Personal and professional development course directory

Search by your stage of study (e.g. getting started, maintaining momentum, finishing and forging ahead, everyone).

Index of courses
Title and description	Suitable for	Theme cat	Type	Course format	Hidden date column no longer in use
Staying well in your research degree	Everyone	Personal development and wellbeing;Show all	Personal development and wellbeing	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Staff training on a range of topics via Develop	Everyone	Personal development and wellbeing;Show all	Personal development and wellbeing	Courses and resources	Click link for details
Getting the best out of your supervision	Getting started	Personal development and wellbeing;Show all	Personal development and wellbeing	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Working with your supervisor	Getting started	Personal development and wellbeing;Show all	Personal development and wellbeing	Online resource	Ongoing
Handling Criticism: Communicating as a Leader	Everyone	Personal development and wellbeing;Show all	Personal development and wellbeing	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Sketchnoting for PGRs	Everyone	Personal development and wellbeing;Show all	Personal development and wellbeing	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Supporting your wellbeing	Everyone	Personal development and wellbeing;Show all	Personal development and wellbeing	Online resource	Click link to search for dates
Seven secrets of highly successful research students	Getting started	Planning and managing your research;Show all	Planning and managing your research	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Ethics guidance	Everyone	Planning and managing your research;Show all	Planning and managing your research	Online resource	Ongoing
Getting started with your research degree	Getting started	Planning and managing your research;Show all	Planning and managing your research	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Maintaining momentum in your research degree	Maintaining Momentum	Planning and managing your research;Show all	Planning and managing your research	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Finishing your research degree and forging ahead	Finishing and forging ahead	Planning and managing your research;Show all	Planning and managing your research	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
How we make inferences and why it matters - Unpacking inferential fallibility	Everyone	Planning and managing your research;Show all	Planning and managing your research	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Managing your research degree	Everyone	Planning and managing your research;Show all	Planning and managing your research	Online resource	Ongoing
Project management: Planning your Doctorate	Getting started	Planning and managing your research;Show all	Planning and managing your research	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Project management: Planning to finish your Doctorate	Finishing and forging ahead	Planning and managing your research;Show all	Planning and managing your research	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Viva survivor	Finishing and forging ahead	Planning and managing your research;Show all	Planning and managing your research	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Preparing for your Viva	Finishing and forging ahead	Planning and managing your research;Show all	Planning and managing your research	Online resource	Ongoing
Action planning for your career development	Everyone	Professional and career development;Show all	Professional and career development	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Exploring career ideas	Everyone	Professional and career development;Show all	Professional and career development	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Articulating research skills for a non-academic audience	Everyone	Professional and career development;Show all	Professional and career development	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Academic applications and cover letters	Everyone	Professional and career development;Show all	Professional and career development	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Academic interviews	Everyone	Professional and career development;Show all	Professional and career development	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Exploring career options	Everyone	Professional and career development;Show all	Professional and career development	Online resource	Ongoing
Bristol PLUS Award	Everyone	Professional and career development;Show all	Professional and career development	Online resource	Ongoing
Cross Purposes: Networking	Maintaining momentum	Professional and career development;Show all	Professional and career development	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Innovation Lab - immersive experience on the topic of Net Zero	Everyone	Professional and career development;Show all	Professional and career development	3-day training	Click link to search for event
Networking for Researchers	Everyone	Professional and career development;Show all	Professional and career development	Online resource	Ongoing
Training for successful interdisciplinary research	Everyone	Professional and career development;Show all	Professional and career development	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
GW4 Funding and development opportunities	Everyone	Professional and career development;Show all	Professional and career development	Online resource	Click link for details
Stand and Deliver: Presenting your research	Maintaining momentum	Promoting your research;Show all	Promoting your research	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Perfect Posters	Maintaining momentum	Promoting your research;Show all	Promoting your research	Online resource and workshop	Click link and sign into myPGR to search for dates
Introduction to Policy Engagement for PGRs	Maintaining momentum	Promoting your research;Show all	Promoting your research	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Policy Engagement Training Materials	Maintaining momentum	Promoting your research;Show all	Promoting your research	Online resource	Ongoing
Introduction to Public Engagement with Research	Maintaining momentum	Promoting your research;Show all	Promoting your research	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Open research for postgraduate researchers	Maintaining momentum	Promoting your research;Show all	Promoting your research	Online resource	Ongoing
Open Research Europe: Beyond a Research Journal	Everyone	Promoting your research;Show all	Promoting your research	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Getting Started with Academic Publishing	Maintaining momentum	Promoting your research;Show all	Promoting your research	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Academic Publishing	Maintaining momentum	Promoting your research;Show all	Promoting your research	Online resource	Ongoing
Support for doctoral researchers who teach	Maintaining momentum	Teaching;Show all	Teaching	Courses and resources	Click link for details
Introduction to finding and using archives in the UK	Everyone	Working with data;Show all	Working with data	Online resource	Ongoing
Ask JGI: Support for data science	Everyone	Working with data;Show all	Working with data	Drop-in clinic	Ongoing
GDPR Information Security and Data Protection essentials	Everyone	Working with data;Show all	Working with data	Online resource	Ongoing
Managing research data	Everyone	Working with data;Show all	Working with data	Online resource	Ongoing
Data analysis in Python	Everyone	Working with data;Show all	Working with data	Online resource	Ongoing
Introduction to qualitative data analysis	Getting started	Working with data;Show all	Working with data	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Introduction to quantitative data analysis	Getting started	Working with data;Show all	Working with data	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Introduction to Unix / Linux	Everyone	Working with data;Show all	Working with data	Online resource	Ongoing
Matlab training materials	Everyone	Working with data;Show all	Working with data	Online resource	Ongoing
Numpy: scratching the surface - an open-source package for Python	Everyone	Working with data;Show all	Working with data	Online resource	Ongoing
Using NVivo for qualitative analysis	Everyone	Working with data;Show all	Working with data	Online resource	Ongoing
Parallel programming with Python	Everyone	Working with data;Show all	Working with data	Online resource	Ongoing
Python 1: Beginning Python	Everyone	Working with data;Show all	Working with data	Online resource	Ongoing
Python 2: Intermediate Python	Everyone	Working with data;Show all	Working with data	Online resource	Ongoing
Statistics clinic	Everyone	Working with data;Show all	Working with data	Online consultations	Ongoing
Research English and Academic Literacy (REAL)	Getting started	Writing and referencing;Show all	Writing and referencing	Taught course	Click link for details
Mastering the Fundamentals of Academic English for the Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities	Getting started	Writing and referencing;Show all	Writing and referencing	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Mastering the Fundamentals of Academic English for the Sciences and Engineering	Getting started	Writing and referencing;Show all	Writing and referencing	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Focus on writing	Everyone	Writing and referencing;Show all	Writing and referencing	Online resource	Ongoing
Thesis Boot Camp	Finishing and forging ahead	Writing and referencing;Show all	Writing and referencing	3-day Workshop	Click link for details
Thesis mapping	Everyone	Writing and referencing;Show all	Writing and referencing	Online resource	Ongoing
Thesis Writing circles	Everyone	Writing and referencing;Show all	Writing and referencing	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Writers' retreat	Finishing and forging ahead	Writing and referencing;Show all	Writing and referencing	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Effective Writing Practices for PGRs	Everyone	Writing and referencing;Show all	Writing and referencing	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
How to Professionalise your Writing	Everyone	Writing and referencing;Show all	Writing and referencing	Workshop	Click link to search for dates
Academic writing and LaTex and self-directed learning guides	Everyone	Writing and referencing;Show all	Writing and referencing	Online resource	Ongoing