GRADskills 2026 Workshops open for booking

Trish Strzelecka
Wednesday 28 January 2026

We are pleased to announce that our GRADskills workshops are now open for bookings !

Audience

  • PG research

Programme information

GRADskills is a suite of workshops and activities designed specifically for research postgraduate students (i.e. PhD, MPhil), delivered by the International Education and Lifelong Learning Institute (IELLI) for St Leonard’s Postgraduate College. GRADskills aim is to support the development of all research postgraduate students at the University of St Andrews, to improve their research capability and widen their employability inside and outside of academia. [email protected]. 

Workshops are grouped into thematic bundles which roughly follow the trajectory of the research degree (first year, mid-way, final year). 

Further online or asynchronous resources can be found on the GRADskills webpages.

More information on Vitae’s Researcher Development Framework (RDF) and how you can use this to plan your professional development can be found here.

Individual workshop booking links

Links below indicate an upcoming event. If a workshop title is not actively linked below, then dates for the current term have already passed and dates for the upcoming term have not yet been chosen. Further enquiries and last minute bookings (online bookings close the day before an event) should be directed to [email protected].

If you can no longer attend a workshop, please cancel your booking at least 2 working days in advance. Failure to do so may mean that future bookings are not approved. This PDMS intro video shows how to find, book and later print a certified training record.

Theme 1) Getting started

7 courses – these are all optional.

Theme 2) Carrying out my research

5 courses – these are all optional.

Theme 3) Dealing with my data

5 courses – these are all optional.

Theme 4) Conferences, networking, and public engagement

2 courses – these are all optional.

Theme 5) Writing and publishing (in various media)

27 courses – these are all optional.

Theme 6) Teaching

8 courses – these are all optional.

  • Assessment and academic misconduct: an introduction (Arts)
  • Assessment and academic misconduct: an introduction (cross-faculty)
  • Assessment and academic misconduct: an introduction (Science)
  • Diversity in the workplace online training module
  • Student services: supporting students and teachers
  • Teaching at St Andrews: an introduction (Arts)
  • Teaching at St Andrews: an introduction (cross-faculty)
  • Teaching at St Andrews: an introduction (Science)

Theme 7) Finishing up: what’s next?

7 courses – these are all optional.

Programme organiser

IELLI
Email: [email protected]

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