Explore a thoughtfully curated assortment of research and training tools, thoughtfully sourced from both Cambridge University and handpicked external resources.
CONTENTS
- PPD
- Sourcing Opportunities
- Making Applications
- Interviews & Selection
- Web-Based Media Resources
- External Sites
- Workshops
Personal and Professional Development
- PPD On Demand
- Provides short online learning resources for staff.
- Booking PPD Training | Browse for courses | View the Timetable
- University staff can book PPD training online. Themes include achieving results, communication, innovation and change, leadership, negotiating and influencing, people development, relationship building, and strategic focus.
- The Pathways to Impact online tool
- The tool is intended for use by researchers, academics or support staff working with them. It provides a step-by-step guide to planning research impact activitys with links to many useful resources. It can be used to help write a Pathways to Impact plan for an RCUK grant, or more generally to plan for impact activity.
- IT Skills Training
- The University Information Service offers a wide variety of face to face and online IT Skills training to support all University members.
- Researcher Development Programme
- The University runs courses for researchers, around themes such as writing skills, communication, leadership, research funding, teaching, and PhD progression.
- The Careers Service
- GradLink: the Careers Service alumni database with graduates who can give career advice
- Library books, including
- 'Network to get work', Alan Jones ( Createspace)
- 'Career Networking', Brian Sutton (Industrial Society)
- 'Powerful Networking', John Lockett (Orion Business Books)
- 'Brilliant networking', Steven d'Souza (Pearson)
Sourcing opportunities
- Search Finding Jobs
- Attend careers events
- Explore our sector pages for specific fields
- Identify relevant external job boards
- Network to extend your search
- Consider recruitment agencies
Making applications
- CVs and Cover Letters – discover our most popular publication
- Application forms – find out what employers are really looking for
- Speculative applications – particularly in areas where opportunities are rarely advertised
Interviews & selection
- Interviews – preparation is key for face-to-face, phone or Skype interviews
- Psychometric tests & assessment centres - online practice tests, explanations and advice
- Negotiating with employers - interview timing, offers and start dates
Web-Based Media Resources
- A range of social media tools: to help you work smarter, claim your online presence and keep pace with technology
- The Value of Blogging and Microblogging
- How to turn your thesis into an article
- Cambridge LinkedIn Learning - This is accessible with your Raven ID and you do not need a LinkedIn Profile.
External Sites
- Understanding Different Research Perspectives
- This free course explores the development of the research process looking at the different perspectives from which an issue or phenomenon can be investigated, and highlights the main methodologies that can be used to investigate a business issue. From the initial idea of what to investigate; to the elaboration of specific research questions; the research design, strategy and methodology.
- Skills assessment form
- Impact Evaluation
- Context Diagnostic for Conservation
- Co-Production
- Social Innovation Toolkit
- Human centred design tool kit
- Service Design Tool kit
- Wildlife consumer behaviour toolkit
- Writing a lit review
- Mentoring plans: a really useful tool for PIs and their lab members
- DIY Toolkit
- This is a toolkit on how to invent, adopt or adapt ideas that can deliver better results. It’s quick to use, simple to apply, and designed to help busy people working in development.
