Toolkits
The Future Leaders Fellows Development Network is pleased to present our Toolkits, a broad collection of resources related to developing your leadership skills and learning about the UK’s research and innovation environments.
Recruitment Toolkit
This Toolkit is designed for new research leaders recruiting to their team for the first time, particularly researchers who are new to the UK and those looking to improve their recruitment practice.
Influencing Toolkit
This Toolkit is designed to help you think about how to grow your influence, to bring about change as a new research and innovation leader. It has been designed with input from UKRI Future Leaders Fellows on what they find most challenging about influencing, as well as the strategies that worked for them.
Mentoring Toolkits (for mentors)
These Toolkits are designed for new or existing mentors, to help you reflect on your mentoring practice, skills and experience. They have been designed with input from both mentors and mentees on the UKRI Future Leaders Fellow mentoring programme.
These micro-toolkits explore common challenges, themes and questions we’re often asked about. Our intention is that they will support you to hone your existing mentoring skills, provide better support to your mentees and navigate common challenges.
UK Research Landscape Toolkit
This Toolkit aims to support research leaders to navigate the UK’s complex and fast-changing research environment. It will also be helpful for managers of researchers and professional services staff who support others in their professional development, and early-career researchers who are seeking to deepen their understanding of the funding landscape and how it might impact their career.
Developing Big Bids Toolkit
This Toolkit is for research leaders who are starting out on their journey toward submitting their first big bid, as well those with prior experience of developing a big bid who wish to hone their knowledge and skills in specific areas.
It aims to help you develop competence in securing large-scale funding, to carve out the space and time you need to develop a big bid and be aware of common pitfalls.
Mentoring Toolkit (for mentees)
This Toolkit explores how to approach and engage a potential mentor, and how to get the most out of the mentoring relationship as you work with your chosen mentor.
Working with a mentor can give you the opportunity to think, plan and navigate your role and career path. You may already work with colleagues you wish to approach to mentor you or know of someone with specific expertise that you would love to be mentored by, working on a particular area.
Policy Toolkit
This Toolkit is designed to enable you to understand and navigate the policy landscape across the United Kingdom and beyond. You will learn why and how to engage with the Westminster and devolved parliaments, the UK and devolved governments, and local and regional government. It also introduces global policy engagement, and general communication tips.
We have also brought together a selection of case studies for you to hear about a wide range of policy engagement experiences from researchers across the sector.
Building Inclusive Teams Toolkit
This resource is designed to help you think about how to develop an inclusive team culture as a research and innovation leader. It has been designed to align with emerging best practice in Equality, Diversity & Inclusion and with input from UKRI Future Leaders Fellows across a range of disciplines sharing strategies that have worked for them and their teams.