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Future Innovators: Where is Innovation?

Posted on10 Jun 2021

Tagsbusiness skills, CDT, collaboration, DTP, Professional Training, researcher, Researcher Training, Skillfluence, soft skills, Transferable Skills

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Where is innovation? One of the first questions we ask participants on our Future Innovators programme is “What is innovation?”. As we...

Pathfinder Accelerator Launch

Posted on26 May 2021

Tagsbusiness skills, CDT, collaboration, DTP, Professional Training, researcher, Researcher Training, Skillfluence, soft skills, Transferable Skills

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We are absolutely delighted to announce our involvement in the relaunched Pathfinder Accelerator programme! Applications for the first cohort, beginning on 9th...

Connecting with Industry – Hearing from Learners.

Posted on01 Apr 2021

Tagsbusiness skills, CDT, collaboration, DTP, Professional Training, researcher, Researcher Training, Skillfluence, soft skills, Transferable Skills

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As discussed previously, Connecting with Industry is our flagship programme that aims to bridge the gap between industry and academia by teaching...

Connecting with Industry – Bridging the Gap

Posted on25 Mar 2021

Tagsbusiness skills, CDT, collaboration, DTP, Professional Training, researcher, Researcher Training, Skillfluence, soft skills, Transferable Skills

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In our previous blog, we looked at the origins of our Connecting with Industry programme and how has evolved in since its...

Connecting with Industry – The Story So Far

Posted on18 Mar 2021

Tagsbusiness skills, CDT, collaboration, DTP, Professional Training, researcher, Researcher Training, Skillfluence, soft skills, Transferable Skills

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Skillfluence was founded to bring industry-centric skills and training to researchers. Since day one, our training and support products have focused on...

Getting to know Skillfluence

Posted on23 Feb 2021

Tagsbusiness skills, CDT, collaboration, DTP, Professional Training, researcher, Researcher Training, Skillfluence, soft skills, Transferable Skills

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Getting to know Skillfluence In this week’s blog we hear from Alison Gray, founder and director of Skillfluence. Here, she tells us...

Who is Skillfluence?

Posted on04 Feb 2021

Tagsbusiness skills, CDT, collaboration, DTP, Professional Training, researcher, Researcher Training, Skillfluence, soft skills, Transferable Skills

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Hello, welcome to Skillfluence! Over the next few weeks, our blog is going to be reintroducing Skillfluence to the world. We want...

Are Virtual Conferences a Win for Exhibitors?

Posted on10 Sep 2020

Tagsbusiness skills, collaboration, Communication Skills, Interpersonal skills, leadership, presentation skills, Researcher Training, Skills Development, soft skills

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Are Virtual Conferences a Win for Exhibitors? The Skillfluence team have prepped their virtual booth for our first virtual conference – 4...

Adapting to the “new normal”

Posted on03 Jun 2020

Tagsbusiness skills, collaboration, Communication Skills, Interpersonal skills, leadership, presentation skills, Researcher Training, Skills Development, soft skills

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Adapting to the “new normal” As lockdown continues, we’re all coming to terms with what the “new normal” might involve in our...

Proven Process + Good People + Hard Work = Results

Posted on20 Aug 2019

Tagsbusiness skills, CDT, collaboration, Communication Skills, Interpersonal skills, leadership, presentation skills, Researcher Training, Skills Development, soft skills

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If you’ve ever organised a training programme for PhD students around a “non-core” topic like “working with industry”, you know how difficult...

5 Insights from our first “Blended” Programme

Posted on15 Aug 2019

Tagsbusiness skills, CDT, collaboration, Communication Skills, Interpersonal skills, leadership, presentation skills, Researcher Training, Skills Development, soft skills

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If you’ve ever organised a training programme for PhD students around a “non-core” topic like “working with industry”, you know how difficult...

Business Etiquette

Posted on20 Jul 2018

TagsBusiness Etiquette, communication, Interpersonal skills, soft skills

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“Civility costs nothing and buys everything.” — Mary Wortley Montagu. Why is Having Professional Business Etiquette Important? Business etiquette is a highly...

Are You Emotionally Intelligent?

Posted on08 Jun 2018

TagsCommunication Skills, Emotional Intelligence, Graduate, Skills Development, soft skills

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We recently conducted an Emotional Intelligence (E.I.) survey with 90 graduate students to evaluate if there is a gap in this soft...

20 Tips for Delivering a Successful Technical Presentation

Posted on21 Mar 2018

TagsCommunication Skills, Interpersonal skills, presentation skills, public speaking, Skills Development, soft skills

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You’ve been asked to give a presentation about your research at an upcoming conference. With only a couple weeks before the conference,...

Structuring a Winning Presentation

Posted on21 Mar 2018

TagsInterpersonal skills, productivity, Skills Development, soft skills, time management

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Choosing the right structure for your presentation, sometimes referred to as the “flow”, is critical to effectively achieving your desired result, whatever...