No images? Click here In this edition of the ReCap Staff Newsletter: - Staff:PGR Network Staff:PGR Network The Doctoral College & Centre for Research Capability and Development would like to invite all Staff who are also PGRs to join a network dedicated to supporting you. This network will provide an opportunity for you to meet and network with colleagues who are in a similar position to yourself and provide a platform for you to support each other. If this is something you would be interested in, please get in touch with RECAP@coventry.ac.uk so you can be added to the network! New events in RECAP Research Methods Workshop Series The RECAP Research Methods Workshop Series offers workshops on generic research methods topics applicable to different disciplines. The topics and content covered in this programme are introductory and the expectation is that participants will gain basic knowledge and skills which can establish the basis for application and more advanced learning. Click on the individual topics below for details, dates and sign-up. Introduction to Qualitative Research Introduction to Quantitative Research Data Collection Skills: Interview Data Collection Skills: Observation Introduction to Qualitative Data Analysis Introduction to Nvivo for Qualitative Data Analysis Tweet your Thesis Competition Friday 24 September 2021 @CU_ReCap #CovUniThesis Twitter Social media is a great way to reach colleagues and the outside world with your research. Join us at the Tweet your Thesis Competition and engage us with your research via a maximum of 3 tweets. Explain title and part or all of your thesis in a way that a lay person would understand. Use of 1 still image without text allowed per tweet. No use of extra links permitted. Number each tweet 1/3, 2/3, 3/3. Use #CovUniThesis Join us on Twitter Follow @CU_ReCap and use #CovUniThesis Register your interest If you are interested, please click HERE to be kept up to date with the latest information. Learn more about Tweet your Thesis HERE Watch Now: VYT 2021 Participant Submissions Thank you to all the PGRs who have participated in the VYT competition 2021. This year’s winner and runners up will be announced very soon so in the meantime please enjoy the variety of e-posters that our participants have created: VYT 2021 Participant Submissions VYT challenges PGRs at any stage of their candidature to present their projects in a 60-second, eye-catching, audio-visual digital display. Using a pre-supplied template, PGRs are tasked with developing a striking e-poster presentation that succinctly describes your research, and its potential benefits, to a non-specialist audience. HEED’s three-part webinar series, ‘People, Policy and Innovation’ 2, 9, 23 September, 10:30am Coventry University’s HEED project is hosting a three-part webinar series throughout September 2021. These webinars build upon HEED’s work by engaging key energy stakeholders in discussions on co-creation, innovation and policy in the humanitarian energy field. This series has been designed to challenge and engage multi-level stakeholder’s who are central to solving the humanitarian energy access challenge. The webinar series will take place throughout September 2021, and will showcase HEED’s work and engage high-level partners in the humanitarian energy field. Learn more & sign-up to the upcoming events HERE Four E’s Repeat Workshop ‘Putting the Strategy into Practice’ 7 September, 11.00am We are pleased to invite you to the final Four E’s (Excellence, Engagement, Enhancement, Environment) Research Strategy Delivery Group workshop, taking place via Zoom. Elena, Neil, Nigel and Sally welcome the entire research community to attend the workshop and help shape the Four E’s elements of the 2030 Research Strategy through this interactive event. Learn more & sign-up to the upcoming events HERE Transdisciplinary Research (TDR) Event: Building Excellence in Research Communities 29 September, 13.00pm Coventry University’s Senior Research Leadership Team alongside keynote speakers, invite the entire internal and external research community, from Early Career Researchers through to Professors, to attend this event which seeks to spotlight the benefits offered by Transdisciplinary Research (TDR). This event will also look into how TDR can enhance research capabilities and outputs, alongside support in the development of thriving research networks. Learn more & sign-up to the upcoming events HERE |