The Faculty Concordat team is developing a series of once-a-month sessions to support our Postdocs and Early Career Staff. If you have suggestions for areas you would like to see covered, please get in touch with Prof Nuria Garcia-Araez (n.garcia-araez@soton.ac.uk) who is coordinating efforts from Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.
Online training in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion called Equality and Diversity Essentials is compulsory for all our staff and needs to be refreshed every four years.
If you areÌýinvolved in any personnel recruitment for a post that is based in Chemistry & Chemical Engineering (including Research Fellows and PGRs) you must also take the Managing Diversity online training course prior to undertaking interviews.
All modules can be accessed through . When you first access the course, you will have to enrol by clicking on the '+ Enrol' button on the left. You must do this for your progress to be saved. You are free to log on as often as you like, and the courses can be completed in chunks - each section takes no more than 25 minutes.
The University also offers a LinkedIn Learning service which is a library of high-quality video tutorials on a wide range of software and business topics. LinkedIn LearningÌýhas over 5,000 courses and has its own dedicated .
We offer all postdoctoral staff opportunities to teach subject to the conditions of their contract and funding body. If you have a particular area you would like to build your teaching experience discuss this with your supervisor and contact the head of teaching.
Training is provided at various times throughout the year for small group teaching and laboratory demonstrating in the undergraduate labs and also through the professional development unit which can accessed through Staffbook.
Staffbook provides a central for professional development courses run by the University. The training ranges from research student supervision and management, maximising contribution, increasing your impact and teaching skills development. The sessions provided change regularly so check back regularly.
In addition to these a number of other training opportunities are available and these are generally advertised via email so please keep an eye out for these. In recent years, Chemistry and Research Innovation Services (RIS) have run mock panels for the research councils to give exposure to successful and unsuccessful proposals and an idea of how the assessment process works.
'Beyond the Doctorate'Ìýis the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ’s Careers and Employability programme for postgraduate and early career researchers. The programme includes workshops, events and resources, and it can be accessed via . You can also book 1:1 career consultations, also through MyCareer, to receive advice tailored to your needs from qualified career guidance professionals in topics such as career planning and progression, CV support, interview strategy, job hunting and LinkedIn.
is a new early career cohort-based development programme from the Centre for Higher Education Practice (CHEP) for research active staff at levels 4 and 5. It consists of four in-person sessions, and it includes two hours of training.