SPCR annual trainees' event

Day 1 - Monday, 09 September 2019

Time

Activity

Speaker(s)

09.30

Registration opens: coffee & elevator pitch preparation

10.30 - 11.00

Welcome and introductions

Icebreaker

Richard Hobbs &

Christian Mallen

11.00 - 12.00

Engaging with the Clinical Research Network

Philip Evans, CRN

12.00 - 13.00

Parallel session 1 - Writing skills Master Class

1: Dos and don’ts for writing a PhD/DPhil

Amy O’Donnell

2: Tips on writing successful research grants:

 i) Perspective as a mid-career researcher in successful grant applications

 ii) The funders’ perspective

Adam Geraghty

Ben Morgan, NIHR

3: Tips on writing successful fellowships

Hajira Dhamba-Miller

13.00 - 13.45

Lunch, group photograph

13.45 - 14.45

Elevator pitch session 1

Group 1

Group 2 

Group 3

Refreshments and networking

Elevator pitch session 2

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

16.15 - 17.00

PPIE: INVOLVE standards for NIHR applications

Steven Blackburn

17.00 - 17.30

Parallel session  - Career journeys

Clinical

Brian Nicholson

Non-Clinical

Katrina Turner

17.30 - 19.30

Free time to explore Oxford

19.30

Dinner

Day 2 - Tuesday, 10 September 2019

Time

Activity

Speaker(s)

07.30 - 8:45

Breakfast and luggage to porter’s lodge                                                                     

9.00 - 10.30

Parallel 2 - PPIE practical session

Esther van Vliet

 Anne-Marie Boylan

10.30 - 11.00

Refreshments and networking

11.00 - 12.00

Parallel 3

Research Impact

Sarah Thomas

NIHR

Influencing policymakers or funding services

Lesley Wye

Big data & secondary analytical methods

 Julia Hippisley-Cox

12.00-12.30

Evidence Synthesis Working Group

Kamal Mahtani

12.30-13.15

Lunch

13.15-13.30

Skills training & training needs

13.30-14.15

Keynote speaker

Ben Goldacre

14.15-14.30

Closing comments and prize presentation