Enterprising researchers' programme

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Enterprising Researchers' Programme

Enterprising Researchers' Programme

This programme is split into two parts:

  • Early Career Enterprising Researcher one-day workshop delivered online with substantial resources.
  • Mid-Career Enterprising Researcher suite of workshops delivered online and face to face.

 

Early Career Enterprising Researcher Workshop

Why is this programme relevant and why now?

Careers take different shapes, and the traditional view of a researcher’s career is constantly being challenged. Whatever the field of research you work in you will want it to ultimately have value by creating social, economic, or cultural impact.

This workshop aims to explore how impact can be enhanced by employing creative thinking techniques; proactively seeking out opportunities to collaborate with new partners; gaining influence and research uptake and impact; and extending careers outside academia. Innovation and enterprise skills are considered key attributes of a researcher, but we may not often recognise these in ourselves.

Given how quickly the research environment and funding landscape is evolving, it is increasingly important that researchers are confident in the language of enterprise and business and industry sponsors. This workshop helps the researcher increase their awareness of these issues; and identify and build on their entrepreneurial thinking and skills.

What’s covered?

  • The Global Research Environment
  • Future Proof your Skillset
  • Generate Ideas
  • Innovation and Impact
  • Knowledge Exchange in the context of a university setting
  • Networking

Who is it for and what does it cost?

Designed for early career research students and staff, participants are being funded to access the programme via the Universities Innovation Fund. The funding includes attendance at one of the 1-day virtual workshops and access to all online materials/support.

 

Mid Career Enterprising Researcher Workshop

We are creating a suite of workshops aimed at mid-career researchers. The mid-career will be run along similar lines as the early career version but with the content amended to reflect this.

The suite of workshops is due to be run on: 

  • Wednesday, 26th April 
  • Wednesday, 7th June

Funding – University Innovation Fund (UIF) - £11,516 (2021-22); £11,746 (2022-23); £11,981 (2023-24)

IEEC Membership fees funded by UIF - £1,000 (2022-23) and (2023-24)