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Making a good impression in an interview, or summoning the courage to talk to a senior colleague at a research conference, can be a difficult and daunting prospect. Charlesworth Knowledge training courses can help: we can enable you to overcome the nerves that come naturally when you suddenly find yourself in these situations, and teach you some tricks and tips to help ensure you make the best possible first impression on colleagues.

Don’t just roll the dice. One of the most important skills you can learn as an early-career researcher is how to give an effective research talk, lecture, or presentation in front of an audience. Sign up for our next webinars on Tuesday 30^th July! 

Did you know that less than ten percent of PhD students currently enrolled in the UK go on to work in academia after graduation? 

This webinar will help you to think about your team working skills. What team skills do employers want? How can you acquire and improve your skills? How can you demonstrate your skills?

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Effective collaboration is quintessential to the research process. Through Module 1, we discuss how effective collaboration helps you gain better opportunities, insights and experience; how it furthers your perspective; how it helps popularise your work and how it can help with getting funds for your research. Tune in to our bitesize webinar to learn more.

It's important to build and stay in contact with your network in order to develop a great working relationship. This module talks about exactly why we need to network and provides insight on ways to make our network grow. Tune in to our bitesize webinar to learn more.

Module 3 talks about how to manage colleagues without taking yourself away from your own research. It discusses about defining roles on a research team, how you can promote effective communication in your group, and manage any conflict.  It'll also guide you on taking a team through the research process. Tune in to our bitesize webinar to learn more.

Module 4 is about the skills that you need to present and promote your research. It takes you through some important interpersonal skills that help with making the right impact on your audience. Tune in to our bitesize webinar to learn more.

It is no secret that academia has become a more and more challenging career choice and the academic sector is far from the secure employer it was for some decades ago. Careers are shortening, competition over positions is intensifying, and the number of researchers who never appear as the first author of a publication is on the rise, according to a paper written by Milojević, Radicchi, and Walsh (2018). Whether you decide to play the game of academia or are on the lookout for a non-university job, you are facing the challenge of learning to package and market your skills and make some well-planned choices.

When you begin your research career, there are many challenges that face you. Balancing all aspects of your new role can be overwhelming. But there are also many supports that exist to help you be successful. Knowing what supports to look for and where to find them is key.

The few years you spend working on your PhD are an excellent opportunity for personal development and for cultivating additional skills beyond the PhD. In fact, you are probably already picking up new skills that you aren’t even aware of, but which will be extremely valuable for both your PhD and your future career.

This article discusses several ways – macro and micro – in which you can develop successful researcher writing habits.

The demands of a PhD can often feel overwhelming, and it is not uncommon to hear of doctoral students being stressed and overworked.

If you are thinking or starting a PhD, you probably have the intellectual acumen and academic skills needed for advanced study – but intelligence isn’t everything. In this article, we’ll discuss the additional soft skills and qualities needed for PhD success.

The image of a PhD student can be someone working in a narrow field, gaining knowledge and learning techniques with limited application. But this isn’t true. As specific as your research questions may be, you are inevitably developing skills which are valued in the workplace, in or out of academia. And your time at university offers opportunities to gain additional experience and skills.

It has become more important than ever to work with colleagues from adjacent, and sometimes, completely different fields to tackle pressing issues. In this article, we discuss how to approach working in this way and also the skills (especially soft skills) needed to extract the most value from inter- and multidisciplinary research collaborations.

Perhaps one of the most accessible forms of academic publication, a book review can be written by researchers at any stage of their career. This article explains the process of initiating and writing a book review. At the end, it also provides a couple of examples of good book reviews.

It can be extremely fruitful and enlightening to collaborate with researchers from across the globe to hear different points of view, and get the most out of a project. This article discusses the reasons for collaborating on a research project as well as the best practices for a successfull research collaboration.

It is extremely important that you set realistic expectations and standards with your supervisor/advisor/principal investigator (PI). Here are some things to consider for cultivating a healthy and productive working relationship with your supervisor/PI.

Many scientists engage with the public while they are still immersed in their research. However, if you are thinking of becoming a full-time communicator, you’ll need to know a few things to get started.