GRADskills

Key details: GRADskills is operated by IELLI for St Leonards College and supports the development of research postgraduate students to improve their research capability and widen their employability inside and outside of academia.

Booking not required

Audience

  • PG research

Programme information

GRADskills is a suite of workshops and activities designed specifically for research postgraduate students (i.e. PhD, MPhil), delivered by the International Education and Lifelong Learning Institute (IELLI) for St Leonard's Postgraduate College.听GRADskills aim is to support the development of all research postgraduate students at the University of St Andrews, to improve their research capability and widen their employability inside and outside of academia. .听

Workshops are grouped听into thematic bundles which roughly follow the trajectory听of the research degree (first year, mid-way, final year).听

Further online or asynchronous resources can be found on the .

More information on Vitae's Researcher Development Framework (RDF) and how you can use this to plan your听professional development can be found .

Individual workshop booking links

Links below indicate an upcoming event. If a workshop title is not actively linked below, then dates for the current term have already passed and dates for the upcoming term have not yet been chosen. Further enquiries and last minute bookings (online bookings close the day before an event) should be directed to .

If you can no longer attend a workshop, please cancel your booking at least 2 working days in advance. Failure to do so may mean that future bookings are not approved.听This shows how to find, book and later print a certified training record.

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Theme 1) Getting started

7 courses - these are all optional.

Theme 2) Carrying out my research

5 courses - these are all optional.

Theme 3) Dealing with my data

5 courses - these are all optional.

Theme 4) Conferences, networking, and public engagement

2 courses - these are all optional.

Theme 5) Writing and publishing (in various media)

26 courses - these are all optional.

Theme 6) Teaching

8 courses - these are all optional.

Theme 7) Finishing up: what's next?

6 courses - these are all optional.

Programme organiser

IELLI
Email: ielli@st-andrews.ac.uk