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Course Date(s) 
AI Essentials for PGRs 22/01/2026
Academic job interviews: what to expect 13/05/2026
Applying for non-academic jobs 07/07/2026
Being an international postgraduate research student at University of Exeter (panel discussion) Add to waiting list
Building your community - PGR speed networking 20/01/2026
Communicate smarter: using GenAI responsibly to elevate your writing 25/02/2026
Communicating your research to different audiences 22/04/2026
Conducting a literature review- purpose, critiquing, structuring and writing 17/02/2026
Copyright for Researchers 05/03/2026
Crafting clever GenAI prompts 11/02/2026
Creating impactful public engagement content 17/03/2026
Creative Skills in Research- Adaptability and Flexibility Add to waiting list
Designing research posters 31/03/2026
Digital tools for research & productivity Add to waiting list
Effective Research Planning: Balancing Workload, Time and Uncertainty Add to waiting list
Emotionally challenging research: impacts, coping and proactive interventions to support researchers 25/02/2026
Ethics & AI: What should we be aware of? 18/03/2026
GenAI under the microscope: thinking critically about it 27/01/2026
Getting published Add to waiting list
Getting the most out of supervision (supervisor perspective) Add to waiting list
How to manage your career 27/01/2026
How to thrive in the first year of your postgraduate research journey (PGR panel discussion) 03/02/2026
Impact-Led Careers: Startups & Spinouts Add to waiting list
Insights from the Dean 12/03/202628/04/2026
Library 101 12/02/2026
LinkedIn for Researchers: Developing and Using Your Profile 26/05/2026
Maintaining momentum and focus after upgrade (PGR panel discussion) Add to waiting list
Making your work open access in ORE 20/01/2026
Mapping and Marketing Your Skills 10/02/2026
Organising your references with End Note 08/12/202525/03/2026
PGR Skills Development & Network building Add to waiting list
PGR Study Space- Introduction and Taster Session 27/01/2026
Planning & preparing for fieldwork 31/03/2026
Planning for Meaningful Public Engagement 24/03/202612/05/2026
Planning your PhD Add to waiting list
Postdoctoral Fellowship & Grant Applications 19/03/2026
Preparing for submission 30/04/2026
Preparing for your Upgrade 28/01/2026
Preparing for your final year (PGR panel discussion) Add to waiting list
Preparing for your viva Add to waiting list
Presentation skills for researchers 23/04/2026
Public speaking and presentation skills 26/03/2026
Publishing in open access 04/02/2026
Searching Smarter- Advanced Search Techniques 22/01/202616/03/202614/05/2026
Skills for researchers- introducing the Exeter PGR Researcher Development Programme Add to waiting list
Starting out on your postgraduate research journey: a reflective workshop Add to waiting list
Successfully searching for Grey Literature 15/01/202621/04/2026
Systematic Literature Review (Faculty of ESE) 28/01/2026
Systematic Literature Review (Faculty of HASS & Business School) Add to waiting list
Systematic Literature Review (Faculty of HLS) Add to waiting list
The Imposter Syndrome: why successful people often feel like frauds 10/03/2026
The seven secrets of highly successful research students 18/02/2026
Training Needs Analysis: What is it? How to Complete it. Add to waiting list
Turbocharge your writing 03/03/2026
Using AI tools for more effective and dynamic presentations 25/03/2026
Using online news for research 26/02/2026
Wellbeing strategies for PGRs (PGR panel discussion) 09/12/202512/05/2026
What to do when you are Writing up 24/02/2026
What to expect from your Upgrade (PGR Perspective- panel discussion) 10/02/2026
Working with Digitized Primary Sources 10/12/2025
Working with your supervisors (PGR Perspective- panel discussion) 25/02/2026
Writing conference abstracts Add to waiting list
Writing journal papers 05/02/2026
Writing strategies - getting productive with creativity 29/01/2026