What we learnt from our researchers

Research workshops at Swansea University

Susan Glen & Sam Oakley

The concept

“A one day workshop to learn about the information tools that can help you to market yourself and achieve the best visibility for your research”

Targeted at the university’s

research community

What did we cover?

What we did: Dec 2013

1 Day workshop

9.30-3.30pm

• PC training lab

• Presentation + hands-on

• 30-60mins per topic

• Lunch in the room

…and again in Apr 2014

AM: “Seminar room”

• 30 mins per topic

• Presentation & discussion

• Lunch

PM: PC lab• Hands-on activities & more discussion • 3 x 30 mins)

Who came?

9%4%

22%

65%

Professors PA's Lecturers Researchers

What did we learn?

There is demand

There is need

I think this course should be mandatory for all new research staff. There were so many things

I've never heard about and I found out my manager was on all the networks etc. but she's never told me about any of it.

I'm telling everyone I know now!

Food is a good draw

Harder to reach arts & humanities

It might be worthwhile to have a training day focusing on impacts in arts and humanities. it seems that the

training day focuses more on STEM subjects,

I am from arts and humanities and would

appreciate the day more if it is more relevant to A &H.

Commercial aspects need to be considered

The audience will be mixed

• Difference between senior and junior

academics

• Administrative staff

Finding a good time is never easy!

• No perfect time!

• Early career researchers most likely to come to a whole day.

• Perhaps need short bites for more senior people

Some topics the library can’t do alone

"How to write high impact papers:-What should you think about in regards to experimental design?- How do you

get into the high impact papers? Maybe some of the most successful Swansea

Uni researchers could share their experiences, tips and tricks with new young inexperienced research staff

Topics of interest

"Knowledge of how open access publishing works

was of particular interest

"The day was particularly useful for me in a two

areas:1. Social Networking & Impact2.

Licensing Issues

Maybe a little more information about Open

Access, since I had no idea. But suppose is my

fault.

Academics like to discuss

Learning styles / preferences

Caffeine & collaboration….

Susan Glen: s.glen@swansea.ac.uk, @lbglensSam Oakley: s.l.c.oakley@swansea.ac.uk, @rscsam