Researcher Workshops: Developing Enterprising Researchers
Uncover how the skills you're developing map onto industry needs — then reframe them through the lens of innovation and research commercialisation.
This interactive online workshop explores the researcher skillset through the lens of employability and industrial relevance, before flipping the perspective to highlight how these same competencies align with entrepreneurial thinking and innovation. Participants will reflect on how enterprise skills are already embedded in their research practice, and how they can be leveraged to broaden career opportunities, increase research impact, and support innovative approaches to problem-solving.
Gain insight into how your existing research skills translate into entrepreneurial and innovation-focused contexts, while building confidence in applying these skills for career progression inside and outside academia.
By the end of this workshop you should be able to:
Recognise how core research competencies (problem solving, critical thinking, resilience, communication, collaboration) overlap with employability and entrepreneurial skillsets.
Reframe their research skills through an industrial and entrepreneurial lens.
Identify opportunities to apply entrepreneurial thinking within their research projects and career development.
Use practical tools to map research impact and communicate relevance beyond academia.
Facilitators
Dr Rob Martin, Lecturer in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
Materials Provided
You will receive a copy of the workshop slides, self-evaluation tools, further resources and recommended reading.
Find out more about MEC's full offering for researchers by exploring our Researcher Pathway.
Please sign up to this event on the Training Catalogue
Open to PGR and Staff only.