CADRE Workshop Programme 2024/25
CADRE offers a range of development and training workshops across the year. If you have any queries about this training - or if you have suggestions for sessions/themes you would like to see covered - please contact: CADRE@warwick.ac.uk
2024-2025 CADRE Workshop Programme
SIides for the 2024-25 programme are available below - more information will shared about the 2025-2026 programme will shared in due course!
| 15th October 2024 (10am - 2pm) |
Workshop 1: Induction and Welcome & M4C Intro A chance for new PGRs to meet one-another and hear from staff from across the university about services for PGRs. |
Location Wolfson Research Exchange, The Library |
| 22nd October 2024 (11am - 1pm) |
Workshop 2: PhD survival
This session will be led by Professor David Lambert, who will give you the inside track on getting through the next 3.5 years. Event Slides available hereLink opens in a new window
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Wolfson Research Exchange, The Library |
| 5th November 2024 (11am - 1pm) |
Workshop 3: Locating sources
Led by academic support librarians, archivists, and current academics who will share their expertise in terms of accessing and using primary source material. |
FAB 6.02 |
| 19th November 2024 (11am - 1pm) |
Workshop 4: Developing a critical voice and writing with confidence
This session will help you reflect on your own critical thinking. The facilitators will share their experiences of developing an 'academic voice' and of engaging with the secondary literature for their topic. |
S0.18 |
| 3rd December 2024 (11am - 1pm) |
Workshop 5: Impact
The word 'impact' is used a lot these days when discussing research outputs. This session addresses how to create, measure, and evaluate impact, and introduces attendees to ways in which they can get involved in engagement activities. |
S0.18 |
| 7th January 2025 (11am - 1pm) |
Workshop 6: Wellbeing, stress, work life balance
This session focuses on mental wellbeing for PGRs. It provides a space to identify issues PGRs face and to share tips on how to stay well across the period of the PhD. The session will be led by members of the university's Wellbeing team. |
Location
FAB 2.43
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| 21st January 2025 (11am - 1pm) |
Workshop 7: Getting Published
Hear from academics and journal editors about how to get published. |
FAB 5.49/5.50 English Hub |
| 4th February 2025 (11am - 1pm) |
Workshop 8: Completing your PhD
Hear about the process of completing your thesis: the last stages of writing up, submission, Viva, and corrections. |
Wolfson Research Exchange, The Library |
| 18th February 2025 (11am - 1pm) |
Workshop 9: Careers outside academia
Of course, academia isn't the only option after a PhD. This session provides guidance on moving into sectors outside the university and will include contributions from recently graduated Arts PGRs. |
Wolfson Research Exchange, The Library |
| 4th March 2025 (11am - 1pm) |
Workshop 10: How to get postdoctoral research funding
The question of 'what now?' can seem daunting, especially on the back of 3 or 4 years working on a thesis. This session provides guidance on finding post-doctoral research funding, both at Warwick and beyond, and guidance on writing a successful application. |
5.49/5.50 English Hub, FAB |
Other sources of training
- ITS training
- Academic Development Centre(particularly for PGRs who teach)
- Doctoral College Researcher DevelopmentLink opens in a new window
Your department may also offer seminars and workshops on similar topics to those covered by CADRE and Doctoral College Researcher Development Team - please ask your department for details of their specific provision.
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