Organisation / Institution: University of Liverpool

The resource is made of a brief slide-deck with script in notes, to introduce networking strategies and rules (this is the same as the Cheesy connections resource shared here previously) and a networking bingo activity, together with a document with a networking bingo card for the activity. The session was designed for postdocs and delivered at the University of Liverpool.…

• Audience: Postdocs
• Format(s): Presentation, Workbook or activity
• Tag(s): Academia, Beyond academia, Network

Organisation / Institution: University of Liverpool

This resource includes the full content of a 5-day sprint on time management and prioritisation. The content was shared with postdocs over the course of 5 days through a Microsoft Teams Channel with University of Liverpool postdocs part of a Prosper cohort. Each day postdocs were encouraged to try out a strategy or tool to work on their time management. The 5-day sprint followed the delivery of a session on the same topic (see video \'Time and prioritisation\' in Learning and Development - Time management cluster).…

• Audience: Postdocs
• Format(s): Workbook or activity
• Tag(s): Barriers, Development opportunities, Resilience, Skills inventory

Organisation / Institution: University of Liverpool

The resource is made of a brief slide-deck with script in notes, to introduce networking strategies and rules, and a speed networking activity, together with a document with networking prompts for the activity. The session was designed for postdocs and delivered at the University of Liverpool, during Postdoc Appreciation Week 2024.…

• Audience: Postdocs
• Format(s): Presentation, Workbook or activity
• Tag(s): Academia, Beyond academia, Network

Organisation / Institution: University of Liverpool

This session is a combined and revised version of the Building your skills inventory resource https://prosper.liverpool.ac.uk/learning-development-clusters/skills-identification/ and Introduction to self-assessment https://prosper.liverpool.ac.uk/learning-development-clusters/growing-your-self-awareness-and-career-identity/. We briefly cover what is important to you in your career (your values), what success means to you, practical approaches to try to unpack your skills and what skills are in-demand.…

• Audience: Postdocs
• Format(s): Presentation
• Tag(s): Barriers, Self-assessment tools, Skills inventory, Values

Organisation / Institution: University of Liverpool

This session empowers postdocs career resilience and building a sustainable career. Building on the three pillars of fortitude (as described by Bruce Daisley) we present ideas and practical activities around building your community, your career identity and control. We also cover some strategies to deal with setbacks in the moment and on reflection.…

• Audience: Postdocs
• Format(s): Presentation
• Tag(s): Job-fit, Network, Resilience, Role

Organisation / Institution: University of Liverpool

We outline how we organised and ran an informal focus group at the approximate mid-point of our six-month long cohort. We present the responses and summarise the actions we plan to take forward. We specify how we\'d improve running an informal focus group in the future and how we\'ll act on the feedback to improve the next cohort.…

• Audience: Researcher developers / Professional support staff
• Format(s): Text
• Tag(s): Evaluation

Organisation / Institution: University of Liverpool

The Career Coaching Questions Document is an invaluable resource crafted to guide individuals through a purposeful exploration of their career aspirations, choices, and growth opportunities. This carefully curated collection of questions is designed to spark self-discovery, inspire critical thinking, and provide a solid foundation for productive career coaching conversations.…

• Audience: Managers of researchers, Postdocs, Researcher developers / Professional support staff
• Format(s): Text
• Tag(s): Career pathway, Coaching