Over a seriers of weeks UCC provided free online tutorials to European Research Area participants who wished to learn more about HR Excellence in Research and how to manage the process within their own University.  The sessions were facilitated online to a large audience averaging 80 participants per session.  The Facilitator is Mary Kate O'Regan a lead assessor for the European Commission on HR Excellence in Research.

Topics covered in the HR Excellence in Research Online Programme included:

Beginnings:

• How to communicate the coherence between the gap analysis and the action plan
• Tips, frequent mistakes and some issues to consider

 The Interim Assessment

• Internal Review and External Assessment
• Progress and Quality of Actions
• Accompanying measures e.g. embedding

 OTMR

• OTM-R and related initiatives
• What is expected in terms of achievements?

Other

• UCC Story so far....
• Advantages HRS4R brings to your organisation
• "What I look for in an application" by a Lead HR Excellence in Research External Assessor