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Dr Jerry Reen completes Professional Skills for Research Leaders programme

22 Jan 2016
Pictured: Professor Anita Maguire (VP Research & Innovation) presenting Dr Jerry Reen (BIOMERIT Research Centre, School of Microbiology) with his ILM Certification following successful completion of the Professional Skills for Research Leaders programme at UCC.

A new programme for Researcher Leaders from Epigeum, Professional Skills for Research Leaders (PSRL), was launched in UCC in 2015. 

Accredited by the Institute of Leadership Management in London (ILM), and organised by Mary O’Regan (HR, UCC), it is a blended development programme in Research Leadership incorporating six on-line programmes and six roundtable sessions. The programme links aspects such as branding and social media, funding, and collaboration, with the everyday operation of research groups, managing research strategy, and positioning. Dr Reen, a Senior Researcher in the BIOMERIT Research Centre, School Of Microbiology was one of the participants in the first roll out of this programme. The graduation ceremony took place in the North Council Room on Thursday 17th December 2015.

School of Microbiology

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Microbiology Office, Room FSB452, 4th Floor Food Science & Technology Building, University College Cork, Cork T12 Y337

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