ald programme calendar 2015-6

JANUARY 2016

MONDAY

TUESDAY

12th 19th 26thResearch Writing 1:The writing process

LEADS 1 Session 1:Introductory Lecture

Engaging Session

19thResearch Writing 2: Writing a literature review

WEDNESDAY

13th 20th 27thPGCAP Course 2:Edinburgh and Online

LEADS 1 Session 2:Planning a Session and Encouraging Student Engagement

LEADS 1 Session 3: Managing Learning in Intercultural and Transcultural contexts

20th 27thPGCAP Course 4:Edinburgh and Online

Funding Fundamentals: Introduction

THURSDAY28th

Research Writing 3: Is my writing ‘academic’ enough?

FRIDAY

FEBRUARY 2016

MONDAY

TUESDAY

16th 23rdLEADS 1 Session 6: Preparing your LEADS Assignment

How to be an effective researcher

16thQAA/HWU Enhancement Theme Team Meeting

WEDNESDAY

3rd 10th 17th 24thLEADS 1 Session 4: Supporting the learning of students with disabilities

LEADS 1 Session 5: Assessing Student Learning and Evaluating your teaching

LEADS 1 Session 7:How Students are assessed in your School

LEADS 1 Session 8:Elective Pathways

3rd 10th 17thPGCAP Course 2:Edinburgh and Online

PGCAP Course 2:Edinburgh and Online


3rd 10th 17th 24thFunding Fundamentals: Fellowships

Funding Fundamentals: Public funding

Funding Fundamentals: Industry funding and KT


24thApplying for Fellowships

THURSDAY

4th 11th 25thCareer Management: Careers beyond academia

Project Management (Intermediate)

Researcher IT Toolkit:Essential Excel

25thSupervising Masters and Undergraduate Students

FRIDAY

MARCH 2016

MONDAY

21st 28thGlobal Learning & Teaching:Malaysia

Global Learning & Teaching:Malaysia

28thEdinburgh International Science Festival at the Parliament

TUESDAY

22nd 29thGlobal Learning & Teaching Malaysia


22ndImpact Design 1: Workshop

WEDNESDAY

2nd 9th 16th 23rd 30thPGCAP Course 2:Edinburgh and Online

PGCAP Course 2:Edinburgh

LEADS 2 Session 9:Feedback, Mentoring and Supervision

LEADS 2 Session 10: Micro Mentoring


9th 16th 23rdL&T Colloquium PGCAP Course 2:

Edinburgh and OnlinePGCAP Course 4:Edinburgh and Online

16th 23rdViva Preparation:Understanding examiners and preparing for your viva


16thIncreasing Research Impact

THURSDAY

3rd 10th 24th 31stSupervising Doctoral Students


Global Learning & Teaching: Malaysia

LEADS: Associate Fellow of HEA Workshop

10thSupervising Masters and Undergraduate projects

10thViva Preparation 2

FRIDAY25th


APRIL 2016

MONDAY4th

Global Learning & Teaching: Malaysia

TUESDAY

5th 26thGlobal Learning & Teaching:Malaysia

Publishing Research: A strategy

5thImpact Design 2: Workshop

WEDNESDAY6th


THURSDAY

7th 21stGlobal Learning & Teaching:Malaysia

Scottish Crucible 2016 (Lab 1)

21stWriting research proposals

FRIDAY22nd


MAY 2016

MONDAY

TUESDAY

3rd 10thPublishing Research: Preparing a document

Publishing Research: Citation and impact

10thEngaging session

WEDNESDAY18th

Leadership in a research environment

THURSDAY19th 26th

Scottish Crucible 2016 (Lab 2) Writing research for publication

FRIDAY20th


JUNE 2016

TUESDAY

14thEnterprising Researcher Summer School 1:Introduction to technology commercialisation

WEDNESDAY

1st 8thPGR Conference Engaging Researcher Day:

Principal’s Public Engagement Awards

THURSDAY

16th 23th 30thEnterprising Researcher Summer School 2: Impact and employability skills

Enterprising Researcher Summer School 3:Building and developing teams

Enterprising Researcher Summer School 4: Structuring technology projects

16thScottish Crucible 2016 (Lab 3)

FRIDAY17th


JULY 2016

TUESDAY

5th 12thEnterprising Researcher Summer School 5:Financial literacy for beginners

Enterprising Researcher Summer School 7:Introduction to intellectual property

THURSDAY

7th 14thEnterprising Researcher Summer School 6:Budgets and venture finance

Enterprising Researcher Summer School 8:Innovation and entrepreneurship

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TEACHING FUTURES RESEARCH FUTURES ALD CPD

LEADS Research Futures: PGR development programme ALD Academic CPD

PGCAP Research Futures: Research Staff development programme HW Crucible/HW Exchange

Global Learning & Teaching HW Engage L&T Enhancement

Scottish Crucible

Centre for Academic Leadership & Development www.hw.ac.uk/ald Programmes, courses, workshops and other development opportunities are offered free of charge to PhD students, research associates, teaching fellows, lecturers and professors at Heriot-Watt University, but prior on-line booking is required (https://pdms.hw.ac.uk).

For further details, contact us at: [email protected] or [email protected]. Telephone: 0131 451 3789 or 0131 451 3520

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