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Research Culture

Researcher Development — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +0000

Liz Simmonds is Assistant Head of the Postdoc Academy and the University's Institutional Lead for Research Culture. In this episode, she talks to Steve Joy from the Researcher Development team about what research culture is, why it matters to early-career researchers, and the ways in which Cambridge is striving to make changes.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.

Storytelling

Researcher Development — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +0000

Steve Joy from the Researcher Development team talks to Emma Baker, journalist and broadcaster, about how to harness the art of great storytelling to effectively communicate your research to a range of non-specialist audiences.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.

The Public Intellect

Researcher Development — Thu, 27 May 2021 10:00:00 +0000

What does it mean to be a public intellectual today? How can PhD students best utilise online platforms such as YouTube to disseminate ideas and engage new audiences? Christian Gilliam from the Researcher Development team and Joram Appel of TimeGhost discuss the opportunities and challenges presented by online platforms to the work of the public intellectual.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.

Imposter Syndrome

Researcher Development — Thu, 20 May 2021 10:00:00 +0000

These days, it's axiomatic that impostor feelings run rife through academia. Dr Tracey Stead, who has twenty years' professional experience in academia and research, shares her views on impostor feelings and full-blown impostor syndrome with Steve Joy from the Researcher Development team, and offers practical tips for managing your inner critic.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.

Creativity

Researcher Development — Thu, 13 May 2021 10:00:00 +0000

Steve Joy from the Researcher Development team interviews Dr Geraint Wyn Story from Cambridge Training Associates about the role of creativity in research work. Geraint explains that creativity is not a gift possessed only by a few but, rather, a skill which anyone can learn and practise.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.

Crucial Conversations

Researcher Development — Thu, 06 May 2021 10:00:00 +0000

We all need to have tricky but important conversations sometimes, especially at work. In this episode, Rach Maggs, a consultant specialising in interpersonal communication, talks to Steve Joy from the Researcher Development team about a particular process of preparing for, and having, crucial conversations.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.

Blogging

Researcher Development — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000

Journalist, broadcaster, writer, trainer and blogger Simon Hall joins Steve Joy from the Researcher Development team to share some top tips for successful blogging, so that you can share your research with a wide audience.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.

Raise your Profile Online 5: Online communities

Researcher Development — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000

In our fifth and final episode on 'How to raise your profile online', Sam Byers and Steve Cross take a look at membership and organisation of online communities.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.

Raise your Profile Online 4: Online meetings & interviews

Researcher Development — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000

In our fourth episode on 'How to raise your profile online', Sam Byers and Steve Cross discuss how we can take everything we've learnt about meeting or interviewing face-to-face and adapt to a world where interviews are held online.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.

Raise your Profile Online 3: Written word

Researcher Development — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000

In our third episode on ‘How to raise your profile online’, Sam Byers and Steve Cross discuss how to get your ideas 'out and about' in a written form, looking at blogs, magazines and opinion pieces.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.

Raise your Profile Online 2: Your voice

Researcher Development — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 10:00:00 +0000

In our second episode on 'How to raise your profile online', Sam Byers and Steve Cross discuss how to get your voice out there, become a radio guest or start your own podcast.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.

Raise your Profile Online 1: Social media

Researcher Development — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 10:00:00 +0000

In the first of five episodes on 'How to raise your profile online', Researcher Developer Sam Byers talks to Dr Steve Cross - public engagement and communications expert - about how researchers use social media and what you can leverage it for.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.

Managing your Research in an Uncertain World 3: Developing a 'VUCA-proof' mindset

Researcher Development — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 10:00:00 +0000

In our third and final episode on managing your research in uncertainty, Sonja Tomašković and Natacha Wilson discuss how to develop a mindset and approach that is 'VUCA-proof'.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.

Managing your Research in an Uncertain World 2: Responding to the VUCA environment

Researcher Development — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 10:00:00 +0000

In our second episode on managing your research in uncertainty, Sonja Tomašković and Natacha Wilson consider how we can respond to the VUCA environment.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.

Managing your Research in an Uncertain World 1: Defining 'uncertain world'

Researcher Development — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 10:00:00 +0000

In our first episode on managing your research in uncertainty, Researcher Developer Sonja Tomašković and Natacha Wilson, founder of Cambridge Insights, consider how we define an 'uncertain world' through the lense of VUCA: volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.

Your Future Career Path

Researcher Development — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 10:00:00 +0000

Researcher Developer Sam Byers talks to Lucy Romijn, a Careers Adviser at the University of Cambridge Careers Service, about alternative career paths open to PhD students, and how you can go about exploring these options.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.

Managing your Time and Motivation 3: Managing our emotions

Researcher Development — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 10:00:00 +0000

In our third and final episode on managing your time and motivation, Sonja Tomašković and Natacha Wilson wrap up their discussion by considering how we can manage our emotions, feelings and mind to maximise our impact in research and beyond.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.

Managing your Time and Motivation 2: Being 'time affluent' and getting things done

Researcher Development — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000

In our second episode on managing your time and motivation, Sonja Tomašković and Natacha Wilson continue their conversation with a discussion about how we can get control of our time back and get things done with maximum results.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.

Managing your Time and Motivation 1: Uncovering your habits & routines

Researcher Development — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000

In the first of three episodes on managing your time and motivation, Researcher Developer Sonja Tomašković talks to Natacha Wilson, founder of Cambridge Insights, about how our existing behaviour patterns can impact our productivity.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.

Working with your Supervisor

Researcher Development — Wed, 27 May 2020 10:00:00 +0000

Sam Byers, Christian Gilliam, and Sonja Tomašković - Researcher Developers at the University of Cambridge - discuss productive ways of working with supervisors, with a particular focus on the challenges brought on by working remotely.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.

Resilience

Researcher Development — Wed, 20 May 2020 10:00:00 +0000

Katie D'Arcy (freelance Researcher Development specialist) and Dr Sue Jackson (Researcher Development Coordinator) discuss resilience at a time of uncertainty.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.

Remote Communication

Researcher Development — Wed, 13 May 2020 10:00:00 +0000

Steve Joy (Head of Researcher Development) and Katie D'Arcy (freelance Researcher Development specialist) discuss the challenges and pitfalls of remote communication, and explore some tactics for dealing with them.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.

Procrastination

Researcher Development — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0000

Steve Joy (Head of Researcher Development at the University of Cambridge) interviews Katie D'Arcy (freelance RD specialist) about procrastination: why we do it, and how we can overcome it.

You might notice that the theme of physical exercise recurs several times in this recording. For some people, doing more exercise is not a priority; for some of us, the priority is precisely to resist pressure to do more exercise. Healthy and unhealthy habits look different for all of us. If doing more exercise doesn't feel like a useful example of desirable habit change for you right now, then please mentally replace it, as you listen, with anything that feels more fitting. Getting to bed earlier, eating a decent breakfast, protecting your daily Netflix slot, reducing your daily Netflix slot, calling a friend every day - whatever healthy looks like for you.

Production team: Christian Gilliam, Sonja Tomašković, Ruth Laing.