Researcher Development Activities

Skills for the Future: Supporting Researcher Student Professional Development at VCB through the Student Services and Amenities fee (SSAF)

Over the past few months, Research Services has been organising a series of professional development workshops specifically targeted at research students including honors students. These workshops are listed below. Spend some time browsing and get to know what is on offer for you!

The VCB Researcher Development Program aims to provide you with different workshops to support your career development during your scholarship at VCB.

Research Services courses which focus on development of transferable skills such as strategic thinking, communication and writing.

Please note that these different workshops, which are free for all VCB HDRs, are made possible from your SSAF contributions. The main themes of the activities include:

1. Become a strategic researcher: Developing your Research Identity, Contextualising your Research, Managing the Politics and Ethics of Research, and Doing Research that is Convincing and has Impact.
2. Become a healthy, prolific, and creative writer: Staying Well during your PhD, Turbocharge your Writing, Cognitive Behavioural Coaching (CBC) for High Performers, and Creative Tools you can use in your Research
3. Become a convincing communicator for maximum research engagement and impact: Telling Research Stories, Creating Communication Networks

Please contact hdrprojects@ should you have any question(s).

Note all workshops can be counted towards the New England Award

Upcoming workshops