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The Dubai Campus has brought together 19 early career researchers from institutes across the UAE to take part in a professional development programme that is designed to build the skills necessary for research success in a competitive and global research environment.
Collaboration is a big part of modern research and this workshop looked at how research collaborations are developed and sustained. It has helped to form a community of researchers who will be able to support and assist each other for years to come.
The workshop, which was developed and delivered as a collaboration between the British Council UAE, the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the UK Science and Innovation Network (SIN), included 11 PhD candidates and academic staff from Heriot-Watt University.
Demonstrating Heriot-Watt's strength in cross-disciplinary working and skills development, colleagues were represented from accountancy, civil engineering, computer science, design, finance, petroleum engineering and psychology.
Bryn Jones, Deputy Vice-Principal, Heriot-Watt Dubai, said: “Collaboration is a big part of modern research and this workshop looked at how research collaborations are developed and sustained. It has helped form a community of researchers who will be able to support and assist each other for years to come.”