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Becoming a PI

Becoming a PI

Research vision

  • Creating your research vision - synchronous workshop (not currently available)
  • Achieving your vision for the future - LinkedIn Learning material. Includes approaches to developing a vision. Think about you as a research leader and your research projects when this resource talks about organisation, division, company etc. Think post docs, colleagues and collaborators when this resource talks about employees, team etc.

Working with others (networking and collaboration)

  • Collaboration - OD&PL Leadership and Professional Practice self guided resource
  • Professional networking - LinkedIn Learning material
  • Managing globally - LinkedIn Learning material. Includes cultural agility and will help you think about how you work with collaborators and people in your network who come from different cultural contexts. Whilst the course talks about managing people the similar principles apply to working with collaborators especially when it comes to understanding and working with people’s motivations. 
  • Creating your personal brand - LinkedIn Learning material. Will help you think about how you present yourself to potential collaborators.
  • Increasing your research visibility - Library presentation recording taking you to do different website
  • Networking - University of Bristol self guided resource
  • Horizons Institute - connects academics and organisations to tackle societal challenges -  Research and Innovation Service (RIS) information source

Challenge based research

  • Horizons Institute, headline and challenge themes - Research and Innovation Service (RIS) information source
  • Leeds Crucible - A programme provided by the Horizons Institute giving you an opportunity to think about how you collaborate (information currently on the Research and Innovation Service (RIS) website).

Research impact

Winning funding

Research data management

Research integrity and ethics

Expectations of a research leader at Leeds (Leadership excellence behaviours)

Research culture

The focus here is on the environment within which research is done rather than a focus on winning funding, managing and administering work and producing output. How do you create and help others to create a supportive, inclusive and collaborative environment for research?