Research Team Leadership

"I would strongly encourage other Research Team Leaders to attend this course. It is a very stimulating and intensive 2 days, with lots of learning opportunities. And it's fun! The facilitators are very knowledgeable and approachable, and the programme is well structured, with theoretical and experiential learning well integrated"

Research Team Leadership is offered as an in-house programme. It is designed to develop an individual’s skills as a research team leader, at a time when they may be new to leadership. The two-day programme takes place at your institution, and has the added value of developing a community of leaders who can share and debate research issues together. There is an RTL Brochure available to download (PDF).

Participant Profile

The participants will be lecturers, senior lecturers or readers, who have recently been appointed as principal investigators or who are currently leading small research teams (up to six researchers), with responsibility for leading contract research staff and postgraduate research students, as well as technical and administrative support staff.

Focus

Research Team Leadership will enable participants to discover how to build and lead a research team, run effective research team meetings, motivate and support individual researchers and develop their own role as a team leader. It will enhance participants’ capabilities as research leaders, and so develop their career potential.

The course will be delivered by facilitators with extensive experience of research team leadership and a thorough knowledge of the challenges involved in conducting publicly funded research. Consequently, this programme will help prepare participants for the leadership challenges involved in delivering research on time and within resource constraints, ensuring timely publication of research findings.

Benefits

For the institution

Clearer alignment with university priorities
Better team understanding, morale and motivation
A network of leaders working together

For the team

More effective research team
Improved research team morale
More effective use of resources
Clear and identifiable team leadership
Improved research output (publications, grants, etc)
Clear and collaborative research planning

For the individual

Improved listening skills, team working and team building
Understanding of the characteristics of different teams, the individuals’ team roles and the role and function of a team leader
Learned how to help their team focus, provide drive and gain commitment towards achieving research goals

Want to know more about RTL Options and Structure?

Contact Us

In-house programmes give you the flexibility of training customised to your institution’s specific requirements, delivered at your chosen venue on a date that suits you. If you would like to find out more, please contact us, we will be happy to discuss your specific requirements and provide a quote:

Sweta Purohit
Consultancy Manager
T: 020 7849 6914

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