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Online Shorts

Practical, engaging and interactive workshops equivalent to our 1-day in person training programmes – ideal for those who want the benefit of working with our knowledgeable and engaging trainers in a live workshop environment, without the time commitment of travelling.

OUR PROGRAMMES

We have a fantastic array of expert trainers we call upon to deliver the courses listed below.  We are always updating our portfolio as new content is developed so speak to us about what we have coming up as well as any of the courses listed here.  Each course is delivered in bite-sized, interactive sessions to maintain engagement levels and allow time for participants to try out their learning and apply it to their own work or situation.  Some courses utilise out eLearning platform to take learners through their journey – more details below.

PROGRESSING YOUR RESEARCH IN CHALLENGING TIMES

Learn tools for innovating within constraints, explore how to deal with uncertainty, develop your productivity and maintain momentum in your research during challenging times.

WHAT NEXT? CAREER PLANNING FOR RESEARCHERS

Develop long term self-management skills for future career progressions, consider the current job market and keep up to date with relevant labour market intelligence to support career progression.

TIME & PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR YOUR PHD

Learn tools that can be applied specifically to the challenge of completing a high-quality PhD thesis on time with minimal stress and anxiety and feel more confident and focused on your goals.

STORYTELLING FOR RESEARCHERS

Kick start your story-confidence, dive into the world of modern storytelling in science and research, learning some useful hacks for video making, podcast creation and article writing.

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR RESEARCHERS

Discover how to use social media to foster meaningful interactions and share your work; focusing on the main social media channels we’ll look at how to create short, sharp, sharable messages.

A GUIDE TO VIRTUAL NETWORKING

Learn how to promote yourself online with a systematic approach to virtual networking – make connections to expand your network and interact with your connections and find opportunities.

ONLINE TOOLS FOR IMPACT

Many traditional impact activities such as workshops, policy clinics, knowledge exchange, dissemination events have moved online – find out about and test a range of tools to embrace this change.

THE INNOVATIVE RESEARCHER

Introduce innovation habits into the way you work, learn core creativity techniques to think freely, spot possibilities and explore new tools and exciting new strategic and creative research directions.

ENTERPRISE FOR RESEARCHERS

Learn how to develop an enterprising and entrepreneurial mind-set.  Explore growing and using your network, identify industry-centric opportunities and find out how to effectively articulate your value.

GET STARTED WITH INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION

Learn how to be open to opportunity for interdisciplinary collaboration and the key skills required to identify and approach potential collaborators and develop productive relationships.

COMMUNICATE WITH IMPACT

‘Connect the dots’ between effective communication, successful funding applications, societal impact and career success. Gain an impactful communications toolset for your research that you can use to improve your communication strategy.

IMPACT THROUGH ENGAGEMENT

Maximise the chances of your work fostering real, long-lasting change through meaningful interactions with diverse audience and demonstrate the value of these interactions.

  • You guys were great! I had a really good understanding of all the concepts through the virtual workshops!

    Participant - Progressing your Research in Challenging Times

  • I personally think it is a PERFECT fit for training PhD researchers; very well-tailored!

    Participant - Time Management in your PhD

  • I found this programme great for thinking about my future career. It also gave me ideas about how to explain my project.

    Participant - What Next? Career Planning for Researchers

  • These sessions were really excellent and the trainer communicates so clearly and is really engaging. Kept my attention throughout!!

    Participant - Social Media for Researchers

DELIVERY STRUCTURE

Work with us to design the delivery strategy that suits your learners.  We recommend the content is delivered in 2-3 bite-sized interactive sessions  over a day, week or longer.  We find this maintains engagement levels and allows participants time between sessions to apply their learning to their own work.  Some courses utilise our eLearning platform, which allows multimedia content to prepare learners for the live sessions, complete any pre-study and visit in between sessions to work on application tasks.

Self-Study Lessons

Some courses include multimedia content covering key concepts, frameworks and principles. Learners are encouraged to review materials prior to the workshop and can access anytime during the programme.

Virtual Workshops

Interactive zoom-based workshops that help learners activate the tools/skills with their peers. We apply a range of tools to support group work and collaboration, including online breakout rooms, virtual whiteboards and a digital collaborative spaces.

Application & Feedback

Each programme includes application activities that encourage the participant to apply their learning to their situation. Some of the activities are submitted for review by the trainer.

Clients & Partners

University of Oxford CDT 
 
 
 
Edinburgh Centre for Robotics Heriot Watt University CDT 
 
University of Liverpool
King's College London University of London DTC 

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    Alison Gee, Enterprise Development Manager: Launch.Ed, Edinburgh Research & Innovation at University of Edinburgh

  • We employed Skillfluence to develop a series of training programs tailored towards science graduates. The facilitators were highly professional, easy to work with and they listened and responded to our specific training needs with excellent suggestions and a bespoke program. The workshops delivered our training goals and got excellent participant feedback. We are very happy with Skillfluence and will be using them again in the future.

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  • Alison presented the communication skills and career workshop at the European Congress of Biotechnology as initiated by the Young European Biotech Network. It was a pleasure to collaborate with Alison. Her presentation was well designed and contained many important advises for young scientists. She did a fantastic job in encouraging the attendants to get out of their seats and practice their communication skills during the presentation.

    Dr Robert Schwamborn, Chairman of the Young European Biotechnology Network

  • “This is my first time to learn about job interviews and Ph.D experience, especially UK job description which is new for me. Therefore, I learned significant details and technique from this workshop and found out it’s very useful for my future.”

    Napisa Patthara Prachayaku, University of Glasgow Biotechnology Masters Student