Nature Masterclasses

Professional development training for academics and researchers to build their skills, confidence and careers.

Nature Masterclasses provides professional development training for researchers by drawing on the expertise of Nature Research journal editors and experts. UCL has access to their high-quality online training courses and resources on demand. 

To access the courses, you will need to register with Nature Masterclasses. Registration is free and via UCL institutional single sign on (SSO). Please see the sidebar for step-by-step instructions on how to register.

From designing your experiments to advancing your career, Nature Masterclasses offers courses that cover the whole research cycle. If you are unsure where to begin your development journey, take this short quiz to receive course recommendations.

Available Courses:

Research Methodologies and Analaysis

Experiments: From Idea to Design Enhance your skills in developing, planning, and refining impactful experiments.
Data Analysis: Planning and Preparing Maximise the outputs of your data and avoid time-consuming mistakes.
Data Analysis: Conducting and Troubleshooting Develop your data skills for more effective results.
Interpreting Scientific Results Explore the best techniques for interpreting your scientific results.

Careers Within Academia

Getting and Academic Research Position Prepare yourself to take your next career step, into either a postdoc or faculty role.

Pillars of Open Science

Managing Research Data to Unlock its Full Potential Explore the foundations of effective data management.
Research Integrity: Publiication Ethics Examine the ways you can handle ethical issues that can arise and you publish your research.

Research Funding

Finding Funding Opportunities Explore the funding landscape to identify the best funding opportunities for you.
Persuasive Grant Writing Discover narrative tools and how you can use them to write convincing grant applications.
Demystifying Grant Budgets (webinar recording) For researchers in the natural sciences seeking insights into developing a budget for their grant application.

Networking and Collaboration

Networking for Researchers Create and nurture professional relationships for mutual benefit.
Increasing you Visibility as a Researcher using Social Media (webinar recording)  Use social media to share findings, increase academic visibility and create professinal opportunities.
Introduction to Collaboration Gain an insight into research collaboration and its benefits.
Participating in a Collaboration Build your skills to make a more meaningful contribution to your collaborative projects.
Leading a Collaboration Prepare yourself for all aspects of leading on a collaborative project.

Presentation and Public Speaking

Advancing your Scientific Presentations Communicate your results in an engaging and memorable way.
Creating Successful Research Posters Create an engaging research poster and prepare a handout and presentation that will capture your audience.

Writing and Publishing

Effective Science Communication Learn to communicate your findings in an engaging and impactful way.
Narrative Tools for Researchers Examine the best ways you can share your research story persuasively with your peers.
Writing a Research Paper (2nd Edition) **New for 2024** Learn the detailed process of writing a research paper.
Publishing a Research Paper Learn about the publication process and the things you need to consider.
Focus on Peer Review Explore the role of a peer reviewer and the foundations of a good peer review.
Writing and Publishing a Review Paper (2nd Edition) ***New for 2024*** Prepare yourself to write and publish a great review paper.

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