Knowledge base, cognitive abilities, and creativity
tools to conduct research
Sessions available on the Researcher Development Programme include:
- Strategic searching and Sage Research Methods resources
- Using Scopus effectively: getting the most out of your search
- In the Blink of an Eye: speed reading techniques and practice
- Evaluating and Synthesising your Literature
- EndNote Desktop for PGRs
- Literature Searching for a Systematic Review
- Conducting and Publishing a Systematic Review
- Introduction to Methods and Methodology for PGRs (series)
For full details of forthcoming sessions and to book, please go to the eDoc calendar.
- The Academic Achievement team have workshops, drop-ins and resources for all students, including PGRs. These cover maths and statistics, SPSS, NVivo, R, survey design, and academic writing. You can access their training calendar on the Academic Skills webpage.
Online resources related to knowledge base, cognitive abilities and creativity
Help with recruiting participants
As an LJMU PGR, you can advertise your study on Digital OU's Call for Participants service, to recruit for surveys, interviews or any other research studies:
1. Join the Doctoral Academy CFP group here
2. Create a Study Page (an advert for your research study)
3. Your Study Page is then visible to thousands of potential participants around the world who can self-select to take part in your research if they meet your requirements
4. You can also turn your Study Page into a recruitment poster, or link to it through emails and social media.
Personal qualities, self-management, professional and career development
Sessions available on the Researcher Development Programme include:
- Driving your Doctorate: training and development planning for new PGRs
- Getting the Best from your Supervisors
- Mindfulness Foundations: Managing Stress and Cultivating Wellbeing (4-week course)
- PGR Toolkit: Mental Health and Wellbeing Course (4-week course)
- Perfectionism and Procrastination
- Wednesday Writing Afternoons (hybrid)
- Non-residential Writing Retreat at Blackburne House, Liverpool
- Residential Writing Retreats and Thesis Boot Camps at Gladstone's Library, Wales
- Creating a CV with Impact for PGRs
- Job Interview Skills for PGRs: all you need to know to prepare yourself
For full details of forthcoming sessions and to book, please go to the eDoc calendar
Professional conduct, research management, finance, funding and resources
All PGRs need to complete the LJMU Research Ethics and Governance training, accessed through Canvas here.
Sessions available on the Researcher Development Programme include:
- Doctoral Academy Welcome and Orientation event for new PGRs
- Faculty Inductions for new PGRs
- eDoc: your online progression system
- Introduction to DMPOnline and Data Management for PGRs
- The Confirmation Process (on campus)
- Preparing for Submission and Assessment
- 7 Reasons You’ll Pass Your Viva
- The Good Viva (film, available through RDP Canvas site)
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for PGRs
- Using the Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding
For full details of forthcoming sessions and to book, please go to the eDoc calendar.
Online Resources
Working with others, communication and dissemination, engagement and impact
Sessions available on the Researcher Development Programme include:
- Presenting Yourself on Screen: media and public speaking skills for PGRs
- Punchy Presentations
- Social Media for PGRs
- Posters and Infographics
- Enhancing public speaking skills using improvisation techniques
- Research Cafes
- Journal Finders and Scopus for Publishing
- ORCiD for Research
- Open Access Publishing: what are your options?
- Publishing for PGRs
- Academic Writing for your Doctorate
- Bringing your Research to Life: planning for impact
- Using SciVal for Impact and Collaboration
- Tracking your Policy Reach with Overton
- PGR Teaching Opportunities with The Brilliant Club: information events
For full details of forthcoming sessions and to book, please refer to the eDoc calendar.
Other engagement resources and opportunities
