Workshops
Workshops
Outside Opinion offers a comprehensive range of workshops, mentoring programs and retreats on grant development, research and academic capacity building, strategic planning, writing and publishing and leadership across the higher education sector.
All workshop programs can be tailored to focus on a specific grant scheme, discipline group or academic career stage. Workshops may be run face-to-face or online, with breakout exercises and peer-to-peer engagement in either mode.
Grant Development
We offer a wide variety of workshops on all aspects of research grant writing and project development. Our workshops also explain assessment processes and offer strategic insight on panel processes, on disciplinary and interdisciplinary review and on how to identify the priorities of funding agencies, government bodies, NGOs and charities.
Research and Academic Capacity Building
Why partner? What are the benefits and pitfalls? This workshop will discuss each aspect of industry partnerships and achieving a successful outcome while working with others.
This workshop will provide participants with a knowledge of how to build and maintain an outstanding research team, manage team dynamics and create a culture where everyone can be at their best.
Early and mid-career researchers need support to frame insightful and imaginative proposals with a persuasive narrative about the significance and timeliness of their work and about their own track records.
Early and mid-career researchers need support to frame insightful and imaginative proposals with a persuasive narrative about the significance and timeliness of their work and about their own track records.
A whole day workshop designed to build research teams and foster collaboration across projects, with a focus on partnered research and on networking and interdisciplinary exchange.
Involves a combination of cohort work identifying challenges and opportunities in the current research environment and 1:1 support for each participant.
Strategic Planning and Review
This presentation reviews the ranking scene and how ranking connects with institutional research tactics.
A workshop designed for academic and professional staff which opens a discussion of change and adjustment, risks and opportunities surrounding the school, centre or faculty.
Outside Opinion can craft and prepare and provide a development program for research centres within a Faculty, Division or University.
A workshop designed for universities seeking to understand their current and potential strength in areas of national priority and strategic importance.
Writing and Publishing
Workshops can focus on any aspect of scholarly writing and publishing. Offerings are tailored to the needs of your group and to your discipline mix.
This workshop unpacks the strategies and planning that increase the chances of “top” journal hits.
A series of two workshops on publishing your journal article - from revising your drafts to the perspective of potential reviewers.
This workshop explores options for publishing using alternative genres and formats commonly used for research communication in public policy and practice.
Leadership and Governance
A workshop designed for academic and professional staff which opens a discussion of change and adjustment, risks and opportunities surrounding the school, centre or faculty.
This program is designed to develop the leadership skills and strategic planning capacity of a group of research leaders. It involves four workshops and a mix of cohort work identifying challenges and opportunities n the current research environment and 1:1 support for each participant.
This workshop will focus on the core elements of building strong and sustainable mentor-mentee relationships. The program will involve mentor only, mentee only and combined sessions.
Communication
Individual coaching programs involve a detailed analysis of the client’s concerns goal and expectation setting for the program over 1, 3, 6 and 12 month periods, tools and detailed support.
This workshop will help participants develop skills for the preparation and delivery of presentations.
This workshop will focus on the core elements of communication and provide tools for communicating effectively.
ERA and Impact
This workshop uses theory and practical knowledge to support researchers to plan to achieve research impact.
This workshop adapts existing expertise on impact case studies and helps research groups to learn how to tell compelling stories, with evidence, about the impact of research.
Post-graduate Development
This workshop enables research students to build publication options into their PhD process and think about how publications can improve both the thesis, and their career.
Retreats
Writing Research For Publication Retreat
Outside Opinion can facilitate two day writing retreats focused on progressing draft manuscripts to completion, for groups of researchers at all levels of experience and seniority. Facilitation can be via zoom and/or in person depending on the availability of presenters and the limitations of COVID-19. Activities include presentations, discussion and group exercises on writing craft, academic publishing strategies and overcoming barriers to writing and publishing. Participant prework is developed by Outside Opinion for circulation in advance of the retreat.
Strategic planning retreats
We run purpose-built workshops and retreats that promote constructive discussion and enjoyable planning. We bring examples, exercises, tools and models. We talk honestly to academic peers and encourage the same response.