We work with Universities and Academic Institutions for:
- Post-graduate Researchers
- Prize Doctoral Researchers
- Research Staff
- Research Groups
- Academic Staff
- Academic spin-off Companies
- Academic consultations with Industry
Example events are illustrated below, together with comments and reactions from those involved.
See the Services section for an introduction to what we offer, Services for Academia for more detail in this field, and our Researcher Development offerings which includes a series of 4 off-the-shelf workshops on key topics.
Post Graduate Researchers
Prize Doctoral Researchers
Academic Staff
Research Groups and Spin-off Companies
Reactions
What some clients and stakeholders have said following events:
“Adrian has all-round enthusiasm and prodigious intellectual capability. We know him as the personal development guru whose attention to detail, fanatical interest in ideas and their development make him a wonderful facilitator.”
Graduate School
Liverpool University
“Thank you for running the programme so diligently, I found it to be a rewarding course which provided a nice toolset for developing a succesful research career.”
Will Griggs
Doctoral Prize and President’s Doctoral Scholars Programme, The University of Manchester
“It makes me proud to reflect on the contrast between what might have been and the high perceived value that participants and directors alike reported receiving. To deliver what we did amid high conditions of uncertainty with a new client, a new subject matter, a diverse group of strong personalities from different backgrounds and in an untested venue was exceptional – and
participants have praised the way we work. We make a great team.”
Dave Crowther
CEO Melandra – co-facilitator for academic-industry forum
“Thank you…really well organised. I learnt much about how such events should be run and it was a pleasure to see how the groups had worked together. Often it is difficult to get input from all participants and it appeared to me at least that all participants felt ownership of their projects which is testament to the culture developed by your team.”
Professor Philip Withers
Chief Scientist, The Henry Royce Institute, The University of Manchester
Delegate Comments
A small sample of hundreds of comments received from academic delegates following events:
“Fantastic session on Creativity and Innovation from Adrian & Sophie today. I’ve learnt to use the tools to map my ideas and think about how to achieve those. Really powerful stuff.”
Sally Kah
Doctoral Researcher, Business School
“I was very impressed: It was definitely the most professional online workshop I’ve attended and I found the techniques you talked about really useful, so thank you.”
Alice Clark
Researcher, University of Liverpool
“Awesome – and very useful. It is honestly the most useful thing I have learnt…since I learnt the alphabet!”
Melody Sameni
President, Creativity Society, University of Southampton
“I would like to thank you both again for putting on such a fantastic workshop. This was by far one of the best development workshops I have attended to date. The material you provided was clear, intelligible and intellectually stimulating and has now developed my ability to think creatively in a systematic way, It has been invaluable and equipped me well to challenge my perspectives and thought trajectories both in academia as well as in everyday life.”
Timmion Skervin
Post Graduate Researcher, Liverpool John Moores University
“It was an amazing event and worth attending for two days. I had a wonderful experience there. Thank you both, for organizing such platforms.”
Sangeetha Ramasamy
Doctoral Researcher, The University of Cranfield
“I deeply admire Adrian’s teaching and mentoring skills, and above all his positive outlook on life. He is a beacon of inspiration to students and colleagues alike.”
Rizwan Mian
Doctoral Candidate, The University of Manchester
“Many thanks for a great course. I found it really useful and I feel I took a lot away. I think it has been the most interesting and useful of all the CPD courses we’ve done.”
Dr. Ross Beesley
Nuclear Research Engineer
“Thanks very much for those very motivating and inspiring two hours, it was very good.”
Andreas Karwath
University of Cambridge
“Getting Organised for Research (and Life)” was an awesome session. The information and knowledge provided are so invaluable.”
Chijioke Obieke
PhD Researcher
“I walked away from today’s session knowing that my thinking, my motivation, and what I value differ from others. In addition, what I perceive as common sense may be totally different from my students. I look forward to next week’s session. These are great!!!”
Michelle Wicmandy
DBA, MBA, University of Liverpool
“The experience has been truly transformative, offering me invaluable insights into problem-solving…The wealth of knowledge I acquired during this workshop surpassed my expectations.”
Rasoul Karami
PhD Student,
University of Strathclyde
“Virtual learning has been incredibly challenging during the past ten months – the sessions with Company of Mind were invaluable. They helped me to think and work more resourcefully. I found a new way to display my research and see the overarching contribution and design. Although simple to do, it supercharged my thinking and moved me from literature to a research design that addresses some of the gaps being problematised in the literature.”
Malika Ben Kahla
Postgraduate Researcher and Graduate Teaching Fellow, Management School.
