Welcome Back to the IAS Event: News, Online Resources and Support for Postdocs at Warwick 20/21

With The IAS Team

This will be your opportunity to hear from the IAS Team about recent news and updates, including how our programmes and schemes will run this term.

Accolade and EUTOPIA-SIF Event: On Research Ethics and Ethical Approval

With Dr. John Pearson, Policy Officer Ethics & Research Integrity, Legal & Ethics Office, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)

Learning Outcomes

• Enhance your understanding of the ethical approval process
• Develop your ethics reflection capabilities including ethics foresight
• Build greater understanding of the ethics principles by applying them to a variety of case studies.

Using the Accolade Spring Programme to Support your Next Career Step

With Dr Sarah Penny, IAS Programme Manager

In this session you will be introduced to the Accolade Spring Programme for 21/22 and the academic careers and leadership development strands that the programme focuses on this term. You will be asked to reflect on and share your plans for professional development this academic term in small groups. We will explore Accolade resources and how you can use them to support your individual reflection and to generate evidence of competencies you develop throughout the year.

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this session, you will be able to:

• Find and access Accolade Programme and event information.
• Describe the value of the Accolade Programme
• Create your own record of evidence of your own professional learning
• Reflect on your development journey

Exchanges AMA

With Dr Gareth J Johnson, Managing Editor-in-Chief, Exchanges.

Everything you wanted to ask about scholar-led open access publishing and IAS' Exchanges journal but were afraid to ask.

‘What’s unique about Exchanges and why does it matter?’

‘Why does publishing take so long sometimes?’

‘What are the three best ways to really annoy an editor?’

In this interactive (relatively), inspirational (possibly) and interrogative (highly) session, Managing Editor-in-Chief, and scholarly publishing maven and lapsed iconoclast, Dr Gareth J Johnson, offers attendees a unique opportunity to probe his publishing expertise and knowledge.

Aimed at early career and established researchers, the 30-minute session will embrace an audience-guided structure. Bring your enquiring mind, burning concerns, or just a desire to learn more about the Exchanges journal.

To submit a question ahead of the session, please mail exchangesjournal@warwick.ac.uk, or simply ask it on the day. 

Accolade Working Group Meetings

With IAS Fellows

This is an opportunity to consolidate your learning within the Accolade programme in smaller groups; to connect with and support one another and collaborate through the exchange of knowledge, resources and experiences.

Each week, fellows, colleagues and external consultants who facilitate Accolade training will offer exercises and questions that you can work on in your groups. See WG Exercises Folder in the Files tab of the Accolade channel.

Where possible, we are offering Working Groups space, lunch and refreshments in the IAS so they can meet in person. See invitation for more details and email ECR@warwick.ac.uk to book.

Accolade Roundtable: Director Roles and Academic Administration Duties in Early Career Posts

With Dr Gioia Panzarella - Senior Teaching Fellow and Director of Student Experience in Global Sustainable Development; Dr David Coates - Teaching Fellow and Admissions Tutor in Theatre and Performance; chaired by Sarah Penny, IAS Programme Manager

Let’s talk admin! Directorships and Administrative posts often form a key part of an early career academic’s professional life. We will be joined by a panel of staff who will share their experiences of and ideas around academic administration roles. During this session we will be considering the potential opportunities and challenges that these departmental leadership roles can offer. This is a roundtable discussion shaped around your interests and you are invited to share any questions with the panel in advance via this FORM. Please add your questions by Tues 25^th Jan. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions during the session too.

Learning Outcomes:

• Gain insight from current staff and IAS Alumni on directorship and administrative roles they have undertaken as an early career academic

The majority of the session will be shaped around the dilemmas and questions you put forward, but indicative topics that may be covered include:

• Advice on the research-teaching-admin-life balance
• how to maximise opportunities to further develop your academic career

Accolade Seminar: Understanding University Governance

Chair: Katharine Gray, Head of Governance, University of Warwick

Accolade & EUTOPIA- SIF Workshop: European Funding

With Johanna Brookman, CYU- ESSEC R & I funding adviser and Tanja Vertelj, NCP for Widening and spreading excellence, Slovenia

This workshop is in 2 parts; 'Presentation of Horizon EUROPE programme' & 'Collaboration opportunities with widening countries'

Learning outcomes:

• Gain a deeper understanding on funding opportunities in the 9^th European Research and innovation framework programme Horizon Europe.
• Discover opportunities within the Widening programme

Accolade & EUTOPIA-SIF Event: MSCA-IF - Application Workshop

With Dr Kevin Purdy, Director of Education, Associate Professor (Reader in Microbial Ecology), School of Life Sciences and Dr Elisabetta Nadalutti, Honorary Research Fellow, IAS

Learning Outcomes:

• Gain insight and advice on the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship application process
• Learn what evaluators are looking for
• Consider the steps you should be taking and when to write a successful application.

Accolade Working Group Meetings

With IAS Fellows

This is an opportunity to consolidate your learning within the Accolade programme in smaller groups; to connect with and support one another and collaborate through the exchange of knowledge, resources and experiences.

Each week, fellows, colleagues and external consultants who facilitate Accolade training will offer exercises and questions that you can work on in your groups. See WG Exercises Folder in the Files tab of the Accolade channel.

Where possible, we are offering Working Groups space, lunch and refreshments in the IAS so they can meet in person. See invitation for more details and email ECR@warwick.ac.uk to book.

Accolade Workshop: Communication and Influencing

With Athena Professional

In this interactive session we will explore the skills needed to works with others effectively, with particular emphasis on communication and influencing skills.

How can we ensure that we play our part in making positive communication possible? And how can we “manage up” without annoying or competing with others? In this interactive session we will work through some communication challenges and consider some strategies for playing our part effectively. There is no “fairy dust” or magic formula for making working relationships a success, especially during a pandemic crisis. We can, however, learn ways to self-manage which can help, and at the very least enable us to do our best.

At the end of this session participants will have:

• Reflected on their evidence-based approach to career development
• Discussed the importance of rapport in human relationships and identified ways to establish and build rapport with colleagues
• Explored strategies for influencing colleagues and “managing up” when appropriate

Accolade Workshop: Feedback and Facilitation as a Supervisor

With Athena Professional & Prof. Alison Cooley, Dept. of Classics & Ancient History, Dr. Abdullah Sahin, Reader in Islamic Education, Department of Education Studies & Prof. Elizabeth Wellington, School of Life Sciences

In this session we will consider how to do something which most people find really difficult; giving feedback. Whether feedback is positive or challenging, what are the things that make it more likely to be well-received by your students? How do you actually say what needs to be said? And how do you sustain the supervisor-supervisee relationship once feedback has been delivered?

We will also discuss when and how to be facilitative. Is it always the right approach?

At the end of this session participants will have:

• Discussed why feedback matters
• Demonstrated use of a feedback model to:
  • Endorse positive behaviour
  • Challenge behaviour
• Considered when a facilitative approach is appropriate
• Identified what a facilitative approach looks like

Accolade & EUTOPIA-SIF Event: On Grant Writing & Finance

With Dr John Burden, IAS Research Strategy and Programme Manager

TBC

Accolade Working Group Meetings

With IAS Fellows

This is an opportunity to consolidate your learning within the Accolade programme in smaller groups; to connect with and support one another and collaborate through the exchange of knowledge, resources and experiences.

Each week, fellows, colleagues and external consultants who facilitate Accolade training will offer exercises and questions that you can work on in your groups. See WG Exercises Folder in the Files tab of the Accolade channel.

Where possible, we are offering Working Groups space, lunch and refreshments in the IAS so they can meet in person. See invitation for more details and email ECR@warwick.ac.uk to book.

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