Researcher Development
University of Nottingham Malaysia (UNM) prides itself in nurturing and supporting researchers that deliver research that transform lives and shape the future. UNM Graduate School offers a number of opportunities to enhance your personal and professional development. We are proud of our role in supporting the University of Nottingham's visionary Research Strategy and are committed to promoting research excellence, world-leading achievement and knowledge discovery.
All training and development courses by UNM Graduate School is mapped against Vitae's Researcher Development Framework (RDF). These courses are free to our academic members of staff, particularly our early career researchers community.
| Vitae is the UK organisation championing the personal, professional and career development of doctoral researchers and research staff in higher education. |
The RDF describes the knowledge, behaviour and attributes of successful researchers. The RDF is made up of 63 descriptors, structured into four domains and twelve sub-domains. The RDF helps researchers to:
- explore all the aspects of being a researcher
- identify their strengths
- prioritise areas for professional development
- write a plan, then monitor progress and success have productive discussions with others, e.g. supervisors, priciple investigators, careers advisors or other professional development providers
- look for formal and informal development opportunities
- prepare for one-to-one progress reviews, appraisals or career development conversations with supervisors, research managers or mentors
Kindly click on the domains below to uncover the list of courses on offer:
- Doing Research in or with External Organisation
- Research Impact on Policy
- Commercialising Your Research
- Effective Public Speaking
- Journal Editorial
- Making an Compelling Scientific Argument & Presentation
- Ethics in Publishing
- Boosting the Impact & Citation of Your Research Portfolio
- Word Vs. LaTeX: Which One is the Best to Write Your Journal Paper
- How to Publish in High Quality Journals
- Mentoring: An Introduction
- How to Coach Others
- Interdisciplinary Research
- Research Leadership: How to be a World Class Researcher
- How to be an Effective Mentor
- How to be an International Researcher
- Networking: Creating a Credible Personal Impact
- How to Map Your Research Career?
- Research Methodologies: Theories & Practical
- Knowledge Exchange and Impact – An Introduction
- SPSS for Researchers
- Constructing Your Arguments – An Essential Skill
- Effective Peer Review for Research Grant Proposal
- Funding Opportunities in Malaysia
- Grant Writing Series
- Hints and Tips for Preparing Competitive Research Proposal
- Preparing a Competitive Grant Application
- Writing Compelling Title and Executive Summary for Governmental Research Grants
- Costing Research Grants
- Panel Discussion on Preparing Competitive Research Proposal
- Research Grant Management
- Research Ethics: Good Practices in Science & Engineering
- Research Ethics: Good Practices in Social Sciences
- Authorship Vs. Acknowledgement Demystified
- Professional Skills for Early Career Researchers Leaders
- MyRA: You are Important!
- Understanding Contract and Agreement
- Resolving Copyright Challenges in Your Research
- Dealing with Intellectual Property (IP) in Your Research
- Research Integrity for Social Sciences
- Research Integrity for Science and Engineering
- Well Being – Balancing Work and Life
- Introduction to Resilience and Wellbeing at Work
- Supervisory Research Series
- Research Time Management
- Personal Development Plans, KPI’s and WLP for Line Managers
- Supporting Your Personal Career Development as an Academician for Early Career Researcher
- Enhancing Your Personal Research Reputation using ORCID iD
- Mentoring
- Managing Individual Performance
- Networking with Industrial CEOs
- Professional Networking for Researchers
Kindly sign up for the above-mentioned courses by logging into Moodle using your university credentials.