Leadership in action - free non-residential course!

The Vitae London hub are running a 3-day Leadership in Action course at the London School of Economics from 15th-17th December for research students and staff. This is a non-residential course, and is completely free to attend.

The course will allow you to explore and develop your leadership skills. You will have the opportunity to look at relevant theory, practice your leadership style and receive feedback.

This course offers you the opportunity to:

- explore leadership both in theory and in practice
- work with a team of experienced facilitators from a range of career backgrounds, who will ensure you get the most out of the 3 days
- meet researchers from a variety of disciplines, backgrounds and career stages
- develop your understanding of leadership theory and how to apply it in practice
- receive feedback on your leadership style and how you can develop it
- take a few days out from your research both physically and mentally, and have some space in which to consider yourself and your next steps.

If you are interested, there is more information here, and you can book a place by e-mailing londonhub@vitae.ac.uk. There are only 36 places, and they are being filled on a first-come-first-served basis, so make sure you get in quick if you do want to go!

Cafe Scientifique - 4th November

Café Scientifique evening for PhD and post-doctoral researchers in all disciplines!

The second Café Scientifique event for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers from all disciplines is being held on Thursday 4^th November. It will be a chance for researchers to get together and meet each other in a relaxed setting. This is an informal and fun evening event involving free wine & pizza, three short presentations from researchers and some other activities such as a quiz and/or creative challenges! The presentations at this event will be from Manuela Graf (ICMS), Giammarco Campanella (School of Mathematical Sciences) and Zimei Rong (School of Engineering & Materials Science). The evening will start at 6pm at Mucci, Library Square on the Mile End campus. For further information and to book a place please contact Dr Tracy Bussoli (t.j.bussoli@qmul.ac.uk).

Courses at the School of Advanced Study

The School of Advanced Study (SAS), which is part of the University of London and based in Senate House, runs a programme of research skills training workshops which are open to researchers from other institutions working in the humanities & social sciences. These workshops cover a variety of research skills and methodologies. A pdf of the handbook detailing the workshops can be found here.

There are also some discipline-specific workhops in English, Modern Languages, History, Law and Music, many of which are open to students from outside SAS. The details of these are also in the handbook above.