Training & Development
Training and Development
Researchers
We want our researchers to excel in their work. To support this we provide a variety of training with plenty of opportunities for development, including:
- research success
- impact
- strategies and scientific writing
- research systems training (internal access only)
Principal Investigator Development Programme
Two times a year Organisational Development runs the PI Development Programme. This consists of approx. 6 days development over the course of a few months focusing on the role of the PI as a leader and manager and their responsibilities under The Concordat.
It is designed for PIs early into their role managing a team. Participants are nominated by their Faculty, therefore, if you are interested please have an initial conversation with your Faculty Research Manager. For more information about the programme go to the Learning Management System.
Career Management for Research Colleagues training
The framework helps to identify future career aspirations at an early stage, and highlights areas to concentrate on for further development.
We work with our researchers to increase likelihood of success on their chosen pathways, which could be:
- Academic (either Teaching & Research, or Teaching and Scholarship)
- Fellow
- Associate
- Alternative Career
The Career Management for Research Collegues (internal access only) is available to all our research colleagues.
Postgraduate Researchers
A research degree can provide a route into an academic career. It can open opportunities in commercial research and development, consultancy, or lead to your own business.
As one of our postgraduate researchers you have the chance to develop skills that could lead to:
- an academic career
- commercial research and development
- consultancy
- your own business
Develop your employability by gaining specific skills like project management and analysis, or work on projects with industrial partners.
With our help and support, we enable our postgraduates to generate ideas, foster networks and develop new projects.
Personal Development
We provide a dedicated team to deliver support and resources required by researchers to help them excel in their research, and facilitate their personal and professional growth.
Our Organisational Development Unit supports a wide variety of workshops from personal development, leadership courses and how to use IT programmes.
Comprehensive in-house research training opportunities include:
Mentoring Opportunities
This initiative gives our colleagues the chance to act as voluntary mentors, to gain and give some informal career development.
Many of our research staff have benefitted from at least one day over the past 12 months participating in coaching and/or mentoring activities as part of NU Mentoring.
Clinical Academic Career Path
Posts that offer the structure and support academics need to develop their clinical research skills and a postdoctoral research career.
Newcastle University works in partnership with Health Education England North East to offer a variety of posts that can offer medical and dental trainees a clear clinical academic career pathway with the highest quality training, supervision and support. Our partnership allows us to deliver a balance between research and clinical training that is tailored to an individual’s needs.
Posts on offer:
- Academic Foundation Programme
- Academic Clinical Fellowships
- NIHR Clinical Lectureship Programme