Three AIM Training Trainers Workshops for Managers of Research Training, Doctoral Supervision, and Early Career Academics; Development as Researchers

AIM is pleased to announce three new workshops, if you are interested in these workshops please register your interest with the Dean or Director or Research at your institution, or alternatively contact with Esme Foster at the AIM office.

1. Managing the development of research training and doctoral supervision - 10.00am - 4.00pm Tuesday 15th July 2008, City University, London (Call Information)

2. Training early career researchers in writing research proposals and publications - 10.00am - 4.00pm Friday 24th October 2008, City University, London (Call Information)

3. Building management research capacity through importing new research methods - 10.00am - 4.00pm October 2008, City University, London (Call Information)

Workshops 3 and 2 are designed for experienced academics with some responsibility for managing postgraduate research training programmes and doctoral research programmes. Workshop 1 is designed for experienced academics with some responsibility for developing early-career academics as researchers.

Please circulate the three attached calls plus application forms to your senior academic colleagues who may be interested in attending, or whom you may wish to nominate.

We hope to be able to accommodate up to two participants from your institution to attend each workshop. (The same colleagues may attend more than one of these workshops.) ESRC funding will meet most of the costs of provision. To help cover the remainder, AIM will levy a nominal charge of £40 per person. (Participants’ institutions will be expected to meet the costs of their travel to and from the venue.) The capacity of each workshop is 25 places, which will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Therefore early application is advised.

There is a separate call plus application form for each workshop, for distribution to different colleagues as appropriate. Each application form should be completed (by yourself or your nominees) and sent as an email attachment to Esme Foster, AIM Operations Manager (efoster@london.edu). If you have any queries, please contact Esme (telephone 0870 734 3000).

The venue for all three workshops is the ESRC Researcher Development Initiative (RDI) Regional Training Centre at City University, London. The workshops are part of AIM’s new research training project funded by the ESRC Researcher Development Initiative (RDI): ‘Strategic Expansion of Management Research Capacity: Managing the Training of Researchers as Trainers’.

Further details of the three workshops are as follows.

1. Managing the Development of Research Training and Doctoral Supervision

10.00am - 4.00pm Tuesday 15th July 2008, City University, London - Closing Date for Applications - 30th June 2008

This workshop is intended for experienced academics with some responsibility for managing postgraduate research training programmes and/or doctoral research programmes. Its purpose is to explore how the capacity for high quality postgraduate research training and doctoral supervision in business and management schools may be developed and sustained.

Inputs will focus on good practice and overcoming problems with managing this provision and developing the capacity of academics, especially early career researchers, to offer effective research training and supervision. The potential of an emerging national ‘matrix of support’ will be highlighted that participants may wish to access for meeting related development needs. This support includes seminars, training workshops, e-learning materials and networking opportunities offered by AIM, other ESRC investments, and learned societies. Participants will be invited to exchange in small groups on the management of research training provision, doctoral supervision arrangements, and development support for early career academics. Strategies for improvement will be considered, including the possibility of harnessing the matrix of support to meet priority development needs in participants’ institutions.

The workshop is led by Dr Colin Pilbeam, Director of the PhD Programme, Cranfield University School of Management, and Professor Mike Wallace, AIM Associate Director for Capacity Building.

2. Training Early Career Researchers in Writing Research Proposals and Publications

10.00am - 4.00pm Friday 24th October 2008, City University, London - Closing Date for Applications - 30th September 2008

This workshop is intended for experienced academics with some management responsibility for the development of early career academics, especially in their role as researchers. Its purpose is to explore how early career researchers may be supported in developing their capacity to write high quality research proposals and academic publications.

Inputs will offer ideas for supporting early career researchers with developing a convincing argument in a first research proposal, and in writing for publication. Participants will be invited to exchange in small groups on the management of relevant development support for early career researchers in their institution, and to consider how to improve it. The potential of an emerging national ‘matrix of support’ will be highlighted that participants may wish to access for meeting related development needs. This support includes seminars, training workshops, e-learning materials and networking opportunities offered by AIM, other ESRC investments, and learned societies. Strategies for improvement will be considered, including the possibility of harnessing the matrix of support to meet priority development needs in participants’ institutions.

The workshop is led by Professor Paul Edwards, Industrial Relations Research Unit, Warwick Business School, and Professor Mike Wallace, AIM Associate Director for Capacity Building. Mike Wallace, AIM Associate Director for Capacity Building, Professor of Public Management, Cardiff Business School

3. Building Management Research Capacity through Importing New Research Methods

10.00am - 4.00pm, TBC October 2008, City University, London - Closing Date for Applications - 30th September 2008

This workshop is intended for experienced academics with some responsibility for managing postgraduate research training and/or doctoral research programmes. Its purpose is to explore how new generic social science research methods with applicability to the management field may be imported into research training provision and doctoral research in business and management schools.

The workshop will examine the implications of importing new research methods for the development of research training and doctoral supervision in participants’ institutions. It will include inputs from four ESRC Researcher Development Initiative (RDI) projects. RDI is supporting a variety of projects developing new research methods and training materials with strong applicability to business and management research. There will be opportunities to discuss how these new methods and materials might be incorporated into participants’ research training provision. Participants will be encouraged to follow-up with project presenters after the workshop. The RDI projects are:

  • Training Researchers in Online Research Methods (TRI-ORM)
  • Qualitative Data Analysis Skills for Social Researchers
  • Building Capacity in Visual Methods
  • Geo-refer: Georeferencing Resources for Social Scientists
The workshop is led by Professor Mike Wallace, AIM Associate Director for Capacity Building.


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