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Masterclasses for individual training journeys

Short, expert-led sessions for researchers who want practical guidance, current thinking and tools they can put into practice immediately.

What to expect

One focused hour. Everything set up for you.

Format
Live online
Taught live by an active researcher
Duration
60 minutes
A content-rich, lecture-style hour
Schedule
Set dates
New dates released monthly
Price
From £69
For researchers with limited budget
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Your seats, your schedule, your call.

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For individual researchersNo lead, no approval · you decide everything
1 seat£95 · £69 concession

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Live online

One focused hour. Times shown in BST. Timezone-aware times coming soon.

Concession £69

For students, retired or unwaged researchers. Self-selected, no proof needed.

Free rescheduling

Move your seat to any session, any time before it starts. It is never lost.

Volume discount

Applied automatically: 5+ seats save 10%, 10+ save 15%, 15+ save 20%.

26Oct 2026Mon
Confirmed
13:00–14:00 BST
Prof. Mark ReedLead trainer

Fast track your research impact

Researchers can avoid the frustration of wasting time and failing to gain traction by employing evidence-based strategies to prioritize and target their engagement.

What you’ll leave with
  • Proven principles, techniques and tools for developing research impact.
  • The skills to identify and prioritize the relationships that matter most for your impact.
  • Practical strategies to build relationships that amplify your research impact.
  • A preliminary impact plan focused on your specific objectives.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
4Nov 2026Wed
Confirmed
10:00–11:00 GMT
Prof. Mark ReedLead trainer

Writing high-scoring REF research outputs

High-quality research won't achieve top REF scores unless its originality, rigor, and significance are clearly signaled in ways assessors recognize.

What you’ll leave with
  • A clear breakdown of REF research output criteria and how they are applied.
  • Techniques to highlight originality, rigor, and significance in your writing.
  • Strategies to structure papers so assessors can quickly recognize quality.
  • Practical examples showing what works and what weakens a submission.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
10Nov 2026Tue
Confirmed
10:00–11:00 GMT
Prof. Mark ReedLead trainer

Creating fundable impact plans for grant applications

Even strong grant applications can fail if the societal impact plans are poorly developed or outdated.

What you’ll leave with
  • Understanding how to align your societal impact plans with evidence-informed good practices.
  • The ability to craft a credible 'golden thread' from impact activities to long-term benefits.
  • Techniques to present credible, specific societal impacts in your proposal in a clear and compelling way.
  • Tips for creating highly fundable impact strategies.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
17Nov 2026Tue
Confirmed
10:00–11:00 GMT
Prof. Mark ReedLead trainer

Influencing policy

Policy engagement often fails to achieve meaningful influence because it is approached in a fragmented way, without a clear strategy, understanding of policy processes, effective communication, or credible evidence of impact.

What you’ll leave with
  • A clear, structured understanding of the full policy engagement cycle, from planning through to evidencing impact.
  • Practical guidance on setting realistic policy engagement objectives and prioritising the right partners and opportunities.
  • Improved ability to identify where and when research can inform policy decisions across different contexts.
  • Stronger skills in communicating research in ways that are relevant and usable for policy audiences.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
25Nov 2026Wed
Confirmed
10:00–11:00 GMT
Prof. Eric JensenLead trainer

Evaluation design for engagement and impact

Weak evaluation design can lead to wasted resources and findings that fail to inform needed improvements.

What you’ll leave with
  • Targeted, evaluate-able engagement and impact objectives.
  • A realistic, prioritized evaluation focus.
  • A preliminary evaluation plan tailored to your engagement and impact context and objectives.
  • Practical experience working through the key challenges involved in developing an effective evaluation design.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
2Dec 2026Wed
Confirmed
10:00–11:00 GMT
Prof. Eric JensenLead trainer

AI for funding applications

AI can speed up the grant proposal development process, but without the right skills, it can produce generic, off-target and unconvincing proposals.

What you’ll leave with
  • A step-by-step process to plan, draft, and refine proposals with AI.
  • Methods to align applications with funder priorities.
  • Strategies to simplify complex ideas without losing depth.
  • Ways to use AI for data, visuals, and supporting evidence.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
15Dec 2026Tue
Confirmed
14:00–15:00 GMT
Prof. Mark ReedLead trainer

Writing high-scoring REF research outputs

High-quality research won't achieve top REF scores unless its originality, rigor, and significance are clearly signaled in ways assessors recognize.

What you’ll leave with
  • A clear breakdown of REF research output criteria and how they are applied.
  • Techniques to highlight originality, rigor, and significance in your writing.
  • Strategies to structure papers so assessors can quickly recognize quality.
  • Practical examples showing what works and what weakens a submission.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
14Jan 2027Thu
Confirmed
10:00–11:00 GMT
Prof. Mark ReedLead trainer

The productive researcher

Many researchers feel constantly busy but struggle to make meaningful progress on the work that matters most.

What you’ll leave with
  • Tools to focus your time for greater impact.
  • Clarity on the values driving your work and sources of time pressure.
  • A method to shortlist goals that balance purpose and action.
  • A personalized experiment to build motivation and focus.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
27Jan 2027Wed
Confirmed
13:00–14:00 GMT
Daniela MartinLead trainer

AI for research communications

AI can speed up content creation, but without the right skills, it can also produce bland, generic, inaccurate, or off-brand communication materials.

What you’ll leave with
  • Prompting techniques for accurate, on-brand AI outputs.
  • Skills to edit and fact-check AI-generated content.
  • Approaches for using AI for different formats such as blogs, press releases, newsletters, and social media.
  • Experience generating and refining AI-generated visuals for campaigns.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
11Feb 2027Thu
Confirmed
10:00–11:00 GMT
Prof. Eric JensenLead trainer

Developing a theory of change

Without a clear map of how your work will create change, even well-intentioned projects can lose focus or fail to achieve their goals.

What you’ll leave with
  • Clearly defined goals and intended outcomes.
  • A ready-to-use set of visual theory of change diagram templates.
  • An understanding of how to use theory of change for strategic impact planning.
  • Practical strategies for gathering external input through surveys, interviews, and participatory workshops.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
17Feb 2027Wed
Confirmed
13:00–14:00 GMT
Daniela MartinLead trainer

Facilitating collaborative workshops and meetings

Poorly designed or badly run workshops can waste time, frustrate participants, and undermine your research goals.

What you’ll leave with
  • Techniques for designing and facilitating engaging and collaborative workshops and meetings.
  • Strategies to maximize inclusivity by managing power dynamics and difficult situations.
  • Skills to keep sessions on track.
  • Methods for making online workshops interactive and productive.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
25Feb 2027Thu
Confirmed
10:00–11:00 GMT
Prof. Eric JensenLead trainer

Ethics of engagement and impact

While delivering real-world benefits, researchers must effectively manage ethical challenges to avoid damage to trust and credibility.

What you’ll leave with
  • A framework for ethical engagement.
  • A plan to mitigate risks while also maximizing impact.
  • Practical tools to overcome key ethical challenges.
  • Techniques to leverage impact through inclusive collaboration.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
2Mar 2027Tue
Confirmed
10:00–11:00 GMT
Prof. Eric JensenLead trainer

Evidencing research impact

Without credible evidence, valuable research impacts can go unrecognized by funders, policymakers, and assessors.

What you’ll leave with
  • A clear framework for evaluating and evidencing research impact.
  • A tailored plan for evidencing the impact of your project.
  • Strategies for evidencing policy, practice, and other types of impact.
  • Practical ways of using testimonials to evidence impact.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
11Mar 2027Thu
Confirmed
10:00–11:00 GMT
Prof. Mark ReedLead trainer

Creating fundable impact plans for grant applications

Even strong grant applications can fail if the societal impact plans are poorly developed or outdated.

What you’ll leave with
  • Understanding how to align your societal impact plans with evidence-informed good practices.
  • The ability to craft a credible 'golden thread' from impact activities to long-term benefits.
  • Techniques to present credible, specific societal impacts in your proposal in a clear and compelling way.
  • Tips for creating highly fundable impact strategies.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
23Mar 2027Tue
Confirmed
10:00–11:00 GMT
Prof. Mark ReedLead trainer

Fast track your research impact

Researchers can avoid the frustration of wasting time and failing to gain traction by employing evidence-based strategies to prioritize and target their engagement.

What you’ll leave with
  • Proven principles, techniques and tools for developing research impact.
  • The skills to identify and prioritize the relationships that matter most for your impact.
  • Practical strategies to build relationships that amplify your research impact.
  • A preliminary impact plan focused on your specific objectives.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
29Mar 2027Mon
Confirmed
14:00–15:00 GMT
Prof. Mark ReedLead trainer

Building high-performing interdisciplinary teams

Interdisciplinary teams often bring together exceptional researchers but still struggle to work effectively or even harmoniously.

What you’ll leave with
  • Insight into how personalities, values, and ways of knowing shape team dynamics.
  • Strategies for building effective and enjoyable interdisciplinary teams.
  • Approaches for forming teams safely, creatively, and sustainably.
  • Skills to set up and run interdisciplinary writing circles.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
6Apr 2027Tue
Confirmed
11:00–12:00 BST
Prof. Mark ReedLead trainer

Influencing policy

Policy engagement often fails to achieve meaningful influence because it is approached in a fragmented way, without a clear strategy, understanding of policy processes, effective communication, or credible evidence of impact.

What you’ll leave with
  • A clear, structured understanding of the full policy engagement cycle, from planning through to evidencing impact.
  • Practical guidance on setting realistic policy engagement objectives and prioritising the right partners and opportunities.
  • Improved ability to identify where and when research can inform policy decisions across different contexts.
  • Stronger skills in communicating research in ways that are relevant and usable for policy audiences.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
14Apr 2027Wed
Confirmed
10:00–11:00 BST
Prof. Eric JensenLead trainer

Commercializing research for impact

Commercialization can be an efficient way to scale the impact of your research, but it comes with key pitfalls that need to be navigated.

What you’ll leave with
  • An approach to commercialization that is right for your unique circumstances and priorities.
  • A commercialization impact strategy.
  • An understanding of practical steps to protect your long-term interests when embarking on a commercialization journey.
  • Approaches for balancing commercialization demands with academic research and teaching priorities.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
21Apr 2027Wed
Confirmed
10:00–11:00 BST
Prof. Eric JensenLead trainer

Inclusive stakeholder analysis

Many projects fall short because they fail to prioritize the right people for engagement.

What you’ll leave with
  • An entry-level 3i analysis of interests, influence, and impact for your project.
  • A preliminary engagement plan prioritizing the right people and organizations.
  • Practical strategies for 3i data collection through surveys, interviews, and workshops.
  • Direct experience applying the 3i framework to your own context.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
29Apr 2027Thu
Confirmed
10:00–11:00 BST
Prof. Eric JensenLead trainer

Evaluation design for engagement and impact

Weak evaluation design can lead to wasted resources and findings that fail to inform needed improvements.

What you’ll leave with
  • Targeted, evaluate-able engagement and impact objectives.
  • A realistic, prioritized evaluation focus.
  • A preliminary evaluation plan tailored to your engagement and impact context and objectives.
  • Practical experience working through the key challenges involved in developing an effective evaluation design.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
4May 2027Tue
Confirmed
14:00–15:00 BST
Prof. Mark ReedLead trainer

Developing a high-scoring REF2029 impact case study

Impact case studies that meet REF requirements often fall short of the highest scores because their evidence, evaluation and impact narratives are not sufficiently robust to demonstrate exceptional reach and significance.

What you’ll leave with
  • A deeper understanding of how to evidence impact convincingly against REF criteria.
  • Practical tools for developing and using theory of change to support impact claims.
  • Advanced strategies for selecting, prioritizing and presenting high-quality evidence.
  • Proven structure for writing effective case studies.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
6May 2027Thu
Confirmed
11:00–12:00 BST
Prof. Mark ReedLead trainer

Fast track your research impact

Researchers can avoid the frustration of wasting time and failing to gain traction by employing evidence-based strategies to prioritize and target their engagement.

What you’ll leave with
  • Proven principles, techniques and tools for developing research impact.
  • The skills to identify and prioritize the relationships that matter most for your impact.
  • Practical strategies to build relationships that amplify your research impact.
  • A preliminary impact plan focused on your specific objectives.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
11May 2027Tue
Confirmed
14:00–15:00 BST
Daniela MartinLead trainer

AI for research communications

AI can speed up content creation, but without the right skills, it can also produce bland, generic, inaccurate, or off-brand communication materials.

What you’ll leave with
  • Prompting techniques for accurate, on-brand AI outputs.
  • Skills to edit and fact-check AI-generated content.
  • Approaches for using AI for different formats such as blogs, press releases, newsletters, and social media.
  • Experience generating and refining AI-generated visuals for campaigns.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
27May 2027Thu
Confirmed
10:00–11:00 BST
Prof. Eric JensenLead trainer

AI for funding applications

AI can speed up the grant proposal development process, but without the right skills, it can produce generic, off-target and unconvincing proposals.

What you’ll leave with
  • A step-by-step process to plan, draft, and refine proposals with AI.
  • Methods to align applications with funder priorities.
  • Strategies to simplify complex ideas without losing depth.
  • Ways to use AI for data, visuals, and supporting evidence.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
8Jun 2027Tue
Confirmed
10:00–11:00 BST
Prof. Eric JensenLead trainer

Developing a theory of change

Without a clear map of how your work will create change, even well-intentioned projects can lose focus or fail to achieve their goals.

What you’ll leave with
  • Clearly defined goals and intended outcomes.
  • A ready-to-use set of visual theory of change diagram templates.
  • An understanding of how to use theory of change for strategic impact planning.
  • Practical strategies for gathering external input through surveys, interviews, and participatory workshops.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
16Jun 2027Wed
Confirmed
14:00–15:00 BST
Daniela MartinLead trainer

Facilitating collaborative workshops and meetings

Poorly designed or badly run workshops can waste time, frustrate participants, and undermine your research goals.

What you’ll leave with
  • Techniques for designing and facilitating engaging and collaborative workshops and meetings.
  • Strategies to maximize inclusivity by managing power dynamics and difficult situations.
  • Skills to keep sessions on track.
  • Methods for making online workshops interactive and productive.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
24Jun 2027Thu
Confirmed
10:00–11:00 BST
Prof. Eric JensenLead trainer

Ethics of engagement and impact

While delivering real-world benefits, researchers must effectively manage ethical challenges to avoid damage to trust and credibility.

What you’ll leave with
  • A framework for ethical engagement.
  • A plan to mitigate risks while also maximizing impact.
  • Practical tools to overcome key ethical challenges.
  • Techniques to leverage impact through inclusive collaboration.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
30Jun 2027Wed
Confirmed
10:00–11:00 BST
Prof. Eric JensenLead trainer

Evidencing research impact

Without credible evidence, valuable research impacts can go unrecognized by funders, policymakers, and assessors.

What you’ll leave with
  • A clear framework for evaluating and evidencing research impact.
  • A tailored plan for evidencing the impact of your project.
  • Strategies for evidencing policy, practice, and other types of impact.
  • Practical ways of using testimonials to evidence impact.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
6Jul 2027Tue
Confirmed
14:00–15:00 BST
Prof. Mark ReedLead trainer

Developing a high-scoring REF2029 impact case study

Impact case studies that meet REF requirements often fall short of the highest scores because their evidence, evaluation and impact narratives are not sufficiently robust to demonstrate exceptional reach and significance.

What you’ll leave with
  • A deeper understanding of how to evidence impact convincingly against REF criteria.
  • Practical tools for developing and using theory of change to support impact claims.
  • Advanced strategies for selecting, prioritizing and presenting high-quality evidence.
  • Proven structure for writing effective case studies.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1
12Jul 2027Mon
Confirmed
14:00–15:00 BST
Prof. Mark ReedLead trainer

The productive researcher

Many researchers feel constantly busy but struggle to make meaningful progress on the work that matters most.

What you’ll leave with
  • Tools to focus your time for greater impact.
  • Clarity on the values driving your work and sources of time pressure.
  • A method to shortlist goals that balance purpose and action.
  • A personalized experiment to build motivation and focus.
£95per seat · Standard selected
1

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