Networking for Researchers

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Audience

For scientific researchers wanting to gain confidence by improving their networking skills, or mentor others through the networking process

Subscriptions available to institutions, departments and labs

Key features

4-module course with a course certificate

10 experts in networking including researchers, experienced academic networkers, fellows, networking consultants and communications specialists

3-4 hours of learning

15-minute lessons

English language subtitles and transcripts

Skills

Understand the theory behind and the importance of networking, and how to use your research and career goals to guide you to find appropriate networking opportunities

Learn how to research and prepare key resources to help you build an effective network

Learn strategies to approach and connect with potential contacts, and how to follow up – both in person and online

Learn strategies for nurturing your networking contacts, and how to leverage them to advance your research and career

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Why network?

Getting ready to network

Connect with new networking contacts – in person and online

Nurturing and harnessing the power of your network

Insight from expert academics and professionals

This course contains insights from experts with wide-ranging experience in networking, which includes:

Setting career goals
Evaluating current networks
Identifying networking opportunities and researching potential contacts
Studying social networks
Leveraging networks to advance your research and career

The expert panel developed and refined the course. The course was developed and refined by an expert panel and includes:

Sarah Blackford | Academic Career Consultant and Honorary Teaching Fellow, Lancaster University
Ben Johnson | Head of Communities & Engagement | Magazine Editor, Nature Medicine
Tanya Menon | Professor of Management and Human Resources, Ohio State University
David Payne | Managing Editor, Careers and Supplements, Springer Nature
Despina Sanoudou | Associate Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens & Academy of Athens

The course also has additional insights through video interviews from:

Paige Brown Jarreau | VP of Science Communication, LifeOmic | Co-founder of Lifeology.io
Emma Chapman | Lecturer, University of Nottingham
Neta Erez | Head, Laboratory of Tumor Biology | Chair, Department of Pathology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Edmond Sanganyado | Associate Professor, Shantou University | President, Zimbabwe Young Academy of Sciences
Lucy A. Taylor | Junior Research Fellow, Christ Church College and Department of Zoology, University of Oxford