Online learning

The videos are accessible by Queen's staff and students.

Access to the videos and additional support can be granted on demand to external candidates developing a proposal to join Queen's University Belfast. The candidates would need to be supported by a Queen's academic and School as well as have contacted Research Development (researchdevelopment@qub.ac.uk) to discuss the feasibility of their application.

Scientific Writing and publishing:

Hear from Nature Research journal editors about how to write and publish a great paper. It covers writing skills, paper structure and data presentation, selecting a journal, the publication process and peer-review and specific considerations for review articles.

Writing and Publishing a Review Paper

Hear from Nature Portfolio Chief Editors about how to write a strong review paper. It covers how to identify the review paper motivation, refine the audience, select and evaluate primary literature, create effective display items and navigate the submission process.

Effective Collaboration in Research:

Hear from researchers, funders, editors and professionals about how to join, set up and lead collaborative projects. It covers the reasons for collaborating, how to do so effectively, how to start and lead collaborations, troubleshooting and managing outputs.

Managing Research Data to unlock its full potential:

Hear from data management experts, researchers, funders, publishers and specialists about how to develop a data management plan and your own skills to comply with requirements. It covers what data management plans are for and how to create one, how to organise and store data properly and how to share data, notably through repositories.

Narrative Tools for Researchers:

Hear from researchers, editors and journalists about enhancing your communication skills to tell your research story. It will cover the power of storytelling techniques, how to build a clear engaging story and refine it to your audience.

Focus on peer-review:

Hear from Nature editors and researchers about the peer-review process and how to review the papers of other researchers. It will cover your role as a peer-reviewer, the peer-review report, ethics in peer-review and variations and innovations related to peer-review.

Persuasive Grant Writing

Hear from 9 grant writing experts about how to use narrative tools to develop a grant application that will talk to the funder and increase your chances of success. It will cover how to understand what funders are looking for in a grant application, how to make your grant more persuasive and effectively target your audience, as well as create a narrative and improve the overallquaility of your application.

Networking for researchers

Hear from 10 experts in networking about how to network efffectively in person and online. It will cover how to identify networking opportunities, how to build an effective network, strategies to approach people and nurture your working relationships, as well as how to leverage your network to advance your career.

Advancing your scientific presentations

Hear from scientific presentation experts, designers and trainers about how to tell your research's story efficiently to peers, in person or virtually. It will cover story design, slide preparation, delivery and dealing with challenges.

Data Analysis: planning and preparing

Hear from data scientists, statisticians and analysis experts about how to plan your data analysis and prepare your data.

Data Analysis: Conducting and Troubleshooting

Hear from data analysis experts about how to identify tools, analytic methods and troubleshooting strategies to effectively analyse your data.

Interpreting Scientific Results

Hear from experts with wide-ranging experience in interpreting scientific results.

Getting an academic research position

Hear from research career specialists and established academics about how to identify positions that suit your needs, develop applications that highlight your relevant qualities, present yourself effectively at interview and reflect on job suitability and competing offers.

Effective Science Communication

Hear from publishing experts about how core tools and techniques needed to effectively communicate your findings in a clear, engaging, and impactful way to different audiences and using different media (writing, public speaking, social media, interviews etc.)

Creating successful research posters

hear from experts in science communication and research poster design and presentation about how to create posters that will convey your key message to your audience. It will include selecting visual and text elements, prepare a useful handout etc.

Organisational Development has set up specific playlists for researchers, which you can find directly on LinkedIn Learning as part of Queen's resources or by clicking on the links below:

Researcher skills – Engagement, Influence and Impact

Researcher Skills – Research Governance and Organisation

Researcher skills – Knowledge and intellectual abilities

Mentoring

Project Management