Staff and PhD workshops and events

Online workshops

Workshops are now being delivered online through Minerva Collaborate, rather than in person, due to the coronavirus.

View and book available workshops

For Open Lunch events please book via Eventbrite.

For Endnote sessions please book via Skills@Library

Workshops and webinars

Our full range of courses is listed below. Courses are announced on research mailing lists and Twitter @OpenResLeeds as they become available.

Open Research and research visibility

Open Research includes open access to a broad range of research outputs, from journal articles and their underlying data, to protocols, results (including negative results), software and tools. Open Research enables collaboration, improves transparency and reproducibility of research and underpins research integrity.

Our courses on open research and research visibility include:

Increase your research visibility: for PGRs (1.5 hours). Suitable for postgraduate researchers. A recording of Increase your research visibility: for PGRs is available on YouTube
Increase your research visibility: for research staff (1.5 hours). Suitable for research staff. A recording of Increase your research visibility: for staff is available on YouTube
How practicing Open Research can benefit you (1.5 hours). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and research staff. A recording of How practicing Open Research can benefit you is available on YouTube
Introduction to bibliometrics(1.5 hours). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and research staff. A recording of Introduction to bibliometrics is available on YouTube
Analysing research outputs with SciVal (1.5) suitable for research staff. A recording of Analysing research outputs with SciVal is available on YouTube
Publishing your PhD as a monograph (45 minutes). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and research staff.
Where to Publish for PGRs (1.5 hours). Suitable for postgraduate researchers. A recording of Where to Publish for PGRs is available on YouTube
Where to Publish for staff (1.5 hours). Suitable for research staff. A recording of Where to Publish for staff is available on YouTube
Preparing for Plan S (45 minutes). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and research staff. A recording of Preparing for Plan S is available on YouTube

Research data management

Research data forms an important part of the scholarly record. Storing, organising and documenting your materials will help keep them safe, save you time in the long run and reduce the risk of data loss. The University – alongside many funders and journal publishers – requires that research data is shared wherever possible. Sharing data does not equate to "open" access to data in every case. Some data may be confidential, sensitive, or subject to a non-disclosure agreement.

Our courses on research data management include:

Data management essentials (1.5 hours). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and research staff. A recording of Data management essentials is available on YouTube
Safeguarding sensitive data: for your research degree (2.5 hours). Suitable for postgraduate researchers.
Safeguarding sensitive data: for research staff (2.5 hours). Suitable for research staff. A recording of Safeguarding sensitive data: for research staff is available on YouTube

Finding information

Our workshops on finding information introduce you to some the key tools and techniques to help you carry out comprehensive literature searches:

Literature searching for your research project (2 hours). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and research staff. A recording of a literature searching webinar is available on YouTube.
Literature searching for your research project (Medicine and Health). A recording of a literature searching webinar (Medicine and Health) is available on YouTube

Reference management

Have you ever spent hours toiling over your reference lists? If the answer is "yes", join our webinar to find out more about using EndNote to manage your references:

EndNote training webinar (1 hour). Suitable for anyone who wants to learn the basics of EndNote. Please book via the training catalogue. A recording of the EndNote training webinar is available on YouTube.

Writing

If you get distracted easily, find that you are a professional procrastinator, or struggle to focus in your office environment, Shut Up and Write sessions provide a quiet, supportive space to get down to work:

Shut up and write (3 hours). Suitable for postgraduate researchers and research staff.

See the Library blog for resources for running your own Shut Up and Write session.

Training on request

If you or researchers within your School have specific needs, or cannot attend one of our workshops, contact us and we will try to arrange a session for your group.

University-wide workshops

Training is also available from other University departments.