NOVEMBER 2015
E-NEWSLETTER
Learning & Development Centre
FOR RESEARCH
ACTIVE STAFF
SUPPORT
OVERVIEW
Learning and Development
support for all Research
Active Staff at Warwick
focuses on five main areas:
 Career Development
 Enterprise &
Entrepreneurship
 Equality & Diversity
 Leadership
 Skills
Please contact Sandy Sparks:
Sandra.Sparks@warwick.ac.uk
with any queries or to discuss
your needs.
Visit the website for Research
Active Staff (below) for
information on current
support.
1-1 Support in Academic
Writing and
Career Development
NEW THIS
MONTH:
As we start a new academic year we would like to
remind Research Active Staff that LDC provides
funding for expert 1-1 support sessions.
Event News:
In career development this can assist with CV
advice, career planning, preparing for interviews
or mock interviews.
In academic writing these sessions can be used to
consult an expert on your writing issues, such as
existing draft applications, producing a piece of
work from existing research or more broadly,
planning your research/writing strategies.
If you are interested in booking a session for
either form of 1-1 support please visit the website
and complete the relevant booking form:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/ldc/
researchers/opportunities/1_1support/
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/ldc/researchers
 Events in the Autumn
Term
 Academic Writing
Bootcamps
Support Update:
 Research Staff
Networks
 Research Data
Management
 Women in Science
FOCUS ON: SUPPORTING YOUR RESEARCH
WIS A Day With … 2015
Warwick Women in Science (WIS) recently completed a
successful year of activity with their annual WIS A Day
With … event, which took place on 24 September.
Midlands Newton Fund Summit
9 November 2015
University of Nottingham
Inspiring talks by Professor Jane Hutton (Statistics), Ally
Caldecote (Physics) and ScienceGrrl were complemented
by interactive breakout sessions. Topics explored included
positive discrimination, successful research promotion and
understanding personal strengths, alongside the notion of
an “enterprising researcher”.
The aim of this free event is to bring together
internationally acclaimed researchers and policy makers to
speak about why the Newton Fund is in place, the countries
and domains of research that the fund covers and most
importantly, why internationalisation and working with
researchers from across the world is critical for research
careers.
WIS is delighted to have received network funding from
LDC for 2015-16, enabling us to build on this event and the
new ideas generated about developing our network going
forwards. The current chair is standing down in midNovember, and the group will announce the new
committee at the beginning of December. The first
Seasonal WIS event for 2015-16 will take place in
December.
The Newton Fund is worth £75 million per year until 2019
and focuses on supporting doctoral student and researcher
fellowships, mobility schemes and funding for joint
research centres. Researchers at all career stages are
eligible for funding and there are currently a number of
calls open, including those for PhD placements and
Postdoctoral fellowships.
Judith Klein-Seetharaman, founding Local
Chapter Lead for ScienceGrrl and Professor in the
Medical School, attended the event and noted how she had
benefitted from it.
“In response to Sandy’s recommendation to have a better
online presence, I decided to update my Research Gate
profile, following a link that hits my email inbox many
times and usually remains ignored. I was greeted with a
message “Your paper has been cited 100 times” - a paper
that I had no idea people were actually reading!”
To find out more about WIS visit:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/pioneers/events/
womeninscience/
You may also be interested in Managing Your
Academic and Research Career being held on 11
November and led by Sandy Sparks.
The link for further details about this event can be
found in the LDC events diary on page 3.
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Research Staff Forum
The minutes from the most recent meeting of the Research
Staff Forum, held on 10 October 2015 can now be found of
the Research Staff Forum website at:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/ldc/researchers/
community/rsf/
As part of the summit there will be international research
development surgeries led by experts and a broad range of
speakers including Dr Claire McNulty (Head of Science,
British Council) and Daniel Shah (Deputy Director, UK
Higher Education International Unit).
For further details about the programme and to register
attendance please visit:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/newtonsummit
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Research Data Management
Research Data Management is an increasingly important
consideration for research active staff, which relates to the
effective storage, curation, preservation and provision of
continuing access to your research data.
The Library has a comprehensive website offering
information and support, which can be found at:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/staff/
research/research-data/
In addition, the video’s and presentation files from a series
of workshops run last year for research active staff are
available in the LDC Resource Bank:
 RDM: The Essentials
 RDM: Data Management Plans
 RDM: Tools for Data Management
The next meeting will be held on 20 January 2016
from 10am to midday.
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/ldc/researchers/
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TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Research Active Staff
Network Funding
Funding is now available to support the set up or
maintenance of an existing research active staff
network over the current academic year.
Please note that applications will be considered on a
LDC EVENTS
Click on the titles below for more
information and booking on the first events
confirmed for this academic year or visit our
events page for the full programme:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/ldc/researchers/
events_news/ras_events/
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first come first served basis throughout the funding
period, until the £10,000 fund has been allocated.
Four applications for funding have been approved so far this
year:
 Health Economics Journal Club, led by Felix Achana
11 November 2015
Managing Your Academic and Research
Career for Women
A one day programme for women in academia,
involving active reflection and discussion.
and Melina Dritsaki
 Warwick WIS Seasonal Events Network, led by
Carolyn Dawson
 WMG Researcher Forum, led by Vannessa Goodship,
Sumit Hazra, Bethany Middleton and Shamsiah Awang
Ngah
 Medical Statistics Book & Journal Club, led by
Thomas Hamborg and Siew Wan Hee
Visit: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/ldc/researchers/
funding/network_funding for more details about the funding
available.
Information about the active networks can be found at:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/ldc/researchers/
community/networks/
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WMS Medical Statistics Book & Journal Club
16, 23 & 30 November 2015
Leadership in Action
This programme consists of three afternoon session
(making it easier for research active staff (RAS) to attend
rather than 2 full days) from 11.45am to 5.30pm on 16, 23
and 30 November 2015.
** The closing date for applications is
11 November 2015**
19 November 2015
Publishing World Changing Research
Talks from senior academics on their publishing
experiences. Please note that attendance at this event
would count towards PCAPP.
24 November 2015
Knowing and Growing your Strengths
This session will explore the concept of strengths, identify
your personal strengths and how to evidence them.
The next meetings of the club will take place on the following
dates:
 Tuesday 24 November 2015 in A-130 of the Medical
School. This session will discuss ‘Value of Information
Techniques’, led by Jason Madan
 Tuesday 19 January 2016 in A-039. This session will
discuss ‘Adaptive Designs’ , led by Nigel Stallard
Go to http://warwick.ac.uk/wmsbookclub for more details and
links to books and articles.
Please contact Tom at t.hamborg@warwick.ac.uk if you would
like to attend or be notified of future meetings.
21 January 2016
Managing Your Academic and Research Career
A one day programme for ALL in academia, involving
active reflection and discussion.
17 & 18 March 2016 and 7 & 8 July 2016
Academic Writing Bootcamps
These popular writing away days run for 2 days and offer
research active staff the opportunity to focus exclusively on
their writing.
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/ldc/researchers/
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