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As researchers at SGUL you have access to a wide range of training opportunities.  Here we attempt to link to many of them – a mix of courses, sessions or online tools - to help you make the most of your time and energy.  The list is not exhaustive, and please be confident that we want to support your development.  Any queries about courses (or how to get funding) please speak to your line manager, Research Institute Manager (RIM), HR or the contacts in the links below.  Also look out for emails about training opportunities as they arise. Any thoughts on what we are missing, please do let us know.

Good Luck!

Your HREiRA Team.

HR Excellence in Research (sgul.ac.uk)

Getting Started

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Just starting?

Check out this helpful resource summarizing how to find information and support at SGUL –

 How to Arrive and Thrive at St George's

General Staff Training

https://www.sgul.ac.uk/about/our-professional-services/staff-development

contact – Rebecca Henry-Litteck, Learning and Organisational Development Manager
rhenry-l@sgul.ac.uk.  Or apply through MyWorkplace on your desktop.

Includes:

Recruitment and Selection – if you’re hiring you’ll need this training.

Inclusive Practice  – especially useful if you’re hiring, applying for studentships, or working on REF

Personal Development Reviews (PDRS) https://www.sgul.ac.uk/about/our-professional-services/staff-development/personal-reviews – training for reviewees and reviewers (professional services managers and academic managers) preparing for annual PDRs in January-March

Mental Health and wellbeing

Research Degree Supervison - Supervising PhD student training,  mandatory if you are supervising, and required to apply for MRC-LID or SGUL PhD studentship funds.  

Management and leadership training - https://www.sgul.ac.uk/about/our-professional-services/staff-development/leadership-and-management including customised programmes for different staff groups.

The Aurora programme – leadership training for women.  Highly recommended.  Limited number of funded places each year.

Coaching and mentoring – at SGUL or beyond.

Mandatory Training for Researchers

All staff at St George's, University of London are required to complete a number of mandatory online training modules. This training aims to help you gain an understanding of the laws, rules and policies that apply to your official and day-to-day duties at St George’s.  It is required to be done prior to your PDR each year.

Staff can access MyTraining (link below) either through the Learning tab within MyWorkplace or by visiting  https://mytraining.sgul.ac.uk and entering their usual St George’s username and password. After logging in, staff will be presented with a list of available online mandatory training courses they will need to complete. After a course has been completed in MyTraining, automatic reminders will be sent to staff by email when the course is set to expire and should be re-taken. 

https://www.sgul.ac.uk/about/our-professional-services/staff-development/mandatory-training

 

Required for SGUL’s CyberSecurity+ accreditation -

  • Data Protection
  • Information Security Essentials
  • Introduction to Digital Accessibility

Required for our Athena Swan and Management good practice

  • Diversity in the Workplace
  • Lets talk about race in the workplace
  • Prevent Duty

Health and Safety requirements 

  • Fire Safety 
  • General Health, Safety and Environmental Awareness 
  • Display Screen Equipment (DSE) eLearning 
  • DSE Risk Assessment  
  • Home DSE Risk Assessment
  • Personal Safety 
  • Manual Handling 
  • Stress Management 
Introduction for Researchers Programme

Held annually, designed for new researchers to SGUL, but also open to all staff who want to refresh.  This is in addition to the HR induction for all staff. 

Programme – 2 mornings per year, approximately October.  No need to book, just turn up.  Look out for the email advertisements through your RIMs.

Day 1

Welcome from DVP

HR – leave, training, PDR

JRES – horizon scanning, pre-grant, post-grant

Research Operations – lab, admin, facilities

Teaching qualifications

Day 2

Research Culture – EDI, HREIRA, DORA

REF – what, how, why

Graduate school – DTP and studentships to apply for

Library – Open access

Public engagement

Safety – policies, training, info.

GAT

Making Things Happen

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Research Workshops Programme
Approximately every second Thursday at 1-2pm (sometimes longer), we will have a workshop held onsite covering a key component of research support delivered by our Professional Services teams.  Examples include – Managing a research budget in Agresso, AI in Research, Research Data Management, Open Access, Grant costing, Responsible Research Assessment (DORA).  If learning materials are available afterwards look out for messages from RIMs or and/or on this webpage.  Events are announced by RIMs and on the weekly seminar emails circulated by Angela Mason amason@sgul.ac.uk
IT Skills
LTA skills – how to use our teaching platforms

Learning Technology Services provides support and training to staff and students for several technologies used in teaching and learning at St George’s, such as Canvas and Panopto. They also evaluate new technologies and can advise on their application to teaching and learning. They offer training for academic staff, administrators and student year representatives on various aspects of using technology to support teaching and learning at St George’s.

Details of the training currently available and links to the booking form are given below : https://www.sgul.ac.uk/about/our-education-centres/centre-for-technology-in-education/learning-technology-services/learning-technology-services

Software Training 

Software Available (sgul.ac.uk)

Look out for emails/newsletter announcements of specific training, eg. Stata in April 2023

Technical Staff Training
SGUL through Research Operations have a membership with HEaTED. HEaTED is a leading organisation for Higher Education and Technician Educational Development, providing opportunities for the technical workforce to engage with CPD and training, as well as delivering networking events for all specialities, and helping with CV analysis and Interview Preparation for Technicians. They offer a range of courses, contact Priya Madhou  pmadhou@sgul.ac.uk or Dimitra Mantzorou dmantzor@sgul.ac.uk
GAT ResearchAware Research Skills and Methods series

Delivered by our GAT team, and particularly useful for clinicians and allied health professionals interested in research, but open to all.  Includes Research Data Management, Statistics, Ethics, Co-Production..

https://www.sgul.ac.uk/study/professional-education/st-georges-academic-training/researchaware-skills-methods

Library skills

Literature searching, referencing, systematic reviews and more…

https://www.sgul.ac.uk/about/our-professional-services/information-services/library/training

Publishing Open Access

It’s a requirement that your papers are published open access (which doesn’t always mean payment is necessary). You can access online guidance through our Open Access Publications page or by contacting openaccess@sgul.ac.uk.

Research Data Management

How to save, disseminate, anonymise and protect your data.  Also required for your grant applications.  Contact researchdata@sgul.ac.uk  or Sarah Stewart sstewart@sgul.ac.uk

https://www.sgul.ac.uk/about/our-professional-services/information-services/library/researchers/research-data-management

Also look out for bespoke training sessions advertised by email.

How to manage a research budget on Agresso

Budget Holder Reports guide (sgul.ac.uk)

Event June 1, J0.7, 1.00-3.00pm.  Look out for more future events advertised by email.

Agresso requisitioner training - Agresso Training (sgul.ac.uk)

Codes (sgul.ac.uk)

FRIS/Agresso (sgul.ac.uk)

Anti-Bribery

All staff who manage budgets need to complete the following modules on the BUFDG website -  Anti-fraud and Bribery e-learning’ modules.  You will need to sign up with your SGUL email and keep evidence you have completed the modules. BUFG can be found here. https://www.bufdg.ac.uk/learning/e-learning/

CIDE – Centre for Innovation and Development in Education

https://www.sgul.ac.uk/about/our-education-centres/centre-for-innovation-and-development-in-education

The Centre for Innovation and Development in Education (CIDE) supports educators at SGUL to demonstrate their commitment to and fulfilment of the Professional Standards Framework. It does this in two principal ways, both of which are accredited by AdvanceHE, the national body promoting excellence in higher education:

1)      PgCert in Healthcare and Biomedical Education. Successful completion confers Fellowship of Advance HE

2)      ‘SHINE’, a way to gain professional recognition as an Advance HE Associate Fellow, Fellow or Senior Fellow, through a written application assessed by a panel of internal reviewers

 

Higher education professionals who are engaged in teaching and the support of learning including supervision of projects and postgraduate research, whether as a large or small proportion of their time, should be able to demonstrate that their practice is aligned to the sector-wide ‘Professional Standards Framework’ (PSF). The Framework, updated in 2023, is structured around five Professional Values, five areas of Core Knowledge and five Areas of Activity. More information is available on the webpage.

PGCert is highly recommended for academic staff, and contributes to our TEF.  Consider contacting the CIDE team for other opportunities to improve your teaching too.

Inclusive Education Framework
Want to know more about SGUL offers?  See  Inclusive Education Framework (sgul.ac.uk)
Research Integrity and Ethics

All research that is not being reviewed by a nationally recognised Research Ethics Committee (eg: NHS REC), that is being conducted by St George’s University London students or staff (conducting research as part of their course or job) or research which involves St George’s University London students, staff, or data, will require a favourable opinion from the  St George’s Research Ethics Committee (SGREC) and governance approval by the Research Ethics and Integrity Officer, prior to commencing.

To find out more information on research integrity and ethics please go to our webpage below where you can find, FAQ's, guidance documents, templates and more.

https://www.sgul.ac.uk/research/research-ethics

Research using human tissue (HTA)

https://www.sgul.ac.uk/research/our-research-facilities/human-tissue-act

 

HTA Workshop

Date: Wednesday 21 February 2024

Time: 10:00 - 11:30

Location: Lecture Theatre A, View map

 

About the workshop:

This event is for those who currently research or planning to research using human tissues. This includes anything containing human cells such as whole blood, saliva, un-centrifuged urine, tissue sections and organs. During this workshop, we will outline HTA research guidance and standards as well as share examples of good practice.

To book onto this course please visit the Learning section of your MyWorkplace. Search "Human Tissue Act" and book onto to result that appears.

 

Contact details: 

Priya Madhou - Acting Associate Director of Research Operations

pmadhou@sgul.ac.uk

Working with Animals in Research

Research staff working with animals go through extensive training which is supported by the Biological Research Facility. Such work is ethically reviewed and carefully regulated. To find out more information please go to our webpage below:

Biological Research Facility (sgul.ac.uk)

Research using Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
Safety

https://www.sgul.ac.uk/about/our-professional-services/safety-health-and-environment

In addition to mandatory training –

First aid training

Fire marshals

Waste management

Lab inspections and more.  Check out the webpages.

ItemTracker

ItemTracker is sample masnagement software designed to log and track research samples, ensuring accurate records and easy retrieval.  Particularly helpful for ensuring compliance with the Human Tissue Act (HTA) regulation. See Laboratory services (sgul.ac.uk)

 

Getting Ahead

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Career Planning
How to write a grant application

SGUL has commissioned some external courses, look out for specific emails and sign up using MyWorkplace.
Additional 1-1 session are available too.  Online resources are here - https://parkerderrington.com/blog/

Some funders also provide training –

Eg. Essential Guide to Grant Applications (EGGA) 2023 masterclass Tickets, Wed 8 Mar 2023 at 09:10 | Eventbrite  so look out for these events in newsletters, etc.

How to find funding schemes? https://www.sgul.ac.uk/about/our-professional-services/joint-research-and-enterprise-services/research-funding/funding-opportunities

Academic Promotions workshop
Responsible Research Assessment

Also known as DORA or CoARA.  How to assess or advertise the quality of research in a CV, grant application, promotion application, etc.  Required for those writing research CVs and those reviewing them for promotion, hiring, reviewing.

https://www.sgul.ac.uk/research/research-environment/responsible-research-assessment

Contact: Sile Molloy smolloy@sgul.ac.uk

Enterprise and Knowledge Exchange

10-week programme specialising in Inventing and Innovating at St George’s. This session has been designed to help you gain new skills and knowledge in the field of Intellectual Property, so that you can develop your ideas.

https://www.sgul.ac.uk/about/our-professional-services/joint-research-and-enterprise-services/enterprise-innovation

The Graduate School Skills Training programme

These are skill sessions offered to our PhD and MD(Res) students, and some are recorded on Panopto.  If you want to attend or access these, contact Mark Bodman-Smith.

Topics include –

Managing a research project and networking in science

Career planning for Researchers

Oral presentation workshop

Publication ethics

Summarizing and presenting data

Public Engagement

The Public Engagement Team can offer a range of resources and support to help you get involved and develop your skills in public engagement with research: 

  • Annual Public Engagement training programme 
  • Self-directed Guide to Public Engagement on Canvas (see link below to self-enrol),

https://canvas.sgul.ac.uk/enroll/MY4KFY 

  • For upcoming training and funding opportunities please see the following pages:

https://www.sgul.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/public-engagement/Public-Engagement-Support-and-Training

 If you’d like to talk about your public engagement work further please contact: 

Carol Shiels (cshiels@sgul.ac.uk) - Lead for Public and Community Engagement 

 For Public and Patient Involvement advice and support please contact: 

Duncan Barron (dbarron@sgul.ac.uk) – PPI Lead 

The Common Framework Training programme

These are skill sessions offered to our post-graduate students including MRes, MSc.

The sessions are similar to the GSST but also include statistics, patient and public involvement, systematic reviews.  If you want to attend, contact Mat Paul.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology for research
Research computing skills

Programming, Linux, HPC, R, Python SQL.  We offer workshops and training.

Look out for the new Research IT Hub webpage coming, or contact Research IT Hub hub@sgul.ac.uk or Adam Witney awitney@sgul.ac.uk

There are many online tools available, examples include edX | Build new skills. Advance your career. | edX and Learn to Code - for Free | Codecademy

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