Creativity in Research

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Creativity in Research

By The Graduate School, The University of Northampton

Date and time

Wed, 4 Nov 2015 09:30 - 12:30 GMT

Location

MY120, Maidwell Building, Avenue Campus, University of Northampton NN26JD

St George's Ave Northampton NN26JD United Kingdom

Description

Creativity in Research

Dr Adair Richards


Who is it for? Research Students and Early Career Researchers

What will it cover? This engaging and experiential course is aimed at helping you learn academically-verified creativity strategies. It will be of use to anybody who wants to improve their ability to think creatively, see problems from different angles, or use their intuition more effectively. It will introduce a variety of quick and also more structured creativity frameworks that can be applied in many aspects of the postgraduate research process.

By the end of the morning you will

  • understand common blockages to creativity
  • learn a variety of techniques to promote creativity in research
  • learn how to see problems from different angles
  • learn how to adapt these skills to your particular research problem.


Dr Adair Richards is a trainer, consultant, broadcaster and academic who specialises in providing high quality training to PGR students and early career researchers. Adair's interesting and practical workshops offer thought-provoking ideas and practical application in combination.

This workshop is open to any student currently registered on a research degree programme and early career researchers* at the University of Northampton. Further information is available from Simone Apel (simone.apel@northampton.ac.uk; 01604 893418).

* We define Early Career Researchers (ECRs) as those members of University staff starting out on their career whose work role involves a substantial amount of research.

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The Graduate School plays a central role providing a University-wide framework for skills development, career preparation and administration to support all postgraduate research degree students, their supervisors and early career researchers.

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