Staff and PGR workshops and events

Research visibility is how easily others can find and access your work. The aim of increasing visibility is to ensure that you and wider society get maximum value from your high-quality research. Our live workshop showcases a range of strategies to better develop your research profile:

• Research visibility: Making the most of Symplectic, Scopus and ORCID (1 hour). Suitable for staff.

Book upcoming research visibility workshops.

Recordings of past research visibility sessions

Watch recordings of past sessions on YouTube:

• Increasing your research visibility for PGRs (20 minutes). Suitable for postgraduate researchers.
• Research Profile Bootcamp video resources (6.5 hours). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and staff.
• Exploring author profiles in Scopus: Understanding the impact of your publications (1 hour). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and staff.
• Analysing sources in Scopus and Web of Science: Using bibliometric indicators to decide where to publish (1 hour). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and staff.

Open research refers to making all aspects of the research cycle accessible. The practice enables collaboration, improves transparency and reproducibility of research and underpins research integrity. Our workshop focuses on the benefits of practicing open research for researchers:

• How practising open research can benefit you (1.5 hours). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and staff.

We also run a variety of open research events, which are open to anyone who is interested in the subject. This includes the Open Lunch event programme, which showcases the work of practitioners of open research across the University of Leeds and beyond.

Book upcoming open research workshops and events.

Recordings of past open research sessions

Watch recordings of past sessions on YouTube:

• How practising open research can benefit you (1.5 hours). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and staff.
• Previous Open Lunch events.

Research data is any information that has been collected, observed, generated or created to validate original research findings. Storing, organising and documenting your materials will help keep them safe, save you time and reduce the risk of data loss.

The University – alongside many funders and journal publishers – requires that research data is shared wherever possible. Some data may be confidential, sensitive or subject to a non-disclosure agreement. Join our research data management course to find out more:

• Research data management essentials (1.5 hours). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and staff.

Book upcoming research data management workshops.

Recordings of past research data management sessions

Watch recordings of past sessions on YouTube:

• Research data management essentials (1.5 hours). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and staff.
• Safeguarding confidential, sensitive and restricted data (2.5 hours). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and staff.

Literature searching helps to build knowledge of a topic, identify research gaps, avoid duplicating effort, support decision-making, and stay up to date with research advances. Our workshops on finding research material introduce you to some key tools and techniques to help you carry out comprehensive literature searches:

• Literature searching for your research project – general (2 hours x 2 sessions). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and staff.
• Literature searching for your research project – medicine and health (2 hours x 2 sessions). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and staff.
• Using artificial intelligence for literature reviews (1.5 hours). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and staff.
• Google and Google Scholar: Searching for your research (1 hour). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and staff.

Book upcoming finding research material workshops.

Recordings of past finding research material sessions

Watch recordings of past sessions on YouTube:

• Literature searching for your research project – general, session 1 (1.5 hours). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and staff.
• Literature searching for your research project – general, session 2 (1.5 hours). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and staff.
• Literature searching for your research project – medicine and health, session 1 (2 hours). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and staff.
• Literature searching for your research project – medicine and health, session 2 (2 hours). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and staff.
• Google and Google Scholar: Searching for your research (1 hour). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and staff.

Referencing is an important part of academic work. It puts your work in context, demonstrates the breadth and depth of your research, and acknowledges other people’s contributions. Join our webinar to find out more about using EndNote to manage your references:

• Getting started with EndNote (1 hour). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and staff.

Book upcoming reference management workshops.

Recorded reference management resources

Watch recordings on YouTube:

• EndNote 21 video guides (1 hour). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and staff.

Wondering how to go about getting your research findings published? Are you unfamiliar with the academic publications process? These workshops will provide practical advice about the steps you need to take when preparing and submitting parts of your research project for publication:

• Publishing your PhD or research as a book (1.5 hours). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and staff.
• Publishing your PhD or research as a series of research articles (1.5 hours). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and staff.

Recordings of past publishing research sessions

Watch recordings of past sessions on YouTube:

• Where to publish for postgraduate researchers (1 hour). Suitable for postgraduate researchers.
• Where to publish for research staff (1 hour). Suitable for staff.