Routes to Research Equipment
Duration 0.5 days
Team Researcher Academy







This face to face course is run by the Researcher Academy as part of the Engineering Faculty Training Programme

The Researcher Academy courses are very popular and the majority are run in both semesters to give you the opportunity to attend at a time of the year that suits you. 

Target audience: Postgraduate Research Students and Research Staff (all disciplines)

Course Description:

The course will introduce The University of Nottingham research equipment catalogue detailing over 1000 items of research equipment available across the faculties for researcher use and highlight regional and national sources of equipment shared by other research-intensive universities and central research facilities.

Through a variety of exercises and demonstrations, this 1 hour session will detail the capabilities of the Kit-Catalogue system and the Research Complex at Harwell.

The ‘Kit-Catalogue’ is an online system that helps researchers locate laboratory equipment, workshop machines, ICT and specialist tools; in fact any physical asset. The Kit-Catalogue contains a wealth of information on each item including its specification, custodian, location, handbook, access requirements, usage data and photos.

The Research Complex at Harwell provides access to facilities and equipment for use in doctoral and postdoctoral research.

Aims: This session aims to raise awareness of the Kit-Catalogue system, other regional and national equipment catalogues and the Research Complex at Harwell; highlight how to use them and how to gather information on the University’s research equipment or that shared by other university and research facilities.

Objectives:

-          To gain understanding of the Kit Catalogue system as a source of research equipment

-          Gain awareness of regional and national research equipment catalogues and facilities

-          Be able to search and browse for specific items of equipment

This course is open to Postgraduate Research Students and Research Staff (all disciplines) 

Process: Workshop 

Course Accessibility

The following table shows a summary of what is needed to participate in the course. 

If you feel you will experience any difficulties participating, please let us know via the ‘special requirements’ tab, providing as much information as possible. The special requirements tab can be completed when you book your place. Alternatively, you can contact us directly at ra-training@nottingham.ac.uk.

Access seminar room on campus
Take part in group activities/ discussions
Watch and listen to the course tutor(s) and/ or other attendees
Follow presentation slides during the course
Attend the course at a specific date and time

 

Booking Guidelines

Latecomer policy
Researchers should plan to arrive prior to the advertised course start time. Except for exceptional reasons, there will be no admittance to a Researcher Academy or Faculty Training Programme (FTP) course 15 minutes after the advertised course start time.

Importance of booking commitment
 When booking on to a Researcher Academy short course you are entering into a commitment to attend. If you find that you are no longer available to attend you MUST cancel your place (on the system if more than three days before the course) or if at short notice by emailing pg-training@nottingham.ac.uk. This will ensure that your place can be offered to another researcher on the waiting list. Failure to cancel a place results in other researchers missing out on places through the waiting list process.

It is unacceptable for researchers to just not attend when booked onto a course. The Researcher Academy maintains records of those who repeatedly do not attend courses they have booked. This may affect future eligibility to book onto further Researcher Academy courses and will affect considerations for Researcher Academy funded opportunities.

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