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A Welcome Event

for Postdocs, Lecturers, and Senior Lecturers
Check the CPD-Training System for the next event

We run these events in-person three times per year, varying the events across different Queen Mary campuses

These events are a half-day for postdocs, fellows and early-career researchers (lecturers and senior lecturers) who have recently joined Queen Mary. Come and meet other Queen Mary researchers as well as members of Queen Mary Professional Services teams who are here to support your research efforts and your career and professional development.

These events form part of the induction programme for staff at Queen Mary. Consider attending the Main Staff Welcome events, if you haven't done so already.

These events will include

  • Opportunities to network with other new researchers, and for new postdocs, to buddy up with a more senior peer
  • Opportunities to meet professional services colleagues whose teams support researchers, which may include
    • Human Resources and Equality Diversity and Inclusion Team
    • Research Management - some of the School/ Institute Research Managers will be on hand to introduce themselves
    • Careers and Enterprise
    • Impact Support Teamt
    • Queen Mary Innovation Ltd - knowledge and technology transfer and research commercialisation 
    • Library Research Services (includes Open Research team)
    • Public Engagement Team
    • Media and Communications Team
  • Mini-workshops from the Careers team and other training providers (see section below for examples)
  • A photographer will be taking headshots for reasearchers to use on their online profiles, like LinkedIn
  • Lunch and refreshnents will be served

3 hours of CPD Activity of the recommended 70-hours (pro-rata) per year.

Events for 2024/25

Tuesday 17 September 2024 - 10-2pm

Postdoc Appreciation Week Edition - Location Dept W

Tuesday 28 January 2024 - 10-2pm

Location TBC (considering Charterhouse Square or Whitechapel venues)

Friday 25 April 2024 - 10-2pm

Location TBC (considering venues at all campuses)

Book here

 

Mini Workshops

Finding Research Funding

This is a whistlestop tour of three research funding tools that can help you find opportunities to fund research related activity

Research Impact and Innovation

Led by our Research Impact team, this short session covers how you identify stakeholders and end-users to your resaerch, as well as covers the support available for researchers in crafting impact narratives for funding bids, and the REF

Mini Careers Workshop

In this short workshop, we'll guide you through some personal reflection on skills gaps you might want to address while at Queen Mary

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