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Dr Keith E. Fildes 13 June 2016
Resources for Early Career and Doctoral Researchers
Resources for ECRs and DRs
What training have you done at SHU to support your research?
What research training would you like to do at SHU?
What is your preferred method of engaging in training?
What SHU resources do you access to support your research?
What resources would you like to be able to access to support your
research?
Audit
Resources for ECRs and DRs
Career Pathways
Research training opportunities ◦ SHaRD
◦ Doctoral School
Appraisals, mentoring and peer support
Social media as a research resource
Support for gaining research funding
Workshop Outline
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REF uses ‘less than 4.25 years as an independent researcher’ at its
census date
ECR Fellowships (like Leverhulme and AHRC) are often open to
those ‘less than 5 years post-PhD’
Pre-92s use it to describe their grade 7 academic staff (used
interchangeably with ‘postdoc’)
At SHU we sometimes use it to cover grades 6-7 staff, or sometimes
grades 6-8 (but 8s would normally be mid-career
researchers/MCRs)
ECR Definitions
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Practitioners/new or back to research (no doctorate) - teaching or
practice route
Doctoral researchers
ECRs/emerging independent researcher (G6-7) - researchers,
research fellows, lecturers
MCRs/established researchers (G8) - senior research fellows,
senior lecturers
Research leaders (G9+) - readers, professors, principal research
fellows, principal lecturers
Career Stages
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Researcher development
Career development
Personal effectiveness
Community development and networking
Teaching development and accreditation
Training Areas
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Sheffield Hallam Researcher Development Programme (SHaRD)
Programme - for research-active staff, but doctoral researchers can
access
Doctoral Skills Training - for doctoral research, but includes
supervisor development
Over 200 different opportunities - can be individually-tailored
depending on your specific training needs and interests
Research Training Opportunities
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A framework of development offerings under 25 themes
Accessible by anyone undertaking or interested in undertaking
research - research-active staff, doctoral researchers, research
support staff
Thematic rather than linear - needs-based and individually-tailored
Co-ordinated by the Researcher Development Adviser in RIO, but
incorporating a wide range of development, delivered at different
levels and by different people
Designed to make training and development more strategic and
more accessible
What is SHaRD?
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The SHaRD Programme
A blend of:
• Delivered courses
• Online courses
• Resources
• c.1100 attendees in
2014/15
http://shardprogramme.wordpress.com/
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University-Wide Workshops
and Bespoke Sessions
http://shardprogramme.wordpress.com/upcoming/
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Online Courses and Resources
Enhancing Research
Impact - new for
June 2016
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Doctoral School
• https://shdoctoralschool.wordpress.com/
• Includes supervisor development:
https://shdoctoralschool.wordpress.com/supervisors/
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Structure
DOCTORAL SCHOOL
(Director Prof Cleaver)
Student Systems
and Records
Team,
Registry Services
Doctoral School
Team,
Research and
Innovation Office
Faculty Teams
and
Supervisors
Skills &
Development
Funders,
International,
Marketing
Governance
Oversight, Training & Marketing Quality & Regulations
Resources for ECRs and DRs
Doctoral Research Training Series
• Year 1 (1-2 PT)
o Becoming A SHU Doctoral Researcher
o Data Think Tank
o Method Conference
• Year 2 (3-4 PT)
o Research Writing, Presentation and Reading
o Planning for Finishing the Thesis
• Year 3 (5-6 PT)
o Doctoral Careers
o Demystifying the Doctoral Viva
• All Years
o Three Minute Thesis
o Imagine research cafes
o Doctoral School socials
https://shdoctoralschool.wordpress.com/current-drs/training-and-
development/drts/
Resources for ECRs and DRs
Doctoral Skills Training
• Doctoral Research Training Series (previous slide)
• Faculty-Based Research Methods:
◦ ACES
◦ D&S
◦ HWB
◦ SBS
• Teaching and Lecturing Courses (including the dedicated Teaching Skills for Doctoral
Students course)
• SHaRD Programme (research staff sessions, which doctoral researchers are
welcome to access)
• Library Researcher Sessions
• Career Management Workshops
• Online Courses
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Stage 1 - identification of career trajectory and development needs
analysis o HEA UK Professional Standards Framework (www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/documents/ukpsf/ukpsf.pdf)
o Vitae Researcher Development Framework (http://shardprogramme.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/rdf.pdf)
o Higher grade job descriptions, including professorial/reader promotion criteria
o https://portal.shu.ac.uk/departments/HRD/SiteCollectionDocuments/Pay%20and%20Grading/Academic%20Progression/AT004%
20-%20Reader%20(PO)%20v2.docx
o https://staff.shu.ac.uk/university_secretariat/prof_guidance.asp
Stage 2 - personal development plan
Stage 3 - access development
Stage 4 - record development
Stage 5 - reflect and review of career
trajectory and development needs
Best undertaken in conversation with
line-manager
The CPD Cycle
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RDF Planner
• An online system for managing development – skills audits,
development plans, accessing development and then recording
CPD (ePortfolio) - SHU has institutional subscription
• Compulsory for all doctoral researchers and available to staff on
request
• Guidance Document (for doctoral researchers and supervisors):
https://shardprogramme.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/doctoral-
skills-training-guidance-15-161.pdf
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Annual appraisal should be equally weighted between performance
review and development planning - career focus as much as on current
role/project
Appraisal participation rate - SHU 88.1%, UK HE - 59.5%
Found it useful - SHU 56.6%, UK HE - 44.1%
Mentoring informally - approach someone senior, outside of line
management chain, who you respect and admire. Or your line
manager can help find one - a peer of theirs from a cognate
section/department
Mentoring formally - schemes may be organised locally (e.g. PSP,
DLC, ADRC) or sometimes centrally by HR (usually an E&D
intervention e.g. )
Line Managers and Mentors
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First Year in Post
Role
Have you completed the mandatory components of your induction?
Have you participated in further induction opportunities for new staff?
Are you clear on your role and responsibilities?
Are you familiar with the terms and conditions of your contract?
Have you reviewed the University’s research strategy, research ethics and research integrity
policies?
Career
Have you thought about what you want to get out of this experience as a researcher at Sheffield
Hallam?
Have you used the RDF Planner or equivalent to do a development needs analysis and
produce a personal development plan?
Have you sought out information about the range of researcher development opportunities at
the University, such as the SHaRD Programme?
Are you taking active responsibility for your career planning?
Have you considered where you want to be in five years’ time?
Appraisal Research Prompts 1
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Subsequent Years
Role
Do you feel you are being pro-active in reviewing you work and raising any issues?
Are you taking stock of your progress, in line with your agreed work programme, and seeking appropriate feedback?
Are you contributing to, or taking responsibility for, writing publications and attending conferences (as appropriate for the
project and their career stage)?
Do you have a publication strategy for this REF cycle?
Have you considered how to maximise the impact of your research and its role in enhancing the economy and society?
Have you been involved in knowledge exchange, commercialisation or public engagement activities?
Career
Are you regularly reviewing your skills development - recording your progress and setting further goals in your development
plan - using the RDF Planner or equivalent?
Are you making sure that you review your progress and career ambitions?
Are you looking at funding opportunities for which you are eligible?
Are you keeping your CV up-to-date?
Are you finding and engaging with the training and development opportunities available to you (e.g. the SHaRD Programme,
the QESS CPD Programme, professional recognition)?
Are you maintaining and developing useful networks?
Are you aware of the possibilities for progression and promotion?
Have you considered opportunities for expanding your role, e.g. writing grant applications, joining committees, teaching duties?
What peer-review and supporting development have you been involved in, e.g. of colleagues' funding proposals, research
practices, draft research outputs?
Have you considered acting as a mentor to an early-career researcher (or thesis completion mentor to a final year doctoral
student if they are an ECR)?
Appraisal Research Prompts 2
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Final Year of Fixed-Term Contracts
Role
The prospects for your continuing employment on this project, if I want to stay, are…
Have you sought to discuss the possibility of ongoing work or redeployment?
Have you contributed to planning the continuation of the project (if appropriate)?
Are you familiar with the University procedures relating to the ending of fixed-term contracts and
redeployment?
Career
Are you taking active steps to secure your next job, including looking beyond academia?
Have you made full use of the careers advice and resources that are available to you?
Have you identified any possible sources of research funding for which you are eligible and
may wish to apply?
https://portal.shu.ac.uk/departments/HRD/development/appraisal/academic/Pages/home.aspx
https://portal.shu.ac.uk/departments/HRD/development/appraisal/academic/Documents/Supplem
entary%20Prompts%20for%20Appraisers%20of%20Research-Active%20Staff.pdf
Appraisal Research Prompts 3
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The University encourages the principle of peer support to improve
the standard of research grant applications and to increase the
chances of securing external funding
Research units will establish their own approach to peer support to
fit with their discipline approach and structure. Different models
may be established including one-to-one support, group sessions
and formal review panels
All grant award holders who have received external funding within
the last five years will be identified to allow for easy identification of
researchers who can provide advice and guidance
Peer Support
Resources for ECRs and DRs
1) Social Media for Research - Aiding and Disseminating Research ◦ Funding opportunities/aggregators
◦ Recruiting research participants
◦ Crowdsourcing
◦ Collaboration and co-production
◦ Promotion of outputs (including research impact)
2) Social Media for Researchers - Networking and Identity ◦ Career development - profile raising
◦ Peer support with research environment challenges (isolation, fixed-term
contracts, #ECRchat/#PhDchat)
3) Tools Available to Boost Academic Profile ◦ Academic blogging (full/Wordpress and micro/Twitter)
◦ Researcher profile sites (Academia.edu, Google Scholar, Linked-In)
◦ Impact matrixes (Altmetrics)
Social Media as a Research
Resource
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www.callforparticipants.com
Recruiting Research Participants
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Collaboration and Co-production
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Promotion of Outputs
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Career Development - Profile Raising
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Peer Support with Research
Environment Challenges (Isolation,
Fixed-Term Contracts, #ECRchat/#PhDchat)
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Academic Blogging
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Researcher Profile Sites
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Impact Matrixes (Altmetrics)
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Social Media: A guide for researchers ◦ http://shardprogramme.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/social-media-a-guide-for-
researchers.pdf
Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities ◦ http://shardprogramme.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/twitter-guide.pdf
Handbook of social media for researchers and supervisors ◦ https://www.vitae.ac.uk/vitae-publications/reports/innovate-open-university-social-
media-handbook-vitae-2012.pdf
Social Media Resources
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https://staff.shu.ac.uk/enterprise/research/funding_current.asp
Funding Guides
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https://staff.shu.ac.uk/enterprise/research/support_team.asp
Grants Team
Supports the development, management, costing and
contracting of the research grant portfolio ensuring
compliance with relevant regulations and minimising risk
to the University. Activities are focused on grant income
generation from high quality funding sources.
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[email protected] (Elizabeth Scanlon from 20/6)
0114 225 4530
https://shardprogramme.wordpress.com/
@SHaRD_Programme
https://shdoctoralschool.wordpress.com
@SHDocSchool
https://portal.shu.ac.uk/sites/acpd
(Also includes LEAD, Library, HR, Secretariat
and Careers training offers)
Contact