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Postgraduate Certificate in Research and Innovation Leadership

Postgraduate Certificate in Research and Innovation Leadership

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Study mode

Part time

Duration

1 year

Start date

SEP

Key information
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Qualification type

Postgraduate Certificate

Subject areas

Leadership Management Of Change & Innovation

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Welcome to the Postgraduate Certificate in Research and Innovation Leadership. This University of Cambridge award is offered by the Institute of Continuing Education (ICE) and was designed in collaboration with the Researcher Development Team and the University's Postdoc Academy.

This programme is targeted at postdoctoral researchers and fellows from all disciplines with the aspiration and potential to achieve leadership positions in a variety of fields including: academic, commercial, public and not-for-profit organisations or self-started businesses and social enterprises. It supports participants to develop their research identity and the capability to lead independent research projects.

Aims of the course

The Postgraduate Certificate in Research and Innovation Leadership is taught and awarded at FHEQ level 7 (i.e. Masters level) and is worth 60 credits. Certification is completed in one academic year. It enhances the career development and skills of the next generation of research leaders.

The programme builds on researchers’ primary training in developing original contributions to knowledge and the advancement of their specialist discipline. It equips researchers with the skills, knowledge and values necessary to meet wider intellectual, social and economic challenges and have significant impact on the world around them.

Course delivery

Course content will be delivered and facilitated in a blended manner – i.e. a mix which includes synchronous face-to-face delivery, asynchronous delivery, self-directed learning and reading, assessment preparation and writing. Online content will be delivered through a dedicated Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) or through video-based remote meeting software platforms.

Face-to-face sessions will be delivered by subject specialists in one of several available spaces in Cambridge, which is planned to include the flagship Postdoc Centre on the Eddington Site. Participants would be expected to make every effort to attend these elements of the programme.

Assessment

All units on the course use discipline-relevant summative assessment approaches. These may include, but are not limited to: critical analysis of case-studies, assessment of evidence-based portfolios, discipline-specific report and application preparation, assessment of presentations and projects, short answer questions, essays, data handling and analysis, and research evaluation.

Modules

This module explores the shared behaviours of successful innovators in research and other contexts. It uses lessons from entrepreneurial thinking to develop insight into the mindset, knowledge and skills researchers need to identify and act on opportunities, whether to develop research independence in an academic career, pursue a commercial opportunity, achieve a successful policy intervention or other means of producing research that has an impact on the wider world. Participants gain knowledge of research enterprise and innovation ecosystems and develop skills relevant to creating value from their research through engagement and collaboration with industrial and academic collaborators, consultancy and work across other sectors.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£6,000

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£9,501

Entry requirements

Applicants for this course will normally be expected to have achieved a UK 2.i honours degree or overseas equivalent. There is provision to accept non-standard applicants who do not satisfy the standard academic criteria, but such applicants must produce evidence of relevant and equivalent experience and their suitability for the course.