One to One Support

PGR student consulting with a member of staff

One-to-one support

Alongside our programme of workshops and online resuurces you can access specific, tailored support from experts across the university on a huge variety of areas to help enhance your research.

One-to-one support is available via email or by arranging a face-to-face appointment. Just click on one of the links below to get in touch, and if you're not sure who best to contact get in touch with the PGR training team.

Who should I contact?

Literature Searching

Support available	Who to contact
Literature searching (including finding the right articles, theses, statistics, databases and standards).	Contact the Subject Librarians and find out more about the online chat facility
Accessing archives (including the Richard Burton Archives, South Wales Miners' Library, History of Computing Collection, Rare Books Collections).	Email the Archivists
Conducting a Systematic review.	Contact the Subject Librarians for systematic review support
Sourcing a journal article or book that is not available at Swansea University.	Contact the Subject Librarians and find out more about the online chat facility

Conducting Research

Support available	Who to contact
Ensuring your data collection and processing is GDPR-compliant.	Email the Data Protection Compliance Team.
Creating a research privacy notice to accompany your participant information.	Email the Data Protection Compliance Team.
Issues relating to research integrity.	If you have any questions after completing the Research Integrity online training email the Research Integrity Team.
Creating a bespoke computer program for data analysis	Email the Research Software Engineers, Swansea Academy of Advanced Computing.
Working with and managing research data.	Email the Research Data Management Team.
Archiving and sharing your data at the end of your project.	Email the Research Data Management Team.
Statistical Analysis	Consult the online Data Analysis and Statistics course on Canvas first, under the Research Methods theme. If you can’t find the help you need, you’ll find the details of who to contact. (Available from 2020)

Writing up Research

Support available	Who to contact
Academic writing skills and feedback on your writing.	Email the Centre for Academic Success Team.
Citations, references and referencing software.	Email the Library Research Support Team.
Copyright rules and restrictions.	Email the Library Research Support Team.
Getting your research published.	Email the Library Research Support Team.
Understanding research impact and metrics.	Email the Library Research Support Team.
Setting an embargo or creating a redacted version of your thesis for submission to e-theses.	Email the Library Research Support Team.

Teaching

Support available	Who to contact
How best to support students with specific learning differences or disabilities.	Email the Swansea Academic of Inclusivity and Learner Success (SAILS).
Observing your teaching and giving you feedback (e.g. for your Associate Fellowship (AFHEA) application).	Visit the AFHEA pages for more information.

Applying for Grants and Awards

Support available	Who to contact
Writing an application to nominate yourself, a colleague, or your supervisor for a Research and Innovation Award.	Email the PGR Training team.
Applying for research funding	Email the PGR Training team.
Creating a data management plan for funding applications.	Email the Research Data Management Team

Communicating Research

Support available	Who to contact
Planning, designing and evaluating a public engagement activity.	Email the PGR Training team.
Creating an academic poster	Email the PGR Training team.
Improving your presentation skills or putting together a presentation for 3MT or FameLab.	Email the PGR Training team.
Writing a press release to get your research into the media.	Email the Press Office.
Writing about your research findings for The Conversation.	Email the PGR Training team.
Recording a video of you talking about your research.	Email the Media Services Team.
Borrowing a camera, video camera or microphone.	Email the Media Services Team.

Future Career

Support available	Who to contact
Thinking about your future career options	Email the Swansea Employability Academy (SEA).
Setting up your own business.	Email the Enterprise team or visit their webpages.
Improving your CV, job applications and interview skills.	Email the Swansea Employability Academy (SEA).
Creating a researcher profile based on your publications.	Email the Library Research Support team.