational group for people with problems sleeping.

Target Audience: Students only


CDIO & ISD Staff Session December 2021     show
Meeting with the Chief Digital & Information Officer

Target Audience: ISD Staff


Chairing Meetings     show
This short course introduces delegates to the key skills and techniques required to chair a meeting effectively.

Target Audience: Intended for people who have little or no experience of Chairing meetings and who expect to have to chair a meeting within the next 6 months.


Christmas Gathering     show
Our Christmas gathering is great fun and a lovely opportunity to spend time together. As usual we'll be serving seasonal treats and refreshments - and not just mince pies, I promise!

Target Audience: SEES, Strategy and Policy and Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing


Christmas Gathering 2018     show
Our Christmas gathering is great fun and a lovely opportunity to spend time together. As usual we'll be serving seasonal treats and refreshments - and not just mince pies, I promise!

Target Audience: SEES, Strategy and Policy and Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing and Internal Audit


Cloud Programme – the journey so far     show
A knowledge sharing session for staff

Target Audience: Staff


Coaching Conversations     show
This course is aimed at leaders & managers. This course will provide participants with the background knowledge of non-directive coaching and techniques that can be employed in a coaching approach, coaching practice and feedback.

Target Audience: Managers and Leaders


Coaching Conversations for Staff     show
Coaching Conversations for Operational Staff workshop

Target Audience: All Staff


Commercialising Research at Strathclyde     show
Participants will gain the knowledge necessary for translating academic research, or their own ideas, into commercially viable opportunities through the understanding of intellectual property, basic business model development and the commercialisation process at the University.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students, Early Career Researchers


Communicating with Confidence: Nerves, Resilience and Pro-Resilience     show
Designed around the issues and complexities of confidence -and dealing with it’s absence- with games and professional activities to help postgraduates focus on what they want out of their life and how to start building the structures to attain those long term personal visions.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Communicating with Confidence: Networking Skills, Assertiveness     show
An interactive day of activities and presentations to help postgraduate students build their personal networking strategies for long term career success and to understand the workings of power and influence in professional relationships

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Communicating with Confidence: Preparing for the Viva     show
Participants will learn exactly what a typical Viva would be like and what they can do to prepare for it.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Communicating with Confidence: Public Speaking for PGRs - Beginners     show
Learn how to present yourself and your work authentically with confidence and impact.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Communicating with Confidence: Public Speaking for PGRs - Intermediate     show
Learn how to connect with complex and demanding audiences.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Communicating with Confidence: Working with Nerves and Confidence     show
Participants will learn to communicate effectively and at all stages of a research career through learning the tools to help communicate and act effectively and assertively whatever the setting.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Communicating with General Audiences     show
In this highly interactive and dynamic course participants will gain the knowledge and skills to adapt and present their research work authentically and with impact and engagement to a variety of audiences outside the academic bubble.

Target Audience: PGR Students


Communicating your research to a general audience     show
Participants will learn how to communicate complex topics in accessible ways; use your creativity; and know your audience. Participants will create a 1‐2 minute video that explains a complex topic to a general audience.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Community Garden Catch Up     show
Lunch and catch up to discuss the future of Strathclyde's community garden

Target Audience: Staff and students


Community Garden Planting Party     show
The sun is out, summer is here and it is time to get planting in the community garden.

Target Audience: Staff and Students


Company Information     show
Session on how to find company information for both your studies and career planning.

Target Audience: Academic and Support Staff, Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students


Compendex, Inspec & GEOBASE - Your projects, dissertations & research.     show
Learn how these databases can help you in your research. A live demo session with Q&A.

Target Audience: Open to staff and students. The session will most benefit Science & Engineering students from UG 3rd year (doing project work) onwards


Complying with EPSRCs Policy Framework on Research Data     show
This course will introduce researchers to the stipulations made by EPSRC in relation to research data when in receipt of their funding for research.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Conferencing & Event Organisation At Strathclyde     show
A half day session on the practicalities of organising a conference or event within the University. The session is designed for anyone undertaking the organisation and running of an event within the University of Strathclyde.

Target Audience: Staff members who organise conferences & events


Confidence Lab with Voice Business     show
Confidence Lab with Voice Business

Target Audience: All Staff at Strathclyde


Confident Engagements     show
The course will focus on tools and techniques for developing confidence in general and the confidence to behave in an assertive manner in your dealings with others in the workplace. It is aimed at support staff in non-supervisory or non-managerial roles.

Target Audience: Support staff in non-supervisory or non-managerial roles


Confident Presentation Skills     show
These half day workshops will benefit staff at all levels by giving them the tools to communicate effectively in presentations to audiences of all sizes.

Target Audience: All Staff


Confidential Waste Information Session     show
An information session to introduce staff to the new confidential waste uplift procedure.

Target Audience: All University staff


Conflict prevention and resolution in the supervisory relationship     show
This workshop will address the relational aspects of the supervisory process through the lens of mediation. This workshop can be used as a ‘Day-to-Day Supervision Skills’ option towards the Strathclyde Supervisor Development Programme.

Target Audience: All staff with a role in PG Research Supervision


Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Opportunities     show
The workshop will explain the benefits that IMechE membership brings, including access to great CPD resources.

Target Audience: Engineering Technicians


Copyright Draw not Dough     show
Copyright Draw not Dough

Target Audience: LIR staff


Copyright for Referencing     show
Copyright is an important aspect of your University studies. This short course is designed to help you understand what it is, how referencing helps you comply with copyright, when exceptions apply and when you might need permission to use other people’s stuff.

Target Audience: All students and staff


Corporate Management Information & The Data Warehouse     show
A knowledge sharing session on Corporate Management Information for Technical Services staff.

Target Audience: Information Services Staff


COSHH Assessors Online     show
This course combines COSHH Essentials training and eCOSHH Familiarisation training for those responsible for carrying out a COSHH assessment or for those responsible for authorising and signing off a COSHH assessment.

Target Audience: Staff and Postgraduates


COSHH Essentials Online     show
The COSHH Essentials online course provides a basic introduction to the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (as amended) and introduces the concept of COSHH Assessment and the safety precautions associated with working with hazardous substances.

Target Audience: Staff and Postgraduates


Costing and Pricing Module Training: General Course     show
Introduction to CPM for users across the University who have not yet completed training.

Target Audience: Staff required to create costings


Course (Re) Design - Online     show
This class has been developed for Online delivery and will be offered Online for the forseeable future.

Target Audience: Academic & Research Staff


Creating a Good Supervision Relationship     show
The relationship between the PhD student and their supervisors is the backbone of the PhD process.

Target Audience: PGR Students


Creating Effective Poster Presentations     show
Participants will learn the basic principles behind poster design.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Creating Research Data Management Plans     show
Participants will get help to answer their questions about data management planning and lead them through the process of completing a plan.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Student


Creative Problem Solving - Online     show
Participants will learn a number of tools that help them generate ideas for solving real problems.

Target Audience: PGR Students


Creative Tools you can use every day     show
Creative tools you can use every day

Target Audience: PGR Students


Crowdhelix- Develop International Collaborative Research     show
Join this session to hear about how you can benefit from the University’s membership of CrowdHelix.

Target Audience: All research active staff


Cultural Diversity     show
Working with students and staff from different cultures and lifestyles is both rewarding and challenging. This workshop provides an opportunity to increase your skills in understanding, working with and providing appropriate support to people from diverse backgrounds.

Target Audience: University Staff


Current Development Practice in HE: a view from dev.ac.uk conference     show
A knowledge sharing session on the Current Development Practice in HE.

Target Audience: Information Services Staff


Customer Service Skills     show
Participants in this workshop will gain invaluable skills and techniques that are the fundamentals of service professionalism and you will be encourage to take pride in what you do.

Target Audience: All Staff


Customers and Sales     show
This course explains how to raise sales orders/invoices online.

Target Audience: Any member of staff who will be raising Sales Orders in FMS


Cyber Risk Awareness     show
A brief session highlighting potential cyber risks to staff in Finance

Target Audience: Finance Staff


Cyber security - Skills Boost     show
Learn how to protect your devices and personal data online.

Target Audience: All students and staff.


Cyber Security Awareness (Students)     show
This is a self-paced course aimed at developing a broad awareness of Cyber Security issues.

Target Audience: PGR Students


Data Management Plans: Workshop     show
This workshop will guide researchers through the rudiments of research data management planning and will look at the various tools & methods available when implementing/embedding a DMP into a project.

Target Audience: Researchers (staff & PGR students)


Data Protection & GDPR in a Library Context     show
Data Protection & GDPR in a Library Context

Target Audience: LIR staff


DDC Catch up - Reflection on semester 1 and revised academic year     show
An opportunity for Departmental/School Disability Coordinators to meet each other and members of the Disability Service.

Target Audience: Staff


DDC Disability Awareness     show
Workshop on Disability Awareness for Departmental Disability Contacts as part of a training and development programme.

Target Audience: Departmental Disability Contacts


Delegation Skills     show
This course is an introduction to delegation. Delegation is a skill which can be learned and aids team productivity and morale. It is a development process and helps people and teams to develop to their full potential.

Target Audience: Staff Supervisors


Departmental Disability Contact Role Briefing     show
The Disability Service is offering a Departmental Disability Contact (DDC) role briefing information session to all DDCs.

Target Audience: Departmental Disability Contacts (DDCs)


Departmental Fire Safety Training     show
This course enables Departments to comply with the employers' duties under current fire safety legislation, ensuring that Departments have sufficient trained staff to assist with the management of fire safety (at a local level) within their areas of control.

Target Audience: Departmental Fire Safety Coordinators and Fire Marshals


Departmental Safety Coordinator Induction     show
This course provides guidance on best practice for all new Departmental Safety Coordinators to enable departments to comply with the University's Health & Safety Policy.

Target Audience: Staff


Departmental Safety Inspection     show
To provide Departmental Safety Coordinators and members of Safety Committees with a greater understanding of safety inspections to allow these to be completed in an effective manner and to facilitate development of an effective Departmental Safety Action Plan.

Target Audience: Staff


Developing an Effective Relationship with Your Supervisor     show
The relationship between research student and supervisor is critical to your PhD.

Target Audience: PGR Students


Developing Creativity to Boost Performance     show
A 2x full day course from the City of Glasgow College on Developing Creativity to Boost Performance.

Target Audience: All Staff


Developing Your Doctoral Student's Career     show
Career development is an increasingly important aspect of the PhD journey. This workshop aims to support supervisors of doctoral students in promoting their student’s career development.

Target Audience: All staff with a role in PG Research Supervision


Developing Your Voice in your Academic Writing     show
Participants will learn a range of techniques to help develop their own personal style in their academic writing.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Developments in the International Vertically Integrated Project (VIP)     show
Since its inception a few years ago the Vertically Integrated Project Consortium (of which Strathclyde is a founding member) has grown considerably taking in new programs in South East Asia and the Far East.

Target Audience: Staff and Students


Digital + Global Engagement     show
Help shape the future of useful learning

Target Audience: Staff and Students


Digital + Operational Excellence     show
Help shape the future of useful learning

Target Audience: Staff and Students


Digital + Outstanding Education and Student Experience     show
Help shape the future of useful learning.

Target Audience: Staff and Students


Digital + Transformative Innovation and Impact     show
Help shape the future of useful learning

Target Audience: Staff and Students


Digital + World-leading Research     show
Help shape the future of useful learning

Target Audience: Staff and Students


Digital Exams Workshop     show
A workshop to investigate the benefits and challenges of digital exams.

Target Audience: Administrative and Teaching Staff


Digital Lectures     show
This session aims to present the basics to deliver a Zoom lecture that is engaging, productive and successful.

Target Audience: Academic Staff


Disability Awareness for Professional Services Staff     show
This is a three-hour disability awareness workshop aimed at professional services staff

Target Audience: Professional Services Staff


Discover Maps - an interactive session from the NLS Map Room     show
Discover Maps - an interactive session from the National Library of Scotland Map Room

Target Audience: LIR staff


Display Screen Equipment (DSE) Risk Assessors Training     show
To equip staff with the knowledge and skills to perform Display Screen Assessments.

Target Audience: Staff nominated as a DSE Risk Assessor


Display Screen Equipment On-Line Awareness - Registration     show
On-line course for all Display Screen Equipment users.

Target Audience: Staff and Postgraduate Students who receive payment for their research


Doctor Who, Tom Devine and The Sidewinder: SRCS     show
Neal Buchanan, Head of Scholarly Research Communications, will give an overview of the team’s activities and a “Day In The Life” summary of his role. What does this have to do with Doctor Who? Book onto a session to find out

Target Audience: Staff


Drug and Alcohol Awareness     show
An up to date awareness programme regarding the use of drugs and alcohol within the general population.

Target Audience: Counsellors, MWA Assessors, Trainee Counsellors.


Drug and Alcohol Training for Managers.     show
This session is offered by the Scottish Drugs Forum and is aimed at raising awareness of the current issues surrounding drug and alcohol misuse in Scotland, avenues of support and initiatives for harm reduction.

Target Audience: Managers / Line Managers


DSEAR Awareness (Dangerous Substances & Explosive Atmosphere Regs)     show
For all persons working with flammable, highly flammable and explosive substances e.g. gases, liquids & organic dusts. Provides an overview of the legal requirements and controls required when working with these dangerous substances or explosive atmospheres.

Target Audience: For all persons working with dangerous substances and / or explosive atmospheres. Provides an overview of the legal requirements and controls required when working with these dangerous substances and / or explosive atmospheres.


DSEAR Workshop (Dangerous Substances & Explosive Atmosphere Regs)     show
The course provides delegates with an understanding the requirements of the risk assessments and hazardous area classification as defined by DSEAR and will include several activities including typical aspects to be included a DSEAR Risk Assessments.

Target Audience: For all persons working with dangerous substances and / or explosive atmospheres including designing, installation, use of and / or maintenance of equipment or systems.


DTC Student allocation     show
One to one session demonstrating the allocation of students to teaching activities.

Target Audience: Departmental Timetable Coordinators


DUAS Selector Service     show
An introduction to the selector services using the Direct Admissions system (DUAS).

Target Audience: Faculty Selectors


Dynamic Personal Distribution Lists     show
Dynamic Personal Distribution Lists (DPDLs) allow staff to create, maintain and use email addresses which target groups of staff, PGs and UGs.

Target Audience: Staff


Dyslexia Awareness     show
Workshop on dyslexia awareness for academic staff as part of a training and development programme.

Target Audience: academic staff


Effective Agile Working Series - Well Being Conversations     show
With many teams continuing to work remotely, the well-being of individuals is of greater importance than ever. How’s the best way to have that conversation?

Target Audience: Managers and Leaders


Effective Agile Working Series – An Introduction to Agile Working     show
An introduction to agile working, how it compares to other working arrangements and how to make the most of an agile working arrangement.

Target Audience: University of Strathclyde Staff


Effective Agile Working Series – Leading Teams in an Agile Environment     show
Leading teams while WFH.

Target Audience: Leaders and managers leading remote teams


Effective Agile Working Series – Managing Online Meetings Effectively     show
Hosting effective online meetings using Zoom and Trello.

Target Audience: Staff with direct reports. Staff who regularly facilitate meetings


Effective Agile Working Series – Working Remotely - Managing Yourself     show
Working from home – managing your self and your time effectively.

Target Audience: Anyone working from home who would like some hints and tips for managing themselves in the changing work environment.


Effective Team Remote Working     show
In the current climate of remote working, this course aims to provide you with an overview of some tools and techniques to allow you to effectively remotely manage a team.

Target Audience: Staff with team leading responsibilities


Electric Vehicle Driver INDUCTION     show
Driver induction for staff wishing to use University electric pool vehicles.

Target Audience: Staff


Electric Vehicle Information LUNCH     show
Lunch event where information will be provided to staff who are receiving their electric vehicle induction as well as other staff and students who are interested in joining the scheme in future.

Target Audience: Staff and students


Elsevier Researcher Academy seminar     show
How to write a great research paper, and get it accepted by a good journal.

Target Audience: PhD Students, Staff, Researchers and Library staff


Elsevier Researcher Academy: How to Write a Great Research Paper     show
How to Write a Great Research Paper, and Get it Accepted by a Scholarly Journal

Target Audience: PhD Students, Staff, Researchers and Library staff


Emergency First Aid at Work     show
The course is designed for people who want to receive training in emergency first aid and is especially suited for nominated first aiders in smaller, low risk working environments.

Target Audience: Staff


EndNote Demystified     show
Find out about the EndNote reference management tool.

Target Audience: Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students, Academic and Support Staff.


EndNote Desktop     show
EndNote is a type of reference management software that enables users to manage references and import them directly into Word documents.

Target Audience: Postgraduate students and staff


EndNote Desktop – incorporating discovery and output (WebEx meeting)     show
EndNote is a type of reference management software that enables users to manage references and import them directly into Word documents.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Students and Staff


Endnote Desktop Follow-up Drop-ins (online)     show
A drop-in library support session to answer your questions and assist you with Endnote desktop. This will take place online via Zoom. Please ensure that you have attended one of our Endnote desktop classes before attending this follow-up session.

Target Audience: PhD, postgraduate, and final year undergraduate students


EndNote Desktop: Part 2     show
This is a follow-up session to the EndNote Desktop class, designed to answer any questions you may have.

Target Audience: Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students, Academic and Support Staff.


Endnote One to One Consultation Sessions (online)     show
These follow-up Endnote one to one consultation sessions provide an opportunity to meet with one of the Research and Learning Support team to answer your Endnote questions. Please ensure that you have attended one of our Endnote classes before attending this follow-up session.

Target Audience: PhD, postgraduate, and final year undergraduate students


EndNote Online - Part 2     show
This is a follow-up session to EndNote Online, designed to answer any questions you may have.

Target Audience: Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students, Academic and Support Staff.


EndNote Online & Desktop: Part 2     show
This is a follow-up session to the EndNote Online and EndNote Desktop classes, designed to answer any questions you may have.

Target Audience: Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students, Academic and Support Staff.


EndNote Online (Web)     show
EndNote Online (also known as EndNote Web) is a free tool for Strathclyde staff and students that can help you manage your references and create your bibliography in different referencing styles.

Target Audience: All students and staff


Endnote Online Follow-up Drop-ins (online)     show
A drop-in library support session to answer your questions and assist you with Endnote online. This will take place online via Zoom. Please ensure that you have attended one of our Endnote online classes before attending this follow-up session.

Target Audience: PhD, postgraduate, and final year undergraduate students


EndNote part 2 – importing references     show
Suitable for those who have familiarity with EndNote online or EndNote Desktop, this online session will focus on how to get references into your EndNote account.

Target Audience: Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students, Academic and Support Staff.


Energy Centre Tours     show
Book a tour of our Energy Centre - supplying heat and electricity to the John Anderson Campus

Target Audience: Staff and students


Engaging Beyond Academia: Industry, Networking and Opportunity Online     show
Participants will be introduced to various aspects of engagement with external organisations, including industry.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Engaging Doctoral Students with Writing     show
This workshop will support doctoral supervisors to establish productive writing habits for their students. This workshop can be used as a ‘Academic Writing & the Viva Voce Exam’ option towards the Strathclyde Supervisor Development Programme.

Target Audience: All staff with a role in PG Research Supervision


Engaging in Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research     show
Participants will learn about the latest thinking behind Interdisciplinary Collaborate Research (ICR), followed by an introduction to some useful frameworks to aid practical engagements in this form of research.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Engaging Students in Online Learning: Collaboration     show
The aim of the workshop is to support participants to enhance the learning experience of their students, by exploring how structured collaborative learning activities can be used to engage students in the online learning environment.

Target Audience: Teaching & Professional Services staff with a relevant role and interest


Enterprise, Commercialisation and Intellectual Property     show
Enterprise, Commercialisation and Intellectual Property

Target Audience: Academic & Research Staff


ETOBS Myplace Integration Test     show
Test sync to etobs

Target Audience: Anyone


EU Settlement Scheme Support Session     show
Eligible students applying for pre-settlement or settlement under the EU Settlement Scheme

Target Audience: EU and EEA Students


Evacuation Chair Training – Part 1     show
This course enables Departments to comply with their employer's duties under current fire safety legislation, to ensure all persons for whom they are responsible, can evacuate buildings safely.

Target Audience: Those nominated to assist with the safe evacuation of persons with a mobility impairment.


Evacuation Chair Training – Part 2     show
This course enables Departments to comply with their employer's duties under current fire safety legislation, to ensure all persons for whom they are responsible, can evacuate buildings safely.

Target Audience: Those nominated to assist with the safe evacuation of persons with a mobility impairment and who have completed the Evacuation Chair Training – Part 1 course.


Evaluating information - Skills Boost     show
Learn techniques to help you evaluate information and discover a range of places to search for high quality, academic materials. Please note: The main class will be 30 minutes with an additional 15 minutes for questions.

Target Audience: Undergraduates and taught Postgraduates


Everything you need to know about copyright but were afraid to ask     show
Please note: The main class will be 30 minutes with an additional 15 minutes for questions.

Target Audience: All students and staff.


Everything You Wanted To Know About Infrastructure But Afraid To Ask     show
A knowledge sharing session on Infrastructure for Technical Services staff.

Target Audience: Information Services Staff


Evidencing the benefits of change     show
This course provides you with the tools to evidence the benefits of change in your business area and demonstrate the impact of improvements you have implemented.

Target Audience: Staff - Middle to Senior Managers and their teams who are responsible for any change or improvement initiative.


Exam preparation - Skills Boost     show
Looking at both preparation and performance, this workshop explores ways to successfully negotiate the exam process. Please note: The main class will be 30 minutes with an additional 15 minutes for questions.

Target Audience: All students and staff.


Expenses     show
This course provides an overview of claiming expenses and advances and the main business processes that surround them.

Target Audience: All Staff and Postgraduate students using FMS to raise expenses claims.


Exploring Strathclyde’s historical newspapers collection     show
Join this new Skills Boost workshop to learn about Strathclyde’s collection of historical newspapers spanning the 17th to 20th centuries.

Target Audience: Students and staff with an interest in historical newspapers.


Facilitation     show
This course is aimed at developing your skills and confidence when facilitating improvement workshops.

Target Audience: Staff who are responsible for leading change or improvement initiatives.


Facilitation Skills for Professional Development     show
This 2 day workshop is aimed at staff who are working with groups of people to support their development.

Target Audience: All staff


Faculty Forum     show
An opportunity for Faculty of Science Staff to meet with the Dean and to raise any concerns that they have.

Target Audience: Faculty of Science


Faculty Forum - Academic & Teaching Staff     show
An opportunity for Academic and Teaching Staff to meet with the Dean and to raise any concerns that they have.

Target Audience: Faculty of Science - Academic & Teaching Staff


Faculty Forum - Research Staff     show
An opportunity for Research Staff to meet with the Dean and to raise any concerns that they have.

Target Audience: Faculty of Science - Research staff


Faculty Forum - Technical staff     show
An opportunity for Technical staff to meet with the Dean and to raise any concerns that they have.

Target Audience: Faculty of Science - Technical staff


Faculty of Science National Student Survey Celebration     show
A celebration of the Faculty's NSS 2019 Results

Target Audience: Faculty of Science Staff


Fast Track to Impact     show
Participants will be given access to weekly exercises to fast track their impact no matter what discipline they work in.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Fear of the Blank Page     show
Participants will be introduced to how to start writing and how to keep motivated planning your writing and finishing

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Fieldwork Safety Course     show
This course is ideally suited for University staff, postgraduate students and anyone planning to carry out research in remote environments.

Target Audience: Staff and Postgraduate Students


Finding and Accessing Open Access Resources     show
Interested in learning more about finding and using Open Access resources? Looking for articles relating to your research, but keep hitting paywalls? Or are you unsure about using Open Access resources for your assignments?

Target Audience: Undergraduate or postgraduate students, but any staff or students are welcome to attend.


Finding books, searching SUPrimo and Reading Lists - Skills Boost     show
Learn how to use SUPrimo. Please note: The main class will be 30 minutes with an additional 15 minutes for questions.

Target Audience: Academic and Support Staff, Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students


Finding case law     show
This class looks at how to find case law, focussing on using legal databases to do this.

Target Audience: Academic and Support Staff, Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students


Finding Grey Literature     show
What is grey literature and how can you find it?

Target Audience: Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students, Academic and Support Staff.


Finding legislation     show
This class looks at how to find legislation, focussing on using legal databases to do this.

Target Audience: Academic and Support Staff, Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students


Finding Technical Standards     show
This session will provide an overview of standards including how to locate equivalent standards

Target Audience: Academic, Support staff and Undergraduate and Postgraduate students.


Finding your Strengths and Using them to Achieve your Ambitions - WW     show
A taster workshop on Finding your Strengths and Using them to Achieve your Ambition presented by Jan Lee.

Target Audience: Everyone at Strathclyde


Fire Extinguisher Practical     show
This course enables Departments to comply with the employers' duties under current fire safety legislation, to ensure that Departments have sufficient trained staff to use portable fire extinguishers (in the event of a small fire) within their areas of control.

Target Audience: Security Services staff and those nominated to use portable fire extinguishers (in the event of a small fire).


Fire Safety Awareness     show
This short course is designed to provide a basic level of instruction and guidance so that you know what actions to take in the event of a fire i.e. how to raise the alarm and the arrangements for safely evacuating the building.

Target Audience: This is mandatory for all ‘Red Card applicants’, ‘lone workers’ (including cleaning staff) and all staff working on University premises out with core hours; 8am to 6pm Mon to Fri.


First Aid at Work     show
Ideal for anyone wishing to become a first aider. It provides learners with the skills and knowledge to deal with first aid situations in higher risk workplaces or workplaces with an increased number of employees.

Target Audience: Staff


First Aid at Work Re-qualification     show
Refresher training for first aiders who's certificate may have expired. It provides learners with the skills and knowledge to deal with first aid situations in higher risk workplaces or workplaces with an increased number of employees.

Target Audience: Staff


Fix Your Own Bike (JA Campus)     show
Trained bike mechanics from Sustainable Strathclyde team will be available to deliver tools, consumables and assistance with maintaining your bike.

Target Audience: Staff & Students


FLEC Annual Lecture/Faculty Teaching Excellence     show
Dr Alison Yao and Dr Morgan Finlay will present details of the initiatives they lead which resulted in them being given Faculty Teaching Excellent Awards

Target Audience: Faculty of Science Staff


FMS 1-1 Session     show
One to one support on FMS

Target Audience: All FMS users


Focus! Plan! Attack!     show
Focus! Plan! Attack! workload management. A practical 1 day course full of tips and tricks to help you feel on top of your work rather than being buried by it. Regain your personal life even in a climate of doing more with less using an advanced common sense!

Target Audience: All Staff


Freedom of Information     show
A general overview of Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation.

Target Audience: Staff


FreshService – Deeper Dive     show
Exploring more functionality of the FreshService helpdesk system.

Target Audience: Information Services - Business Systems


FreshService – Intro/Refresher     show
Introduction and refresher on the FreshService helpdesk system.

Target Audience: Information Services - Business Systems


FreshService – Reports & Change Management     show
Guidance on Reports & Change Management using the FreshService helpdesk system.

Target Audience: Information Services - Business Systems


Frontline Complaints Workshops     show
This 90 minute briefing session is for all staff and will include a short briefing on the Complaints Handling Procedure, focusing on handling complaints at frontline, followed by an interactive Q & A session.

Target Audience: All Staff


GDPR / Data Protection     show
The session will provide an overview of Data Protection legislation.

Target Audience: All staff.


General Data Protection Regulations     show
This session will cover the new General Data Protection Regulations.

Target Audience: Information Services Staff


Getting Published in Academic Journals     show
Participants will practice a range of writing techniques to aid them in developing a repertoire of writing strategies for journal writing, draft journal abstracts and draft outlines.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Getting the Most out of Your Supervisory Relationship     show
This workshop will explore the dynamic between the Supervisor and Student to support positive relationships. This workshop can be used as a ‘Day-to-Day Supervision Skills’ option towards the Strathclyde Supervisor Development Programme.

Target Audience: All staff with a role in PG Research Supervision


Getting to Grips with Fellowships     show
Participants will learn why research grant applications require a different style of writing from papers and theses. They will learn a formula for a good grant application and a recipe for producing that formula.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Getting to Grips with Grant Writing     show
Participants will be introduced to grant writing and the process of writing winning research proposals.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


Google and Google Scholar: how to get the best results - Skills Boost     show
Avoid the pitfalls and get the best results when using Google for academic work. Please note: The main class will be 30 minutes with an additional 15 minutes for questions.

Target Audience: All students and staff.


Gradebook Combined     show
A combination of the 2 'Quick Step' sessions on Gradebook Weightings and Grade Visibility.

Target Audience: Teaching or Admin Staff Responsible for Grading/Releasing Grades


Handling Questions at a Conference Presentation     show
Handling questions at a conference presentation No matter how well you prepare for your presentation, the part that freaks out most researchers is question time.

Target Audience: PGR Students


HEA - Assessor & Mentoring Meeting     show
To assist you to assess and mentor HEA applicants in selecting the most appropriate Descriptor category to work toward.

Target Audience: HEA - Assessor & Mentoring Meeting


HEA Fellowship Network - 2     show
This network is to support staff in working toward HEA fellowships (Associate Fellowship, Fellowship, Senior Fellowship).

Target Audience: All staff involved in delivering or supporting learning and teaching.


HEA Fellowship Network - 3     show
This network is to support staff in working toward HEA fellowships (Associate Fellowship, Fellowship, Senior Fellowship).

Target Audience: All staff involved in delivering or supporting learning and teaching.


HEA Fellowship Network - 4     show
This network is to support staff in working toward HEA fellowships (Associate Fellowship, Fellowship, Senior Fellowship).

Target Audience: All staff involved in delivering or supporting learning and teaching.


HEA Fellowship Network - 5     show
This network is to support staff in working toward HEA fellowships (Associate Fellowship, Fellowship, Senior Fellowship).

Target Audience: All staff involved in delivering or supporting learning and teaching.


HEA Fellowship Network - 6     show
This network is to support staff in working toward HEA fellowships (Associate Fellowship, Fellowship, Senior Fellowship).

Target Audience: All staff involved in delivering or supporting learning and teaching.


HEA Fellowship Network - 1     show
This network is to support staff in working toward HEA fellowships (Associate Fellowship, Fellowship, Senior Fellowship).

Target Audience: All staff involved in delivering or supporting learning and teaching.


Head of Department Legal Responsibilities Training     show
This course is mandatory for all Heads of Departments to comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

Target Audience: Heads of Departments / Services / Schools and Directors of Professional Services


Horizon Europe – Essentials/Submitting Competitive Funding Application     show
Submission of successful applications to EU Horizon Europe programme (2021-2027). Essential criteria to be addressed.

Target Audience: Research-Active Staff


Horizon Europe - ODA-type Funding Opportunities     show
Funding for ODA-type research in Horizon Europe. EU research funding relating to the economic development and social welfare of Lower and Middle Income Countries.

Target Audience: Research-Active Staff of the University


HORIZON EUROPE (2021-2027) – An introduction to the programme     show
Horizon Europe Introduction - Online Course

Target Audience: All research active staff


How does the internet work? A guide to DNS, EMAIL and the WEB     show
A knowledge sharing session on the Internet: DNS, email and the Web for IS staff.

Target Audience: Information Services Directorate Staff


How to address some of researchers’ pressing questions with Scopus     show
This live demonstration introduces Scopus as a tool for research students and researchers who need access to the latest relevant research. It is aimed at beginners and intermediate users.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Students, Academic staff, Researchers, and Library staff


How to be an Effective Researcher     show
A doctorate is about becoming an independent researcher. This is about mastery in your discipline, but it is also about developing other skills. This session explores the skills and working practices you can implement to achieve success in you research and doctorate.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


How to be an Effective Researcher (1 Day)     show
A doctorate is about becoming an independent researcher. This is about mastery in your discipline, but it is also about developing other skills. This session explores the skills and working practices you can implement to achieve success in you research and doctorate.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students


How to Disagree Constructively     show
This unique and innovative workshop has been designed to help individuals and teams to improve their capacity for constructive disagreement and hence for effective collaboration and group decision making.

Target Audience: Staff involved in Leadership roles


How to do a PhD     show
This programme is to make sense of the PhD experience, work over critical aspects of it and give you tools to thrive in its ups and downs.

Target Audience: PGR Students


How to get published in a scholarly journal: top tips from a publisher     show
You’ve completed your research and want to publish your work in a peer-reviewed journal. Are you wondering where to start? This seminar will cover how to get published in a scholarly journal, with top tips from the publisher.

Target Audience: Postgraduate students, Early Career Researchers.


How to manage your research data     show
The following on-line training course is provided by RDMS and provides an introduction to research data management.

Target Audience: Staff and Postgraduates


How to review a data management plan     show
Aimed at Doctoral Supervisors, short course covers the key elements of data management planning.

Target Audience: PGR (Doctoral) Supervisors


Hybrid Teaching     show
This session will communicate key information to teaching staff on Hybrid Teaching at Strathclyde according to the Hybrid Teaching and Learning Guidance.

Target Audience: Any staff involved in learning and teaching