JANUARY 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.
Happy New Year!
We would like to wish all our research active
staff colleagues a happy new year and hope
that 2015 proves productive for your research.
NEW THIS
MONTH:
Event News:
 Research Staff
Network events
In addition to the events listed in this
newsletter a range of activities are also under
development, to be rolled out later in 2015, in
the following areas:
 Vitae development
opportunities
 A series of career development workshops
Support Update:
 A redeveloped leadership programme
 Further activities relating to equality and
diversity.
Further details will be available in future
newsletters.
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/ldc/researchers
 Academic Writing
Support
 Mediation
FOCUS ON: SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES
These are just a few examples from the
list of the programmes that may be
useful to research staff include:
Vitae Researcher
Development Programmes
The Vitae Midlands Hub has been
located at Warwick for more than eight
years and the organisation has
produced many useful training courses
and materials available for the
development of researchers.
 Research Staff Futures: Enhancing
Professional Effectiveness
 Research Staff Futures:
Progressing your academic career
 Research Staff Futures: Managing
your Career
 Programmes for Supervisors & PI’s
 Every Researcher Counts
 Leadership in Action
 Collaborative Researcher
 Discovering Innovation &
Entrepreneurship
Some of the LDC team are trained in
delivering these programmes. Please
contact Sandy Sparks, LDC should you
wish to find out more information:
Sandra.sparks@warwick.ac.uk
Academic Writing Support in 2015
Events and activities to support the development of
academic writing skills amongst research active staff have
been very popular for a number of years. Our programme
of academic writing workshops for this academic year has
already begun, but opportunities for support are increasing
from January with the following activities:
 1-1 support. LDC is again able to fund meetings,
providing individual support and advice on specific
writing issues. For further details and to request a
meeting please visit:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/ldc/researchers/
opportunities/development_support/awp
 Further workshops, including a series of 6 workshops
on Planning Your Publication Strategy. These will
cover specific faculty-focused concerns in addition to
strategies for writing scholarly books, conference
papers and social/informal publishing. The first event
in March is available for booking, see page 3 for
details.
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Warwick Dignity Contacts
The university launched the revised Dignity at Warwick
policy in November 2014. This involves developing an
approach to tackling harassment and bullying by
emphasising positive behaviour that should be expected
from all. As part of the initiative, a group of Dignity
Contacts are available to help in these situations: training
is currently being provided for the contacts.
For further details please visit: http://
www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/equalops/dignityatwarwick
Mediation
Mediation is one of the dispute resolution options
available and the principles for involvement include:
 Voluntary - agreement by both parties to participate
 Confidential
 Impartial
 Independence
 Non – judgemental
Mediation involves both parties in the dispute (or as a
result of an expression of significant or sustained
dissatisfaction where a student / staff member), seeks a
specific action to address the problem. It allows staff or
students to talk openly and honestly about the issue(s)
and can be used at any point during the complaints
resolution process. Its purpose is to attempt to find a
specific outcome or resolution that both parties agree to,
supported by a trained third party mediator.
Under the simplify, collaborate and deliver agenda we
would like to raise awareness of the University of
Warwick’s processes where mediation is used. Further
details can be found at:
 Staff Mediation Process:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/
humanresources/newpolicies/mediation
 Students Feedback and Complaints
Resolution Framework:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/aro/
studentfeedbackandcomplaints/
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/ldc/researchers/
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NETWORK EVENTS AND FUNDING
Research Active Staff Network Funding
Seven applications for funding
have now been approved for
activities during the rest of the
academic year. For further
details about the fund and the
application form visit:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/
services/ldc/researchers/
funding/network_funding
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WMG Research Staff Network
The network is continuing with its series of breakfast meetings in 2015 on
the following dates:
13 January
7 April
11 February
6 May
12 March
11 June
LDC EVENTS
** Further events for 2015 have
been confirmed, click on the titles
below for more information and
booking. **
Visit the Programme of Events for
Research Active Staff for details on
our events:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/
ldc/researchers/events_news/
ras_events/
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20 January 2015
Academic Writing: Writing
Collaboratively
10 February 2015
Research Staff Forum
All meetings take place from 9.00am in the IMC Building, Boardroom 2,
with the exception of the March event, which will be held in the IDL
Building Boardroom.
10 February 2015
*repeat due to high demand*
Research Data Management: the
Essentials
If you would like to present your work to fellow research staff or simply
network, please contact Vannessa Goodship - V.Goodship@warwick.ac.uk
to reserve your breakfast. Colleagues from other departments wishing to
speak or attend are welcome.
25 February 2015
*this event has been postponed from
4 December 2014 due to illness*
Academic Writing: Writing 4*
Journal Articles
11 March 2015
Planning Your Publication Strategy:
The Essentials
12 & 13 March 2015
Academic Writing Away Days
21 May 2015
Academic Writing: Writing for
Non-Specialist Audiences
24 June 2015
Academic Writing: Online
Dissemination for Impact
2 & 3 July 2015
Academic Writing Away Days
Dates for your diary:
IPA Research Methodology Advice Network
This new network in WMS is dedicated to supporting researchers use
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The first meeting in the new year
will be held on 14 January at 2pm , a workshop for researchers to discuss
the methodology. For further details, please contact Deborah Biggerstaff D.L.Biggerstaff@warwick.ac.uk
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/ldc/researchers/
26 February 2015
Research Data Management:
Sharing Practice
12 March 2015
Demystifying the Promotion Process
20 May 2015
Research Staff Forum
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