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Workshops

Workshops

Outside Opinion offers a comprehensive range of workshops, mentoring programs and retreats on grant development, research and academic capacity building, strategic planning, writing and publishing and leadership across the higher education sector. 

All workshop programs can be tailored to focus on a specific grant scheme, discipline group or academic career stage. Workshops may be run face-to-face or online, with breakout exercises and peer-to-peer engagement in either mode.


Grant Development

We offer a wide variety of workshops on all aspects of research grant writing and project development. Our workshops also explain assessment processes and offer strategic insight on panel processes, on disciplinary and interdisciplinary review and on how to identify the priorities of funding agencies, government bodies, NGOs and charities.


Research and Academic Capacity Building


Strategic Planning and Review


Writing and Publishing

Workshops can focus on any aspect of scholarly writing and publishing. Offerings are tailored to the needs of your group and to your discipline mix.


Leadership and Governance


Communication


ERA and Impact


Post-graduate Development


Retreats

Writing Research For Publication Retreat

Outside Opinion can facilitate two day writing retreats focused on progressing draft manuscripts to completion, for groups of researchers at all levels of experience and seniority. Facilitation can be via zoom and/or in person depending on the availability of presenters and the limitations of COVID-19. Activities include presentations, discussion and group exercises on writing craft, academic publishing strategies and overcoming barriers to writing and publishing. Participant prework is developed by Outside Opinion for circulation in advance of the retreat.

Strategic planning retreats

We run purpose-built workshops and retreats that promote constructive discussion and enjoyable planning. We bring examples, exercises, tools and models. We talk honestly to academic peers and encourage the same response.


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