Self-Paced Programmes for Academics and Researchers

Explores specific aspects of adult learning, including practical recommendations to integrate active learning into educators’ teaching and instruction.

Analyses the components of an aligned curriculum, including the use of Bloom’s Taxonomy in the outcome writing process and alignment of assessments.

Examines the foundations of course assessment, including its functions, the benefits of an aligned assessment, and considerations for quality assessment development.

Outlines steps for transforming instruction from face-to-face to online settings, including content organisation, learner engagement, and community building.

Provides a foundation upon which learners can build their statistical skills by introducing the most basic concepts used in statistics such as two-sample t-tests and statistical significance.

Explores categorical and ordinal data and introduces six tests that allow learners to analyse data from any experiment or survey that involves a two-group comparison.

Covers issues that arise when two or more factors may influence an outcome, including statistical interaction, regression methods, and deciding on an analytical approach.

Examines the components of a strong CV and cover letter, and provides strategic approaches to interview preparation for successful employment.

Explores communication modes, organisational culture, workplace credibility, successful workplace onboarding, and the development of key leadership skills.

Explores key skills that support career advancement, including strategic approaches to collaboration, critical thinking, digital literacy, and time management.

Guides learners through the conference proposal process, including a detailed exploration of what conference organisers want and how to give it to them.

Empowers researchers and academics to navigate conference selection with confidence. This includes exploring essential criteria to help you choose the best conferences for you.

Explores the elements of a high-impact conference presentation which include a well-organised paper, engaging visual design and the components of a strong speech.h

Introduces the history and purpose of university ranking agencies and their methodologies for stakeholders whose work relates to university ranking.

Equips users with key bibliometrics terminology associated with university research and citations as they relate to university ranking agencies’ methodologies.

Examines a long-term strategy for enhancing research with the aim of developing own strategies to positively impact university rankings.

Outlines a short-term strategy for increasing university visibility by enhancing local and international collaboration through events, conferences, and research initiatives.

Defines a strategy which can be applied to a university’s ranking strategy immediately to support the collection of data and data submission to ranking agencies.

Leverages marketing principles to explore the key components of a successfully written degree programme in the pursuit of improved university visibility.

Facilitates the identification of university values to create a marketing strategy that increases visibility by capitalising on institutional points of differentiation and values.

Outlines global best practices in the use of alumni data to personalise communication with alumni and strengthen alumni programmes overall.

Introduces key concepts of transdisciplinary research including its objectives, principles, phases, and main steps in implementing transdisciplinary research projects.

Explores the process of problem framing and team building, including the ways research can be co-designed, framing methods, and the elements of assembling teams.

Guides learners through the core elements of co-production processes, the three types of knowledge, and effective management of diverse teams.

Explores transdisciplinary research integration, pathways to impact and change, and communication strategies to enhance research impact on a societal level.

Explores writing and budgeting techniques so researchers can gain well-deserved funding for their projects by examining key phases in the application process.

Outlines the process required after a proposal is accepted for funding, including how to properly manage a project at the financial, technical, and administrative levels.

Introduces application of AI tools in the workplace, including an AI literacy framework, ethical considerations for professional AI use, and developing a plan to collaborate with AI on professional tasks.

Explores the AI literacy framework in greater depth, the impact of AI on the organisational level, and the need to stay informed of AI advancements by creating a continuous professional AI learning plan.

Supports professionals as they prepare to navigate their career paths in an AI-driven future by applying strategies to integrate AI as an augmentative tool and developing key skills to use AI effectively in their work.

Provides an introductory look into the processes that will help researchers and academics commercialise their intellectual property.

Invites researchers to look deeper into the ways their competitive positions as entrepreneurial academics can support potential clients.

Explores ways to meet customers’ needs, proactive approaches to funding, risk management, and project proposals.

Supports researchers and academics as they design a project workload, create a compelling pitch, and prepare to negotiate.

Leverages marketing principles to explore the key components of a successfully written degree programme in the pursuit of improved university visibility.

Facilitates the identification of university values to create a marketing strategy that increases visibility by capitalising on institutional points of differentiation and values.

Outlines global best practices in the use of alumni data to personalise communication with alumni and strengthen alumni programmes overall.