Training sessions are delivered via a virtual classroom, many on weekday evenings between 7pm-9pm, but with some additional daytime sessions.
The series is organised and administered by Dr Simon Watts (simon.d.watts@uea.ac.uk), PGR Training Coordinator for the Faculty of Social Sciences at UEA, who also teaches Modules 1 to 4. Module 5 is taught by Dr Kimberley Bartholomew from the School of Education at UEA.
The training has been organised into five modules, each focused on a specific area/topic. Students don’t have to attend a whole module, however, and are free to sign up to individual sessions. The modules and individual sessions for 2024/25 are as follows:
Module 1:
Academic Writing
(1) What Should a Literature Review Do?
(2) Writing Effectively
(3) Academic Publishing
(4) Writing & Structuring an
Effective Thesis
Module 2:
Qualitative Research Skills
(1) A Comparison of Qualitative Methods
(2) Qualitative Interviewing
(3) Analysing Qualitative Data
(4) Using NVivo for Qualitative Research
Module 3:
Finishing your PhD
(1) Preparing for your Viva
(2) Securing a First Academic Post
(3) Preparing Impactful Research Proposals & Grant Applications
(4) Conference Presentations
Module 4:
Teaching Skills
(1) Preparing & Delivering Seminars
(2) Preparing & Delivering Lectures
(3) Assessment, Feedback,
& Module Design
Module 5:
Quantitative Research Skills
(1) Quantitative Research: A Basic Guide
(2) An Introduction to Scale Development
(3) An Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling
Booking
The training series uses an automated booking system called ‘Bookwhen’. The landing page on this site provides information about how to book, waiting lists, the possible addition of extra sessions, how to access and set up the Electa-Live virtual classroom software, which is used to host the sessions, and how to cancel a booking should that become necessary.
Please visit the booking website and read all the information provided. If you have any problems, you want to ask a question, or there is anything you don’t understand, please feel free to e-mail simon.d.watts@uea.ac.uk and/or ssf.advancedtraining@uea.ac.uk and they will do their best to help.