Workshops

The University of Manchester Research Data Management (RDM) Policy specifies that DMPs are mandatory for every research study, whether it is funded or not.

If you have any questions about writing your DMP, then this session is for you.

The workshop starts with an introduction and a brief overview of the DMP, including why each section is important, and then allows plenty of time for the question and answer session for you to ask any DMP related questions on your mind.

If this sounds like something that would be useful to you, book onto a session today and start getting your questions ready.

This event will take place online via Teams. Booking onto the event is essential to receive the link to join.

Researchers collect, receive and manage research data in many forms.

Managing your data can be complex, but a little planning at the beginning can save you time, raise your research profile and help you work more effectively.

This session aims to provide you with confidence in data and information management and introduce you to resources and services to help with Research Data Management.

How to book on

This event will take place online via Teams. Booking onto the event is essential to receive the link to join.

Further support

Talk to us online via the 24-hour Library Chat service. Alternatively, you can email us for advice or to book one-to-one appointments at uml.teachingandlearning@manchester.ac.uk.

Find out more about the workshops and online resources offered by My Research Essentials on the library webpage. Online resources related to this workshop include:

• Research data management
• Research data explained

Open Access (OA) is an essential consideration for all Manchester researchers and PGRs. This 30 minute workshop will explain OA and why you should be thinking about openness when undertaking and seeking to publish your research.

This workshop will provide you with the following:

• Understanding of the benefits of OA for you as an individual researcher, and for the wider world.
• Awareness of the different ways of publishing OA research.
• Ability to choose the most appropriate OA method for your work.
• Knowing how to ensure compliance with institutional and funder OA requirements.
• Understanding how the Library can help you.

How to book on

This event will take place online via Teams. Booking onto the event is essential to receive the link to join.

Further support

Talk to us online via the 24-hour Library Chat service. Alternatively, you can email us for advice or to book one-to-one appointments at uml.teachingandlearning@manchester.ac.uk.

Find out more about the workshops and online resources offered by My Research Essentials on the library webpage. Online resources related to this workshop include:

• Raising awareness of your research

Sharing research data has numerous benefits including facilitating new collaborations and allowing new research questions to be answered. Data sharing is also mandated by many research, funders and publishers.

This session aims to provide you with confidence in sharing your data and introducing you to using our institutional research repository, Figshare, to make data discoverable and increase research impact.

How to book on

This event will take place online via Teams. Booking onto the event is essential to receive the link to join.

Further support

Can't make this session? Talk to us online via Library Chat now, or send us an email: uml.teachingandlearning@manchester.ac.uk.

Help and support with using Teams is provided by IT Services. Find out more about Teams and other Office 365 applications on the IT Services website: https://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/students/office365/

In this interactive workshop you will reflect upon and discuss ways to improve your public speaking skills, helping you to present your work more effectively. Using some improvisation techniques we will look at ways we can become more relaxed about public speaking, and practice responding to unexpected questions with confidence, which will support you when at academic conferences or presenting your research to peers. We will provide you with practical exercises to help you build confidence in communicating with a variety of audiences.

This workshop will help you to raise your research profile by getting noticed promoting yourself and your research online.

We will explore useful strategies for managing your online research presence by considering the following questions:

• Which online tools and platforms are the most useful to me?

• How can I find the time to use social media tools to promote my research?

• How can I maximise access to my research?

• How do I know if my online presence strategies are effective?

How to book on

This event will take place online via Teams. Booking onto the event is essential to receive the link to join.

Further support

Talk to us online via the 24-hour Library Chat service. Alternatively, you can email us for advice or to book one-to-one appointments at uml.teachingandlearning@manchester.ac.uk.

Find out more about the workshops and online resources offered by My Research Essentials on the library webpage. Online resources related to this workshop include:

• Raising awareness of your research

Open Research is a broad and evolving field encompassing various practices, all of which contribute to a more transparent, responsible, and ethical research culture. In this interactive workshop, we will explore some of the research practices that enable Open Research, under the University's Open Research Skills Framework.

We will discuss what these practices entail within different research disciplines, the tools and systems that enable open and transparent research, and how a more open research culture can benefit researchers, the sector, and society in general. We will reflect on how Open Research can be applied to your own research, and signpost to the University's Open Research communities, activities, support and training, via the University of Manchester Office for Open Research.

This session will take place on campus.

Researchers collect, receive, and manage data in many ways. Making sure this data is well-managed and reusable can be complex, but the FAIR Principles are here to help. The concepts underlying the FAIR principles are grounded in good scientific practice and aim to guide people to maximise the Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reuse of digital assets. Making your data FAIR can help you work more effectively, raise your research profile, and engage with open research initiatives.

This workshop is for people in academia with little or no experience of FAIR. This course aims to be succinct in introducing FAIR, its concepts and terminology, and supplements all material with introducing and signposting to useful FAIR resources.

Participant information

This session will take place on Teams. We will send you the Teams link for the workshop a day before the workshop is to take place, booking onto this workshop is essential.

Please note: This event is bookable by all staff and PGRs, simply follow the 'Book on this event' button below to register.