We hosted Post-Doctoral Researchers from Teagasc on our ‘Understanding and Working with Your Time Management Style’ webinar. This course helps create a foundation upon which to build habits that will work throughout PhD studies and beyond, and participants from the national body providing research, advisory and training services to the agriculture and food industry and […]
Continue reading
A group of Post-Doctoral Researchers from Teagasc, recently completed their fifth part of Fistral’s online Project Management webinar series, ‘Risk Management’. Teagasc is the national body in Ireland providing research, advisory and training services to the agriculture and food industry as well as rural communities. This two-part series aims to provide participants with tools and techniques to […]
Continue reading
Fistral’s ‘Professional Communication Skills’ online training was attended by PhD students at the University of Strathclyde, who rated the course 4.82 out of 5 (5 being Excellent). The students were a truly global group logged on from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Beijing, Dubai and of course Glasgow. This course provides the understanding and techniques to help […]
Continue reading
PhD students from the University of Strathclyde logged on to Fistral’s ‘Advanced Project Management’ webinar, part of the CAPM training series they have undertaken with us. In complement to previous Project Management and Risk sessions, it focuses on the remaining material needed for the CAPM exam, in addition to introducing new advanced techniques and concepts. […]
Continue reading
We hosted a group from University of Bath Doctoral College and Researcher Development on our ‘Introduction to Project Planning’ webinar. The group included PhD students from various years of study, plus academic and office/support staff. This full day of training includes three parts. After the training, the attendees agreed 100% that they: Would recommend the […]
Continue reading
Post-Doctoral Researchers from Teagasc, the Agriculture and Food Development Authority based in Ireland, completed Fistral’s ‘Introduction to Project Planning’ webinar series recently. Teagasc is the national body providing research, advisory and training services to the agriculture and food industry and rural communities. The third and final session in this series of Project Management training is […]
Continue reading
Fistral’s ‘Leadership and Team Building Techniques’ webinar was recently delivered to a group of PGRs at the University of Strathclyde, some logging in from as far away as France and Tanzania. Any PhD student embarking on their professional journey after PhD, whether in academic or commercial research or any other field, will benefit from being […]
Continue reading
PhD students from two Centre’s for Doctoral Training (CDT) at the University of Bristol, attended all four sessions to complete our ‘Introduction to Project Planning” training recently. The CDT’s were Bristol Composites Institute (ACCIS) and EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Composites Science, Engineering and Manufacturing (CoSEM). Students were logged in from as far away […]
Continue reading
PhD students at the University of Liverpool Doctoral College completed the third and final part of Fistral’s ‘Introduction to Project Planning’ webinar series. Entitled ‘Creating the Plan’, it examines how to create a rigorous project plan having defined the purpose, requirements and expectations in the previous sessions. It includes identifying the tasks required to complete […]
Continue reading
PhD students from the University of Strathclyde Researcher Development Programme undertook Fistral’s ‘Risk Management’ online training recently. This webinar is part of our CAPM suite of training towards the globally recognised credential offered by the Project Management Institute. Uncertainty is inherent in any type of project, particularly so within research, making it difficult to plan, […]
Continue reading
Researchers and PGRs from the University of Bath Doctoral college rounded off their CAPM training online recently, which they’d started face to face at the beginning of this year. The Fistral CAPM suite of courses prepares attendees to sit the globally recognized ‘Certified Associate in Project Management’ professional exam. The exam, run by the Project […]
Continue reading
Post-Doctoral Researchers from Teagasc, the Agriculture and Food Development Authority, recently undertook part two of our online training series ‘Introduction to Project Planning’. Based in Ireland, Teagasc is the national body providing research, advisory and training services to the agriculture and food industry and rural communities. Part two of the course is entitled ‘Scoping the […]
Continue reading
Staff from the University of Bath Student Union attended our trio of webinars ‘Introduction to Project Planning: Parts 1, 2 and 3’ recently. This course is intended to be immediately applicable to planning projects whether that be in an academic, research, or commercial environment. The three parts are; ‘Establishing Foundations’, ‘Scoping the Project’ and finally […]
Continue reading
Uncertainty is inherent in any project, which makes it difficult to plan. This uncertainly is called risk. PhD students from the University of Strathclyde took a deep-dive with us into the subject of risk recently, on the first part of our Risk Management webinar series. Part one, ‘Planning and Identification’, looks at tools and techniques […]
Continue reading
Participants from the University of Liverpool Doctoral College, scored our “Introduction to Project Planning’ (part 2) webinar, 4.79 out of 5 (5 being Excellent). The group included PhD students across various years of their study. The session, ‘Scoping the Project,’ considers methods for identifying and managing different expectations. It goes on to examine how to […]
Continue reading
PhD students and Post Doctoral Research Assistants at The University of Bristol ACCIS and CoSem Centres for Doctoral Training attended our online training “Increase Your Stress Hardiness and Survive Your PhD.” The challenge of PhD study brings with it a range of factors likely to create stress. Any PhD student may suffer the stress of […]
Continue reading
A group from the University of Bath Doctoral College and Research and Innovation Services who we met previously in person away back in February pre-Covid, attended the next part of their training with us online this time. The group included PhD students, Post Doc Research Assistants, plus some lecturers. The webinar was ‘Advanced Project Management’ […]
Continue reading
Our ‘Introduction to Project Planning’ webinar was rated 4.69 out of 5 (5 being Excellent), by a group from the University of Strathclyde Doctoral College. The group, made up of Post Graduate researchers (PGRs) across varying years of study, also agreed unanimously that they: Would recommend the session to a colleague Learnt new tools and […]
Continue reading
We had a great group from the University of Bath Doctoral College join us for an ‘Introduction to Project Planning’ webinar, to kick off their training towards the CAPM exam. The group was a mixed bunch of PhD students, post-graduate researchers and staff. This session compacts three Project Planning webinars into one to provide a […]
Continue reading
A group of PhD students working their way through our ‘Introduction to Project Planning’ webinar series, completed the course recently with part three: ‘Creating the Plan’. The group, from the University of Strathclyde Doctoral College, gave a fantastic overall feedback rating of 4.93 out of 5 (5 being excellent). The instructor was delighted to be […]
Continue reading
PhD students across all years of study from the University of Liverpool attended our ‘Establishing Foundations’ webinar. The session is part one of the ‘Introduction to Project Planning’ three-part course. The webinar focuses on identifying the ‘building blocks’ of a project. It introduces the concept of initiation, considers the constraints of a project and methods […]
Continue reading
PhD students from two Centres for Doctoral Training (CDT’s) at the University of Bristol completed our Introduction to Project Planning course. The group were from the Advanced Composites Collaboration for Innovation and Science (ACCIS) and Composites Science Engineering Manufacturing (CoSEM) CDT’s. The series, which comprised of three webinars, included our ‘Establishing Foundations’, ‘Scoping the Project’ […]
Continue reading
Post-Doctoral Researchers from various different specialty areas at Teagasc, the Agriculture and Food Development Authority, attended part one of our online training series ‘Introduction to Project Planning’. Based in Ireland, Teagasc is the national body providing integrated research, advisory and training services to the agriculture and food industry and rural communities. This first session, ‘Establishing […]
Continue reading
Staff at the University of Dundee logged on for Part Three of Fistral’s ‘Introduction to Project Planning for Researchers’ webinar series, as part of their OPD programme. In Part Three, entitled ‘Creating the Plan’, we look at identifying the tasks required to complete the project, and research staff gave the session a great overall feedback […]
Continue reading
We hosted staff at the University of Dundee online for Part Two of Fistral’s ‘Introduction to Project Planning’ webinar series, Scoping the Project. Our PM sessions forms part of the Organisational and Professional Development programme open to all staff members. Staff gave an overall feedback rating of 4.5 out of 5 (5 being Excellent). We […]
Continue reading