Staff at one of the UK’s Catapult Centres – Offshore Renewables Energy Catapult (ORE) logged on to Fistral’s online training Agile Product Management: An Introduction Using Scrum. ORE is The UK’s Leading Technology Innovation and Research Centre for Offshore Renewable Energy. The whole group agreed that they felt more confident in using the tools and techniques […]
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Staff at LSE Space GmbH logged on to our Time Management Strategies webinar. The space sector staff gave an overall feedback rating of 4.17 out of 5 (5 being Excellent) and agreed 100% that they would recommend this session to a colleague and feel more confident in using the tools and techniques learned. In addition, […]
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Our first onsite course of the academic year was delivered to PGRs at the University of Bath. The UKRI CDT in Accountable, Responsible and Transparent AI group attended Fistral’s one-day Introduction to Project Management in-person training course. The PGRs gave the course a perfect overall feedback rating of 5 out 5 (5 being Excellent). All […]
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The final group of Masters-level students from Queen’s University Belfast MSC programme joined us for our one-day Introduction to Project Planning session. The event was commissioned to support the cohort on their MSc journey and with planning their upcoming projects. The group gave the training an overall feedback rating of 4.44 out of 5 (5 […]
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Staff from the University of Dundee logged on to two Fistral webinar sessions “Introduction to Project Planning” and “Planning for Uncertainty”. The first session offers an introduction to the process of managing projects and the tools to assist in planning and tracking progress. The second considers uncertainty and introduces tools and techniques to proactively identify […]
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MSc students from Queen’s University Belfast MSc programme attended a one-day Introduction to Project Planning webinar. The students gave the training an overall feedback rating of 4.63 out of 5 (5 being Excellent). In addition, 100% agreed that they: Would recommend this session to a colleague Learnt new tools and techniques Will put the learning […]
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Postgraduate students from Queen’s University Belfast MSc programme attended Fistral’s one-day Introduction to Project Planning webinar session. This session was in support of the group planning their MSc projects as well as day-to-day research an work. The students gave the training an overall feedback rating of 4.65 out of 5 (5 being Excellent). In addition, […]
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A group of ECR staff and PhD students logged on to Fistral’s Building Resilience webinar, a follow-on skills training session held after the 5th BME ECR Conference held by the Open University and the University of West London and supported by King’s College London. Fistral was delighted once more to support the BME ECR conference […]
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Early career researchers (ECRs) and PhD students logged on to Fistral’s Maximising Your Potential webinar. This webinar was a follow-on skills training session held after the 5th BME ECR Conference. The conference, held by the Open University and the University of West London and supported by King’s College London, aims to ensure that black and […]
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BME ECRs logged on to our Collaborating Effectively With Others webinar, a follow-on training session held after the 5th BME ECR Conference. The conference was held by the Open University and the University of West London and this session was also supported by King’s College London. Fistral was delighted to support the conference once again […]
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Early career researchers (ECRs) from Universities and locations up and down the whole of the UK logged on to Fistral’s Maximising Your Potential webinar. This was a follow-on skills training session held after the 5th BME ECR Conference. The conference, held by the Open University and the University of West London and supported by King’s […]
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A mixed group of attendees from Edinburgh Napier University logged on to our four-part series for research staff and PGRs. Introduction to Project Planning for Research was given an overall feedback rating of 4.88 out of 5, and Planning for Uncertainty for Researchers was given 4.5 out of 5. Feedback included, “(The trainers) are brilliant, […]
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Fistral has welcomed attendees from Edinburgh Napier University on several recent online training sessions. Post-graduate researchers logged on to our Resilience Building training and gave a feedback rating of 5 out of 5 (5 being Excellent). Comments included: “Very practical, and informative – I learnt lots on a personal level, and on an academic level!” […]
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Staff from LSE Space GmbH logged on to Fistral’s training webinar The Powerful Communicator. The group gave an overall feedback rating of 4.14 out of 5 (5 being Excellent) and agreed 100% that they: Learned new tools and techniques Would attend more Fistral webinars Other comments included: “Useful to learn more about the ideas/concepts behind […]
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Research staff from the University of Warwick, logged on to the fourth and final of the Project Management Essentials series of webinars. They gave the session an overall rating of 4.33 out of 5 (5 being Excellent). Comments from the group included: “Loads of great ideas which I am really excited about implementing” “A wonderful […]
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Staff at independent space consultancy LSE Space GmbH logged on to Fistral’s Project Management Principles – Level 1 training session. They gave the session an overall feedback rating of 4.80 out of 5 (5 being Excellent). They agreed 100% that they: Would recommend this session to a colleague Learnt new tools and techniques Will put […]
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Senior researchers at the University of Warwick continued the two-part series of webinars Managing Complex Research Projects logging on to the second session. The group comprising Professors, Research Fellows and Readers at all levels gave this session an overall feedback score of 4.61 out of 5 (5 being Excellent). The group agreed 100% that […]
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Research staff from the University of Warwick logged on to the third session in the Project Management Essentials series of four webinars. They gave the session an overall rating of 4.58 out of 5 (5 being Excellent). The staff group agreed 100% that they: Would recommend this session to a colleague Learnt new tools and techniques […]
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PhD students at the University of Ulster Doctoral College, across three years of study, logged on to Fistral’s webinar session, Getting Unstuck: Procrastination Busting Techniques. The group gave an overall feedback rating of 4.71 out of 5 (5 being Excellent) and agreed 100% that they: Would recommend this session to a colleague Learnt new tools […]
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Postgraduate researchers at the University of Liverpool Doctoral College logged on to Fistral’s webinar Taking Charge of Your Time: Avoid Drifting. This webinar teaches simple techniques to make the most of your time, day by day, week by week. Ensuring you make good use of your time will increase your productivity. This will also boost […]
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Research staff from the University of Warwick Researcher Development Programme logged on to the second session in the Project Management Essentials series of four webinars. They gave the session an overall rating of 4.35 out of 5 (5 being Excellent). The group agreed 100% that they: Would recommend this session to a colleague Learnt new […]
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Senior research staff at the University of Warwick attended part one of a two-part Fistral webinar series Managing Complex Research Projects. The participants gave an overall rating of 4.71 out of 5 (5 being Excellent). In feedback, they agreed 100% that they: Would recommend this session to a colleague Learnt new tools and technique Will […]
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Staff from the European Space Agency logged on to Fistral’s Project Management Principles Level 1 webinar. Comments from the group included: “Great course, very well structured, very good lecturer, a must have course for me” “Excellent instructor! Very impressed by his experience, how he shares it with the audience, and how he manages to keep […]
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Staff from independent space consultancy LSE Space GmbH logged on to Fistral’s training webinar The Effective Teamworker. The group gave an overall feedback rating of 4.58 out of 5 (5 being Excellent) and agreed 100% that they: Would recommend this session to a colleague Learnt new tools and techniques Will put the learning into practice […]
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Attendees from the University of Strathclyde Doctoral College and Researcher Development programme logged on to Fistral’s Keeping on Top of Your Research or PhD: Personal Time Management Strategies training. This course examines techniques to plan time, using calendars to prioritise and make the best of time on a daily, weekly and long-term basis. It also explores […]
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