Training and Learning
NHS Lothian's Research and Development Conference 2025
This year's theme is 'The Evolving Landscape of Clinical Research in NHS Lothian'
- Thursday 22 May 2025
- John McIntyre Conference Centre, Edinburgh
Please see the conference website for further information and registration.
Careers Month 2025: Support for Academic and Research Staff on Fixed Term Contracts
During June 2025, the Institute for Academic Development Research Staff Career Consultants will provide dedicated careers support each week. Sessions include:
- Dealing with career anxiety
- PhD Horizons Conference
- Narrative CVs
- The Prosper Portal: a how to guide
- 1:1 career advice
For more information and to book, visit the IAD website.
AI for Genomics Meeting
A full-day meeting on the use of Artificial Intelligence in genomics research which will build connections between the One Health Genomics Edinburgh community and the UKRI CDT in Artificial Intelligence for Biomedical Innovation (AI4BI). Programme to be announced in the new year.
- Tuesday 3rd June 2025
- Nucleus Building, King's Buildings Campus
SCADR Privacy-Preserving Record Linkage Workshop
The Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research is holding a two-day ADR UK workshop on privacy-preserving record linkage (PPRL).
- 3 to 4 June 2025, 10:00 - 11.30
BNA Training Academy: Dementia Masterclass
Join the BNA Dementia Masterclass for an in-depth exploration of the latest advancements in dementia research. This session brings together a renowned panel of leading experts to share cutting-edge insights and diverse perspectives. Engage in interactive discussion with speakers at the forefront of dementia research.
- Wednesday 4th June 2025, 8.30am to 5pm
- Henry Wellcome Auditorium, Wellcome Collection, London
Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in Research Summer School 2025
- Tuesday 10 June - Friday 13 June 2025 (13 June optional)
- Online via Zoom
This online course we will provide you with the confidence and skills in PPI to enable you to undertake your first PPI activity or improve your current practice. The course will be hands-on and interactive and you will have the opportunity to work virtually with our CRF Patient Advisory Group members. On completing the course, you should have a PPI plan for your own research project or team, including how to keep PPI groups running, evaluation and how to plan your PPI finances.
UK Stroke Workshop 2025 - student bursaries available
A full bursary funded by the Jane White Stroke Research Fund (covering registration fees, accommodation and dinner as well as £100 towards travel) is available for medical students. Additional partial bursaries may be available.
To apply, submit a one-page abstract of a research project in stroke you have carried out – you should be prepared to present this orally or as a poster. We welcome both clinical and pre-clinical projects. This should be structured with title; authors; institution; background, methods, results, conclusions.
All submissions should be uploaded to https://www.strokeworkshop.uk. Queries should be addressed to ukstrokeresearchworkshop@gmail.com. The closing date is 13th June 2025.
Edinburgh Research Office workshops
Interdisciplinary Collaborations – 23 June 2025, 10am to 12pm, in person
Are you a researcher looking to develop your skills in identifying, managing and developing interdisciplinary research projects? Join Dr Anna Pilz at this in-person workshop to identify key strategies and good practices for effective interdisciplinary research collaborations through peer and group conversations.
Edinburgh Research Office workshops
Introduction to the UK Funding Landscape - 25 June 2025, 10am to 11am, online
Are you new to UK research funding? The UK has a complex and fast-changing research funding landscape. To have an understanding of that landscape and the direction of travel is pivotal to researchers' career, research, and funding strategies. This information session will provide you with an overview of how research is funded and who funds it in the UK.
From Large-Scale to Spatial Proteomics in Neurosciences
- Monday 25 - Friday 29 August 2025
- Lille, France
- Stipends of 750 EUR for Masters and/or PhD students
Deadline for applications: Saturday 14 June 2025
Wellcome Connecting Science meeting: Molecular Neurodegeneration and Therapeutic Approaches
This popular course will provide an overview of the clinical hallmarks and molecular basis of neurodegenerative disorders. It will highlight the mechanisms behind therapeutic approaches for combating Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and Alzheimer’s disease. Discussions will also cover bioinformatics techniques used in neurogenetics, and experimental neurodegenerative disease models.
This discussion-based course will be in-person, with some additional live-streamed lectures. The programme will include live Q&A sessions, participant poster presentations and plenty of face-to-face networking opportunities with the course cohort and experts in the field.
- Monday 23rd – Friday 27th June 2025
Cajal Advanced Neuroscience Training Programme: Neuroscience and AI
The course gives a hands-on introduction to modern AI methods, including deep learning, and how it can be used for analyzing and modeling brain activity and behavior. Experts in the field will teach the basics of AI, and how to use them as models of the brain, cognition, and behavior.
The first two weeks will consist of full day hands-on lectures and tutorials from introductory to more advanced topics. The third week is reserved for more extensive group research projects.
- 14 July to 1 Aug 2025
- Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal
- Fee: €3,500 (includes tuition fee, accommodation and meals)
The CAJAL programme offers 4 stipends per course (waived registration fee, not including travel expenses). Please apply through the course online application form. In order to identify candidates in real need of a stipend, any grant applicant is encouraged to first request funds from their lab, institution or government.
- 26 to 27 July 2025, King’s College London (in-person)
- Comprehensive introduction to human brain anatomy
- £395, includes hands-on neuroanatomy practicals + online preparatory modules
- Register
- 9 to 10 August 2025, King’s College London (in-person)
- Neuroanatomy of emotion, memory, cognition and behaviour
- £395, includes hands-on neuroanatomy practicals + online preparatory modules
- Register
Online Human Brain Anatomy Course (90-day access)
- 22 high-quality neuroanatomy modules, including brain dissection videos
- Comprehensive introduction to structural and functional brain anatomy
- £395, includes completion certificate, 220 self-test questions, 72 CPD/CME points
BNA Training Academy: Model systems in Neuroscience
- Wednesday 5 November 2025, 1pm to 4pm
- Online webinar
Attendees will gain new insight into the value that a range of model systems can bring to your own research, as well as insight into the practicalities of using the different models. It will also provide an opportunity for you to ask questions to researchers who have a breadth of experience of using these models. Open research questions and areas for exploration by the neuroscience leaders of tomorrow will also be discussed.