Skills, Skills, Skills: How Northumbria Supports Researchers

Skills Skills SkillsHow Northumbria Supports Researchers

Michelle Walker November 2015

Northumbria University

Skills for Researchers

First Impressions

Skills Plus

60-70% conversion from bookings to attendance

90% + agreed or strongly agreed “I now feel more confident about the topic”

70-80%attendance is PGR Students 20-30% are Staff and ECRs

14average number of attendances per session in November 2015

Nov-11 Mar-12 Nov-12 Mar-13 Nov-13 Mar-14 Nov-14 Mar-15 Nov-15

223

262 250

202

440

228

311

182

228

Attendance

RDW Attendance Nov 2011–Nov 2015

Research and collaboration using web tools and social media “Very friendly, well presented and extremely informative.”

Mindmapping for researchers“It’s a great tool that can be used in many areas of my job from teaching, planning, researching etc.”

Keeping-up-to-date with new research“Clear demonstration of how to set up feeds; lots of real-time examples. Thanks!”

Searching for your literature review“It was all very clear. Lots of useful hints and tips.”

Reference support• EndNote 2 hour workshops only

for PGR and Staff• Introduction monthly• Advanced bi or tri monthly

• Crucially outside of RDW to avoid staff and customer overload!

• One to ones available also • Online support via Skills plus and

webpages

Researcher skills development 2014-15Faculty RDW

AttendanceBespoke Training Attendance

Individual consult-ations

EndNote work- shops

Total Attendances

AD&SS 162 61 8 32 263

E&E 238 54 2 33 327

H&LS 211 0 17 46 274

B&L 90 83 2 18 193

Other staff or deps /not known

19 RBS:28Grad. School Induction:148

11 0 206

Total 720 374 40 129 1263

Skills for All Researchers

Researcher Development Framework

• Library • RBS• HR

Northumbria University - Research Support: The Essentials June 2015

Partner session - Developing Partnerships with Industry “Good examples of existing and developed partnerships”

From an external attendee “We found it invaluable to talk to researchers face to face”

From a researcher“I came away with all my questions about EndNote answered and I found out about library databases I might use”

From internal staff“Professionally organised and executed – everything I needed was ready and communicated well.”

Breakdown of Attendance July 2015

PGR students Staff Staff doctorateECR

Breakdown of Attendance July 2014

PGR students StaffResearch staff other PGs

Jul-14 Jul-15

172

322

112

227

Bookings Attendances

Skills for Librarians

Collaboration

Publicity• Quality design to

the programme leaflet

• Attention to detail• having a marketing

timeline • Using multiple

streams - email, social media, QR codes, wipeboards

Planning & teamwork

• Northumbria University’s Vision• Research Compass• Research Skills including social media videos• Researcher Development Programme• Information for researchers • ALISS Quarterly bitesize article

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