Last week
the CATCH team enjoyed their annual Away Day. Held at the University’s
hospitality suite, The Edge, in the pleasant green surroundings of Endcliffe;
more than 30 members of the team spent a busy day listening to guest speakers,
taking part in career development activities and grabbing the opportunity to
contribute to how CATCH communicates our unique skills and expertise.
After an
address from Professor Mark Hawley, Centre Director, who took the team through
where we are now and where we’re going, the team learnt some interesting facts
in the ice breaker when asked the questions “what would you do if you won the
Lottery?” and “share a fact that no-one
knows about you”. Amongst plans for flash new cars and small holdings, the
recurring theme on how to spend the win was to reinvest it by funding research
projects in a Dragon’s Den style or setting up wellness centres for
disadvantaged people.
An
unexpected competitiveness to the day emerged with the “gone in 60 seconds”
activity - giving each researcher just one minute to tell the group about all
their live projects. The team rose to the challenge well.
The most
in-depth session of the day engaged the team in contributing to the way we
articulate the application areas of CATCH, sparking healthy debate across the
room. Following lunch an early career researcher development session, chaired
by Dr Rebecca Palmer, was very well received, as was Anneliese Fraser’s
marketing and branding talk which spurred on the team to feedback through
colouring in a questionnaire.
The day was
rounded off nicely when we were lucky to be joined by Dr Andrew Booth of the
School of Health and Related Research at Sheffield and Dr Wendy Baird from
Design, Trials and Statistics. Dr Booth shared the secrets to creating more
impactful academic papers and Dr Baird introduced the group to the myriad of funding
opportunities available from NIHR.
Written by Laura Murray
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