Optional training for research staff

Growing Funding Income: Consultancy

9 February 2026, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Learn about consultancy as a funding mechanism to facilitate projects with external organisations and find out about the processes, policies and support at Oxford Brookes.

Growing Funding Income: Contract Research

13 February 2026, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Find out about the benefits of undertaking contract research, how to generate or find opportunities, the skill of writing proposals or bidding for contracts, delivering the project and dissemination.

Growing Funding Income: Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs)

25 February 2026, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm

This session will define Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, explain how they are funded, how the programme works and how you can get involved at Oxford Brookes.

Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries for Preparing Grant Proposals: Concept Mapping as a Tool

2 March 2026, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm

This interactive workshop will introduce Concept Mapping as a tool to strengthen the development of interdisciplinary research grant proposals.

Growing Funding Income: Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and Continuing Education (CE)

5 March 2026, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Learn about CPD and CE as a funding mechanism to facilitate projects with external organisations and find out about the processes, policies and support at Oxford Brookes.

Tools for Impact Evidence Collection

16 March 2026, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm

This follow up workshop to “An Introduction to Impact” will look at different types of impacts from research with a focus on a variety of indicators to demonstrate and evidence reach and significance.

Tools for Evaluating Public Engagement activities

23 March 2026, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm

A follow up workshop to “An Introduction to Public and Community Engagement with Research", looking at how to assess your Public Engagement activities and measure the impact of your research.

What can Open Research do for you?

21 April 2026, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm

We will define Open Research, explore the benefits for you and your research, provide an overview of Open Access.

Engagement Tools: Optimising Engagement through Social Media

27 April 2026, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm

This interactive workshop can help you to upskill and gain confidence in using social media to best promote your research and increase your reach and impact.

Engagement Tools: Infographics, Podcasts and Working with the Media

21 May 2026, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm

Broaden the reach of your research and build on your Public Engagement skills with a suite of engagement tools, covering Infographics, Podcasts and Working with the Media.